We believe everyone has a story worth keeping.

Invite everyone who knows them. Aatlas gathers their stories and photos into a timeline, a map and a slideshow.

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Create an interactive timeline of their life

Every story tagged with a date is organized in their timeline, from birth to the present day. Scroll through a whole life in order.

Sylvia Berry's timeline in Aatlas, with her age beside each memory

See where life events happened

See the town they grew up in, where they lived, worked, traveled, fell in love. All on their unique map.

Sylvia Berry's Places map in Aatlas, with pins across the United States and in Paris

Gather stories that capture their personality

Browse and answer over 200 thoughtful questions and polls that reveal their values, humor, taste and opinions. The little things that make us unique.

Personality

Would you describe Sylvia Berry as an introvert or an extrovert?

by Elizabeth

She didn't like crowds, but in her own world, she was an extrovert. She could have strangers sharing their life stories within minutes of meeting. She gave wonderful dinner parties for close friends and family. She was definitely the matriarch of our family and our connection to extended family, which otherwise would probably have been nonexistent.

Personality

Was Sylvia Berry more of a planner or more spontaneous?

by Elizabeth

Definitely a planner. I don't know that she ever left on a trip without lodging, sights and activities all scheduled.

Family

What were some things Sylvia Berry enjoyed doing with their family?

by Elizabeth

She loved planning trips and traveling with her family, but I think her favorite family time was Thanksgiving. She was a wonderful cook and loved giving dinner parties at any time, but Thanksgiving, with multiple generations, several cooks in the kitchen, lots of talking, catching up, laughing, the occasional tear, taking walks, playing games - she loved that.

Personality & Character

Was Sylvia Berry more of an introvert or an extrovert?

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Introvert

2 votes

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Extrovert

3 votes

Your vote

5 votes from 5 people

PERSONALITY & CHARACTER

Would you describe Sylvia Berry as an introvert or an extrovert?

by Elizabeth Reaves

She didn't like crowds, but in her own world, she was an extrovert. She could have strangers sharing their life stores within minutes of meeting. She gave wonderful dinner parties for close friends and family. She was definitely the matriarch of our family and our connection to extended family, which otherwise would probably have been nonexistent.

1-Click Slideshow

Every Aatlas includes a slideshow of their photos, organized chronologically, ideal for any milestone occasion or celebration of life.

Prompts and Polls

Don’t know where to start? Aatlas has over 200 ready-made questions and quick polls, so nobody faces a blank page.

Unlimited contributors

Aatlas lets you invite folks near or far to share their stories, memories and photos, and it’s always 100% free for them.

Speak or write your story

Capture their voice along with the memory. Just talk and Aatlas records and transcribes for you.

It organizes itself

Aatlas can suggest a title, a date and a place based on your story and photo metadata, so memories automatically land in the right spot on the Timeline and the Places Map.

Drop in a whole box of photos

Upload a folder of photos and videos at once into the Gallery, then tell the story of them to add to their Aatlas.

Tag who was there

Tag the people who were there. If they have an Aatlas, it can show up in their story, too!

See the family tree

See who’s who around the person, and jump to their own Aatlas.

Suggested memories

When they're part of memories in other Aatlases, Aatlas offers those memories to you, along with drafts waiting for your review, to keep or skip.

For someone still here

A parent’s 50th birthday. A grandmother who’s started to forget. Ask while you can still hear the answer.

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For someone who’s gone

Gather stories, photos and memories from family and friends to create a beautiful celebration of their life.

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For yourself

The things you’d want the people who come after you to know, in your own words and your own voice.

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1. Start with one memory

A photo. A voice note. One story you don’t want to lose. Whatever’s in your hand is enough to begin.

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2. Aatlas organizes for you

Speak a memory and Aatlas writes it down. Stories get a suggested title, and memories with a date or a place land on the Timeline and the Places Map.

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3. Everyone who knows them helps

Invite anyone who knows them to add what only they remember. The story gets richer with every voice.

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4. Share and enjoy

Play the slideshow at a birthday or a gathering, explore the map together, and invite the people who knew them in. It’s ready from the first memory, and richer with every one after.

See how it works

One life, told by the people who knew it

Invite everyone who knows them, free. Each person brings photos and stories the others have never seen.

Each person adds a little. Together, it becomes more than any one of them could tell.

An illustrated example, based on Sylvia Berry's Aatlas.

The questions change with who it’s for.

What’s something that always makes Mom laugh?

What’s the hardest thing Mom has ever done?

Quick poll

Is Mom a hugger or a handshake person?

Hugger

Handshake

What’s something that always made Mom laugh?

What was the hardest thing Mom ever did?

Quick poll

Was Mom a hugger or a handshake person?

Hugger

Handshake

What’s something that always makes you laugh?

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done?

Quick poll

Are you a hugger or a handshake person?

Hugger

Handshake

What we believe

We believe trust is essential when documenting a person's life story. That’s why every Aatlas
is private, built to last and yours to keep.

A life story should last

Subscription products turn a life’s stories into something you rent, and rewards a company when people forget to cancel. Every Aatlas is hosted permanently.

You decide who sees it

We could have made Aatlas free and paid for it with ads and with what you share. That is not a fair trade for a place that holds someone’s life. We will never sell your data, never show ads, and our website uses no advertising or analytics cookies.

You own the content

Some services make leaving hard, so staying feels like the only choice. We want you to stay because Aatlas is worth it. Your Aatlas belongs to you, and you decide what stays: the Aatlas owner, or whoever wrote a memory, can remove it.

Satisfaction, guaranteed

If you’re unhappy, we’ll refund your money, no questions asked. Just write to us within 30 days of your purchase, and we’ll take care of the rest. We would rather earn your trust than keep a payment you regret.

Our promise to you:

We will never sell your data for money.
We will never incorporate advertising.
We will never charge you to maintain your Aatlas.

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Sylvia Berry

David Bowie

Rich Lee Greene

Yayoi Kusama

Katharine Wright Haskell

George Washington Carver

"My dad’s story was a labor of love. I wanted him to feel deeply appreciated. At the end I put in a toast to him."

Their father’s Aatlas

“I want my kids to remember my mom as someone who had a story, I needed to create something that captures her life and all the things she’s done.”

Their mother’s Aatlas

“Once I’m done with my mom I definitely want to do the life story of my dad while he’s still alive.”

Their mother’s Aatlas

"My dad was skeptical at first, I think he thought it wasn’t humble. But he’s really proud of it now, and loves showing it to people!"

Their father’s Aatlas

"My sister started the Aatlas, and she, myself and my cousin worked on it. I was hooked that first weekend, we were so excited to see each other’s photos that we hadn’t seen before…"

A family Aatlas, built together

"My dad’s story was a labor of love. I wanted him to feel deeply appreciated. At the end I put in a toast to him."

Their father’s Aatlas

“I want my kids to remember my mom as someone who had a story, I needed to create something that captures her life and all the things she’s done.”

Their mother’s Aatlas

“Once I’m done with my mom I definitely want to do the life story of my dad while he’s still alive.”

Their mother’s Aatlas

"My dad was skeptical at first, I think he thought it wasn’t humble. But he’s really proud of it now, and loves showing it to people!"

Their father’s Aatlas

"My sister started the Aatlas, and she, myself and my cousin worked on it. I was hooked that first weekend, we were so excited to see each other’s photos that we hadn’t seen before…"

A family Aatlas, built together