AI-assisted genealogy research for turning evidence into ancestor stories.
Discover Their Stories is a working lab for a few researchers and beta testers. The aim is practical: collect better operating data about people, places, events, sources, and memories, then use that foundation to write stories families can actually share.
Expect sharp edges. The vault, imports, operations queue, and Story Writer v1 are working; broader publishing, collaboration, and advanced AI tools are still being shaped.
Transparent beta status
What is real, what is next, and what is still speculative.
This site is intentionally open about its stage. Some pieces are already useful for research. Some are under active construction. Some are ideas being tested with real family history workflows before they become product promises.
Being worked on
The next layer that makes the workflow clearer and more useful.
- Story readiness and review flowIn progress
- Saved story outputs and share previewIn progress
- Cleaner person workspace pathsIn progress
- Better research-gap explanationsIn progress
Being explored
Promising side tools that may become first-class features.
- Photo and document analysisExploring
- Timeline builderExploring
- Place and era context researcherExploring
- Shareable ancestor story pagesExploring
The operating thesis
Better stories require better research data first.
The project is not trying to be a polished family-tree replacement yet. It is testing whether AI can help a researcher gather stronger evidence, understand places and events, notice missing work, and turn that into stories with enough context to matter.
Best for curious researchers, family historians, and beta testers.
Come in if you are comfortable with an evolving workflow and want to help shape what AI-assisted ancestor research and storytelling should become.
Good fit right now
- People testing FamilySearch capture and import workflows.
- Researchers who want a vault-first place to collect evidence and context.
- Family historians experimenting with AI-generated story drafts.
Not yet
- Not a polished public genealogy platform.
- Not a finished publishing system.
- Not a replacement for careful researcher judgment.