Free resources
Helpful tools for stories worth keeping.
Printable guides, thoughtful questions and free tools for the moments when a family wants to hear more than the usual answer.
2 free resources · no email, no account
Choose a starting point
Ask a better question. Keep the answer close.
Every resource is free to use, simple to share and available without an email gate. Pick the format that fits the story in front of you.
Printable conversation guide · PDFThanksgiving Family Story Kit
Thirty open questions for a family table, grouped around place, people, rituals and what should travel forward.Open resource
Browser tool · no account requiredFree MP3 audio recorder
Record a memory in your browser, listen back and save an MP3 whenever it is useful to keep someone’s voice.Open resource
Made for real conversations
Use the tool. Follow the story.
There is no right order and no requirement to finish anything in one sitting. These resources are designed to make the first step feel lighter.
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Choose one question
A single specific question often opens more than a long list ever could.
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Leave room for pauses
The next memory often arrives after the first answer, not during it.
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Keep the useful details
A name, a place or a voice note can be enough to make a story easier to return to.
When you want to keep going
A conversation can become a book, in its own time.
If a first memory leads to more, StoryScribe can help turn spoken stories into text while the family keeps collecting them together.
