Astory Labs · family history studio

We find, tell and keep family stories.

Astory Labs makes software and films about the people who came before us. Our agents search old records and talk with living relatives; our studio turns what they find into short films a family can watch together.

find · astoryfinder
tell · astorygen studio
keep · astorygen films

astorygen: a family portrait becomes a film.

From the first record to the finished film

Each works on its own, and together they take a family's history from search to screen.

astoryfinder

Product · research · web and iPhone

Research agents trace your family through old records and back every fact with a source. You follow the work in one chat, and you can invite relatives to a recorded conversation with an AI interviewer.

Searches online archives and record collections
Shows places to look for records that aren't online
Grows your tree, with each finding checked against its source

astoryfinder.com

astoryfinderagents working

What did you find this week?

Research agentA parish baptism record from 1868 matches your great-great-grandfather.
source attached

Research agentTwo new places to look: the regional archive's confession lists and the 1897 census.

InterviewerConversation finished · 14 min · 6 new facts to check.

astorygen studio

Product · filmmaking · web, in beta

A studio for making a short film about one person from a family tree and old photographs. It ranks who has the richest story, drafts the storyboard from their life events, and builds the film shot by shot.

Upload a tree and its photos
Pick the person and shape their storyboard
Set faces and shots, then render the film

studio.astorygen.com

1 Upload
2 Person
3 Storyboard
4 Faces
5 Shots
6 Film

Painted portrait of William Dawes — Shot 1 · the portrait

Dawes telling his story by the fire — Shot 2 · by the fire

Dawes in a tricorn hat on a dark street — Shot 3 · the night

An old map of Boston and the road to Lexington — Shot 4 · the route

A rider galloping down a muddy road at night — Shot 5 · the ride

Men leaning over a map by candlelight — Shot 6 · the warning

astorygen

Service · films made for you

Send us photos and family records, and we make a cinematic short film about your ancestors' lives: a story with an arc, not a slideshow.

Moments · 30 s
Legacy Story · 60 s
Custom · any length

astorygen.com

A young couple in a 1940s photo studio, from an astorygen film

An 18th-century portrait brought to life, from an astorygen film

Talk to us

Questions about a product, an account or a film order: write to us and a person answers.

Support: support@astorylabs.com
Products: astoryfinder.com · studio.astorygen.com
Films: astorygen.com/contact
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