Share the story of your origins
FamilyStory enables genealogists to publish high-quality websites from their research. Make the stories you discovered easy to share and interesting to engage with.
A website that builds itself
As you upload records and write your ancestors’ stories, beautifully presented web pages will emerge around your content. Individual profile pages with timelines, family group pages with interactive maps and charts, and pages for each uploaded record.
No coding required
Built as a WordPress plugin, FamilyStory requires only basic web publishing knowledge and no coding skills. With a hosted WordPress service, you can be up and running in minutes. Invest your time telling the stories you have discovered.
Free and open source
The FamilyStory plugin for WordPress is completely free and open source. You can host your own website, or use any hosted WordPress service. You will always own your content and never be reliant on us to continue publishing your research.
Experience the next generation of family history publishing
Built for genealogists who want to generate high-quality, engaging web content —
but prefer to spend their time on genealogy!
Elegant, mobile-friendly website design
FamilyStory offers a range of templates designed to highlight your genealogical discoveries. Or, you can also choose from one of thousands of free WordPress templates. Produce visually stunning content, with no design skills needed!
Interactive mapping and charts
Maps for ancestors and family groups are automatically created when you upload records. Fully interactive map features include pin clustering, zooming to location and links to associated records and ancestor profiles.
Collaborate and engage with family
Invite others to contribute, optionally requiring their contributions to be edited and approved. Visitors can easily leave comments and messages on profiles or other website pages, which can be reviewed and approved before publication.
Frequently asked questions
What technical skills do I need to use FamilyStory?
You will not need to write code, or even understand how servers and hosting works. All good WordPress hosts will provide a fully functioning website – after this you just need to install the FamilyStory plugin and start uploading your content. Follow our FamilyStory installation guide for more details.
Who is behind FamilyStory?
Just a regular amateur genealogist and former software developer who wasn’t happy with the options available to publish my own family history! Read more about the origins of FamilyStory.
Is it really free?
Absolutely, it is free and open source. If you can code, feel free to take a look and make it your own, or help make FamilyStory better!
Contact us
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