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Your life, in your own words

Free guides to help you tell your story and gather the stories of the people you love, with support for when you’re remembering someone.

Grandparents on a sofa sharing a family photo album with their young granddaughter

Where would you like to begin?

Ideas for your story

Free to read, print and share.

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Life story questions for every decadePrompts from childhood to now, to answer yourself or ask someone you love.Read the guide →
Telling your life storyChoosing a way to tell your story that suits you, whether you write it down or say it out loud, and how to keep it safe for the people who’ll treasure it.Read the guide →
Questions to askForty questions to bring the stories back.Open the tool →
A bucket list that’s yoursHow to write a list of the things you’d still love to do, see and say, at any age or stage of health, and how to start on it.Read the guide →

Four habits for keeping family memories

Ask, record, keep, share. Simple steps drawn from the way national archives look after their collections.

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Ask the questions only one person can answer.
Record who, what, when and where, and who told you.
Keep three copies on two kinds of storage, with one somewhere else.
Share copies, with a note for someone who wasn’t there.

Remembering someone

Keeping their stories close, and support for grief.