Family History Digital Chronicle Website

The stories we keep become the stories we share.

Envelo Roots – a family chronicle you make yourself, in your browser, and keep as a website and a printable album.

$18.19~~$25.99~~−30%

Website you make in your browserInstant downloadWorks offline

Try it here

A live demo with a made-up example. Nothing you type here is saved or sent anywhere.

A title page with your family name, a short welcome and a cover photo
A timeline grouped by decade, with who was there
Chapters with longer stories, each with its own photos and captions
Family places as towns or regions on a drawn sketch map (not a geographic map), shown only after you confirm the family agreed
The family list with years – living relatives appear only after you mark that they approved
Privacy switches: shorten every surname to its initial, hide exact dates
A printable album: the same chronicle in a book layout with a cover, a dedication and a contents page – save it as PDF on A4 or US Letter
An optional second language with a switch, including right-to-left languages such as Hebrew and Arabic
Two colour themes, each with a matching dark mode

Download and unzip. Open editor.html in your web browser on a computer. No internet, no account.
Look at the made-up example family, press Start my own and type your stories. Add photos: they are made smaller and their location data is removed.
Press Download my site. You get a ZIP with your finished website (index.html + assets) that opens with a double-click. Press Print or save as PDF in it for the album.

Inside the ZIP:

editor.html: the builder, opens in your browser and works offline
example-site/: a finished chronicle of a made-up family (17 files)
HOW-TO-PUBLISH.md: free ways to put your site online and how to make the PDF album
LICENSES.txt and WHAT_YOU_GET.txt

This is a do-it-yourself builder. We do not make the chronicle for you, we do not research your family and we do not host the site.
A public web address is not included. To share the site as a link, upload the folder to a web host. HOW-TO-PUBLISH shows free options; they are run by other companies and their terms can change.
Nothing is uploaded: your texts and photos stay on your computer.
Digital download: nothing is shipped, including no printed album.
The builder is in English; you write the text of the site in your own words and languages.
For your own family. Please don't resell or share the files.
Preview images were made with AI image tools and show a made-up family. Your site uses your own photos and texts. The builder and the site screens are the real product.

Buy it on Etsy and download the files straight away.