Family Tree Builder
Build a Family Tree That Holds Their Photos, Voices and Stories
Most family trees are a grid of names and dates — accurate, but empty. A Scan2Remember family tree is different: each person becomes a real memorial page with their photographs, a video, the music they loved and the stories everyone adds. It is the place a grandchild can meet a great-grandparent they never got to know — and it is free to start.
What is a digital family tree builder?
A digital family tree builder lets you map the people in your family — parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and the branches between them — and attach real memories to each one instead of just a name and a pair of dates. With Scan2Remember, every person on the tree becomes their own memorial page: their photographs across the years, a video, the music they loved, recordings of their voice, and the stories family members add over time. You start at the centre with yourself or a parent, add people one branch at a time, and the tree grows as relatives contribute what they remember. It is free to begin, works on any phone or computer, and turns a flat chart of names into something a child two generations from now can actually scroll through and feel. A physical QR memorial plaque can later link any person on the tree to a headstone, a bench or a family home, so the whole story is one scan away.
A name and two dates is not a person
Traditional genealogy is good at one thing: the structure. Who married whom, who was born when, which branch leads to which. But open most family trees and you meet a wall of names you never knew — accurate, and almost entirely empty. The grandmother who made the house smell of cinnamon, the uncle with the impossible laugh, the great-grandfather who crossed an ocean with one suitcase — they are reduced to a box with two dates in it.
A digital family tree keeps the structure and gives back the people. Each person on the tree is a real page you can fill with photographs, a short video, the songs they loved and the stories that made them them. The chart still tells you how everyone connects; the pages tell you who they actually were.
How to build your family tree, one branch at a time
You do not need to be a genealogist or fill in everything at once. Most families start small and grow it together:
- Start at the centre. Begin with yourself, a parent or a grandparent — whoever you have the most to say about — and create their page first.
- Add a person, add their people. Connect a parent, a sibling, a grandparent. Each new person becomes their own page, ready for photos and stories whenever you have them.
- Fill it with what matters. Upload photographs from across their life, a video, a favourite song, even a recording of their voice. A few details bring a page to life — you can always add more later.
- Invite the family. Relatives can add the memories only they hold — the cousin who remembers the old recipe, the aunt with the wedding photos. The tree gets richer with every person who contributes.
The result is a living record that grows over years, not an afternoon's project that gets filed away. If you would rather start with a single person before building outward, an online memorial website for one loved one is the perfect first branch.
The point of a family tree is the people who never met
The real magic of a family tree is forward-looking. A child born today will likely never meet their great-grandparents — but they can scroll through their pages, hear their voices, see the world they came from, and understand the line they belong to. That is something a name on a chart can never give.
It works in the other direction too. The stories you gather now — while the people who remember are still here to tell them — become the inheritance of everyone who comes after. The most painful gap in any family history is the one nobody wrote down in time. Building the tree while the memories are warm is how you close it.
From a digital tree to a real place
A family tree lives online so anyone can reach it from anywhere — but it can also touch the physical world. A QR memorial plaque links any person on your tree to a headstone, a memorial bench, a garden stone or the family home. A visitor scans it with their phone and the whole life opens up: photos, video, voice, and the branch of the family they belonged to.
One scan at a graveside, and a great-grandchild meets someone who passed long before they were born. The tree connects the generations on screen; the plaque connects them to the places that hold meaning.
Every branch is a real page, not an empty box
Each person on your family tree becomes a free digital memorial page — their photographs across the years, a video, the music they loved, recordings of their voice, and the stories the whole family adds over time. It is somewhere your children, and their children, can return to long after you have gathered the names. The tree shows how everyone connects; the pages show who they were.
It is free to create and takes about five minutes. A QR plaque is optional and comes later — the page is the heart of it.
Create a free memorial page
Free to build, for every generation
Your family tree and every memorial page on it are free to create — start free, add as many people as you like, and invite relatives to contribute their photos and stories. An optional QR memorial plaque lets you link any person on the tree to a headstone, bench or family home (you will see the current price on the product page). The tree is the heart of it; the plaque is there whenever you want a physical place to point to.
Family tree builder — FAQ
It is a tool for mapping your family — parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and the branches between them — and attaching real memories to each person instead of just a name and dates. With Scan2Remember, every person on the tree becomes their own memorial page with photos, video, music, voice recordings and the stories family members add over time. You start at the centre, add people one branch at a time, and the tree grows as relatives contribute.
A traditional genealogy chart records the structure — who connects to whom, with names and dates. A Scan2Remember family tree keeps that structure but fills each box with the actual person: their photographs across the years, a video, the songs they loved, recordings of their voice, and family stories. The chart tells you how everyone is related; the pages tell you who they really were.
Yes — your family tree and every memorial page on it are free to create. You can start free, add as many people as you like, and invite relatives to contribute their own photos and memories. An optional QR memorial plaque, which links a person on the tree to a headstone or other place, is the only paid item, and you will see its current price on the product page.
Yes, and that is where it comes alive. Relatives can add the memories only they hold — the cousin who remembers an old recipe, the aunt with the wedding photographs, the grandchild who recorded a voice note. Every person who contributes makes the tree richer, so the family history becomes a shared record rather than one person's project.
That is one of the main reasons families build it. A child can scroll through the pages of great-grandparents they never got to meet, see their photographs, hear their voices and understand the line they come from. The tree turns names on a chart into people a new generation can actually get to know.
Yes. An optional QR memorial plaque links any person on your tree to a physical place — a headstone, a memorial bench, a garden stone or the family home. A visitor scans it with a phone and that person's full page opens: their photos, video, voice and the branch of the family they belonged to. The tree lives online; the plaque connects it to the places that matter.
Start your family tree free — and keep every generation close.
Create the first page in about five minutes, connect the branches one at a time, and invite the family to add the memories only they hold.