where this started →
You bring the research your family has already done: the names, the dates, the albums, the letters, the family tree someone spent years putting together. I turn it into a family history book, a family website, or both.
I built the first one for my own family, the Shermans of Bimini, Bahamas. Twelve children, one family, and more names than any of us could keep straight at the reunion table.
the short version
You've already found the names, the dates, and the records. What's usually missing is the time and the know-how to turn a folder of research into something the whole family will actually open. That's my part: organizing it, writing it, and designing it.
Memory apps only capture what one person remembers. Your book and website are built from the documents, photos, and research your family hands me. Nothing is guessed or made up to fill a gap.
The book sits on your coffee table. The website reaches the cousins three states away and the grandkids who'll never hold the book. Same story, same look, built side by side.
There's no app you have to keep paying for to see your own family. When I'm done, the book, the files, the website, and the domain are in your family's name. The yearly care plan is there if you want it. If you don't, you take every file with you.
this part matters to me
Your ancestors' stories can be shared with the world. A living relative's name, photo, or details stay behind a family sign-in unless that person says yes. On your family's site, it looks like this:
That's not a limitation. It's the point.
fixed prices, no surprises
A digital book of up to 20 pages. One family line, up to 25 photos and documents restored and captioned, and a family questionnaire.
Up to 50 pages and up to three family lines. Up to 75 photos and documents, plus any recordings or written stories your family sends.
No page limit. Up to six family lines, up to 150 photos and documents, and one printed hardcover. Each line after six is $150.
Your family's permanent home online: the origin story, a page for every branch, the family tree, a photo archive, and a private area where living relatives stay behind a family sign-in.
Added to your Family Website for each reunion: date, schedule, hotel, travel tips, and the sign-up link. Afterward they become the recap, with photos, and stay on the site.
One design across both, built from the same family material.
Hosting, the private family sign-in, and one yearly update: new births, passings, photos, records, and any research your family has added since.
What I don't do. I don't do genealogy research. Your family brings the names, dates, and records. If there are gaps, you can keep researching on your own time, and I'll add what you find at your next yearly update.
What counts as a line? One branch of the family. If your great-grandparents had twelve children, each child and their descendants is one line.
Printed copies. Every book comes as a print-ready digital file. Each household can order its own copies straight from the printer I recommend, shipped to their door.
Skipping the care plan? The website price stays the same. You get every file and keep your web address. The private family sign-in only runs on my hosting, so it doesn't come with the files. If you want an update later, it's $150 each time.
Other ongoing costs. Your family's web address is about $11 a year, paid directly to the registrar in your name.
Paying. Half to start, half on delivery, by PayPal invoice.
see a real one
This is my own family, built the way I'd build yours: the origin story from a primary-source essay written by Aubrey B. L. Sherman Sr., a branch-by-branch family tree with most branches locked, our reunion recap, and one branch opened all the way down. That branch is mine, through my great-grandmother Sybil, born in Alice Town, Bimini, Bahamas.
hi!
I'm the eldest great-granddaughter of Sybil (Sherman) Black, one of Brooks and Melvenia Sherman's twelve children. My background is in web design, digital marketing, and hospitality, which mostly means I'm good at taking a pile of complicated things and making them easy for people to enjoy.
I started this because my own family's story was scattered across a dozen houses and three countries. Now it's in one place, and my kids can read it. I'd like to do the same for yours.
people usually ask
No. That's where almost every family starts. Send what you have, however it's sorted, and organizing it is part of the work.
No. Your family brings the research already done: the family tree, names, dates, and any records you've found. I turn it into the book and website. If you find more later, I'll add it at your yearly update.
Most books take three to four weeks once your photos and documents are in hand. One to two weeks in, I'll send you the design, story timeline, and layout to approve, then spend the remaining weeks finishing the book. Larger projects take longer, and I'll give you a date before we start. If I ever need more time, you'll hear it from me in advance.
Your family does. You get every file, and the website and its address are registered in your name.
let's talk
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll go through what your family already has and what we could make from it.