(how-to + features)
Rumi Baldwin
1. collaborate
if you’re part of a family, you don’t have to grow your family tree alone.
like miro or lucidchart*, ancestree is designed to get input with and from others. after you add someone to your family tree, invite them to join it.
once they join they can add to the tree as well.
André Franklin
André Franklin
Atlanta, United States
Invite André Franklin to claim this entry
2. account-types
| root | branch | leaf |
|---|---|---|
| the node that starts the tree and has admin control over it. | the node given admin control over their branch to the root. | base node. can add to their branch and view the whole tree. |
| the one who plans the family reunions. | the one that knows everything about the family. | everyone else. |
| up to 2 roots per tree | up to 4 branches per root | no limit |
3. stories & albums
write or upload audio recordings of stories directly to a family member’s node. same with pictures that you can tag others in the family tree so it shows up in their node’s album too.
if a node is claimed, the owner needs to approve stories and photos they’re tagged in before it is shared.
Upload a recording
4. newsletter
a weekly update on upcoming birthdays, milestones, and additions to the trees you are a node in.
5. native lands
those of us privileged enough to spend time and resources to compile a family tree are likely occupiers of stolen land.
or you may be residents of a nation that stole land.
or you may be the original inhabitants of land that was stolen and/or exploited from your people.
or maybe you’re a member of the Sentinelese people in the Andaman Islands with no relationship to either side of colonization and the oppression, theft, and murder that is endemic to it.
whichever it is, we are incredibly grateful to Native Land Digital for providing access to “a space where the stories of land and waters are carried by those who walk in ancestral relationship with them.”