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Send a thoughtful Question now, or let Keepsake send the next one each week.
- A library of Questions to choose from
- Create your own questions
- No app downloads or logins required
Preserve. Share. For generations.
Turn your precious memories into a keepsake
Keepsake helps families preserve life stories in a printed and digital family memory book. Capture stories through voice, video, or text with guided questions. We handle the tedious parts, and you get the heirloom.
- Premium printed books
- Private by design
- Made for generations
From question to printed heirloom
Write your own life story or create a book about someone else. Keepsake guides the journey from asking to answering, editing, and print.
Story captured
Each person opens a private, account-free link to answer the Question.
- Answers by voice, video, photo or text
- Speech-to-text transcription
- Original recordings kept with your Project
Delivered to your door
Review the current book, prepare it for print, and order a premium hardcover.
- Review suggested titles and arrangements
- Customize book layout, cover and spine
- Read, hear or watch Stories from the printed page
- What's your first memory?
- What's a family tradition you'd love to pass on?
- What was your favorite meal growing up?
- What's the best advice you ever received?
- Tell me about a time you felt truly proud
- What's something you wish you knew when younger?
- Describe a perfect day from your childhood
- What's a smell or sound that brings back memories?
- Who was your role model growing up?
- What's your favorite family story?
- What made you who you are today?
- Tell me about your childhood home
- What's your proudest accomplishment?
- What lesson took you longest to learn?
- Who had the biggest impact on your life?
Customize your book
Beyond templates and layouts.
Cover color and template
Forest Green · Lattice
8 more templates and 8 more colors
Lattice
Your title, your color
A book built to last generations
Professional-grade materials and printing standards, designed for photo-quality reproduction and decades of handling.
Print to last
Every keepsake is produced to the same standard, whether it captures a single life or a whole family's stories.
- Book size
- 6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm)
- Interior color
- Full color on every page
- Paper
- Smooth coated white paper
- Binding
- Hardcover with a wrap-around printed cover, matte finish
- Printed in
- France, India, Australia, UK, Canada & US
When stories become bridges
Every family has stories that deserve to be passed down. Those quiet moments, adventures, and the lessons learned shape who we are and connect us across generations.
"At 78, I wanted my grandchildren to know who I was before grey hair. Started loading cargo on East London docks at sixteen. Met their grandmother at a dance hall in Stepney in 1970. She wouldn't give me the time of day until I asked three times. We raised five children in a two-bedroom flat where laughter filled the kitchen. Life isn't about what you have, it's who you become and who you hold close."
5 out of 5 stars
Arthur Bennett
Grandfather · London, UK
"I had Mom's farm stories made into this book for her 80th birthday. Growing up, she'd tell us about feeding chickens at dawn, the smell of fresh bread from the wood stove, and summer evenings on the porch. Now she reads her book every day, reliving those memories. My daughter sits beside her, asking grandma to read the stories again and again. The book became a bridge between three generations."
5 out of 5 stars
Emily Thompson
Daughter · Vancouver, Canada
"We spent six months capturing my grandparents' stories, from their courtship to raising a family across three countries. Now my children have a book filled with their wisdom, recipes, and the songs they used to sing together while grandpa played his ukulele."
5 out of 5 stars
Wei Lin Tan
Granddaughter · Singapore
"My grandchildren will always have my stories in this book. I shared my childhood, my dreams, the mistakes I made and what they taught me. The hard times and the good ones. When I'm gone, they'll know who I really was."
5 out of 5 stars
Sarah Mitchell
Grandmother · Portland, USA
Start your family legacy today
One simple price for everything you need to create your family heirloom
Early bird price
$99 $150
One-time project purchase
No subscription
- One hardcover + downloadable PDF included
Hardcover with heirloom-quality material
- Conversation starters
100+ questions or create your own
- Voice, video, photos, or text
Scan QR codes to hear and watch stories
- Customization and assistance
Auto-arrange chapters & customize layout
Refundable for 14 days until a print order is placed.
Delivery & handling is charged when you order the printed book.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about preserving your family's memories with Keepsake
What is a memory book?
A memory book is a curated collection of family stories, photos, and voices preserved in a premium hardcover format. Unlike photo albums that only capture images, memory books preserve the narratives, wisdom, and voices behind those moments for future generations.
How is a family memory book different from a photo album?
A family memory book combines photos with stories, voice, and context from the people in your family. A photo album preserves images, while a memory book preserves both the moments and the meaning behind them.
How much does Keepsake cost?
Keepsake costs $99 for one Life project, including one hardcover and ongoing access while the project remains active. Additional copies of the current prepared book are $69 each. There is no subscription or recurring fee. After a refund, the owner has 30 days to download the project or buy it again before its stories and media are permanently deleted.
How long does it take to create a Keepsake book?
You can work at your own pace with no deadline. Ask Questions whenever you like or let Keepsake send one each week, then prepare and order the book when the Stories are ready. Available delivery options are shown during checkout.
What makes Keepsake different from other memory book services?
Keepsake combines account-free text, photo, voice and video answers with Stories you can edit, transcripts that stay close to each speaker’s own words, suggestions that change nothing until you accept them, and a print-ready hardcover. You pay once for a Life project with no subscription or recurring fee.
What is the best gift for grandparents?
A memory book is a good gift for grandparents because it keeps their stories, advice and voice for their grandchildren. A Keepsake book can be passed down like any family heirloom.
How does Keepsake work?
Keepsake guides your family from the first Question to a finished book. Send a Question by email now, or let Keepsake send an optional weekly Question for you. Each person you ask opens a private, account-free link to answer with text, photos, voice or video, and their answer joins the Story for that Question.
Who can contribute stories?
The Project owner and invited family members can ask Questions and help create and edit Stories and the book. Anyone else you ask can answer the one Question sent to them through a private link on a phone or computer, without an account and without joining the Project.
What's included in the printed books?
Your book is printed as a premium hardcover with professionally typeset Stories and photos. When a Story includes a recording, a QR code on the page plays the recording chosen for that printed book.
Is my family's data secure?
Yes. Projects are private by default, the owner decides who joins and which Stories are shared, and an answer link opens only the one Question it was sent for. From Settings, the owner can download the whole Project as one file, and can delete the Project only after downloading it, with a warning if printed QR codes would stop playing. Looking for our plain-language privacy overview? Read our Privacy Commitment.
What if I need help getting started?
Start with the Question library, write your own Question, or start a Story yourself. You can ask someone right away or let Keepsake send the next Question each week. Email support is available when you need help.
Your family's stories deserve to be remembered
Ask one Question this week and keep every answer in a book your family can hold.
Sarah & Kirill
Why we built Keepsake
When we realized we only had 60 visits left with aging parents, we wanted to capture their stories. Every app felt complicated or impersonal. So we built Keepsake as a tool we'd actually use ourselves and trust with our most precious memories. Read our story
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