Life Events
Record and remember the milestones that matter — so your family can celebrate them and look back on them forever.
What are Life Events?
Life Events let your family record and remember significant milestones — births, graduations, marriages, new homes, and other moments that matter. Each one captures the milestone, its date, the people involved, and photos.
Once recorded, a Life Event becomes part of your family's shared timeline and history, tied to the people in your family tree. Recording milestones keeps them from being forgotten and lets the whole family celebrate and look back on them.
Life Events are about recording milestones that have already happened. That's different from Events, which are scheduled gatherings you plan and invite family to with RSVPs. Use Life Events to remember and celebrate the moments; use Events to organize the gatherings.
Why It Matters
Milestones fade from memory. The exact date of a graduation, the photos from a wedding, the story behind a first home — these details scatter and slowly get lost. Years later, the moments that shaped your family can become hard to recall.
Recording a Life Event keeps the milestone from being forgotten. It preserves the date, the people involved, and the photos in one place, tied to your family tree. The whole family can celebrate the moment when it happens and look back on it together for years to come.
How It Works
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Record a life event
Add the milestone, its date, the people involved, and photos — whether it's a birth, graduation, marriage, new home, or another moment that matters.
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Share it with your family
Share the milestone so your family can see it and celebrate the moment together.
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It joins your family's timeline
The life event becomes part of your family's timeline and history in the family tree, tied to the people who were involved.
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Revisit and celebrate together
Family can revisit and celebrate these milestones together, looking back on the moments that matter for years to come.
Example Usage
Scenario: Maria's daughter Sofia graduates from high school — a milestone the family wants to remember.
Maria records a Life Event for the graduation. She adds the date, tags Sofia and the grandparents who attended, and uploads photos from the ceremony. She shares it with the family.
The graduation becomes part of the family's shared timeline, tied to Sofia in the family tree. (Separately, when Maria planned the graduation party itself, she used Events to send invites and collect RSVPs.)
Years later, the whole family — including relatives who couldn't attend — can revisit the milestone, see the photos, and celebrate looking back on the day Sofia graduated.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Life Event?
A Life Event is a record of a significant milestone in your family's history — a birth, graduation, marriage, new home, or any other moment that matters. It captures the milestone, its date, the people involved, and photos, so the memory is never forgotten.
What kinds of milestones can I record?
You can record any meaningful milestone: births, graduations, marriages, new homes, first jobs, anniversaries, and other moments that matter to your family. Each Life Event holds the date, the people involved, and photos that capture the moment.
How is this different from Events?
Life Events are about recording milestones that have happened, so they're remembered and become part of your family's history. Events are scheduled gatherings you plan and invite family to, with RSVPs. Use Life Events to look back and celebrate moments; use Events to organize the gatherings themselves.
Are Life Events tied to the family tree?
Yes. Every Life Event is tied to the people in your family tree who were involved, and it becomes part of your family's shared timeline and history. This keeps milestones connected to the relationships and people they belong to.
Can the whole family see Life Events?
Yes. When you share a Life Event with your family, it becomes part of your family's shared timeline. Family members can revisit these milestones, celebrate them together, and look back on them for years to come.
Why should I record Life Events instead of just remembering them?
Milestones fade from memory and details get lost over time. Recording a Life Event keeps it from being forgotten, preserves the date, people, and photos in one place, and lets the whole family — including future generations — celebrate and look back on the moments that shaped your family.
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