Early access · Private family archive
The photos exist. The people who can name everyone in them are getting older.
Griot of Kin is a private archive for your family — photos, stories, timelines, the family tree, the people behind every face. Built for the families whose history was hardest to keep.
Why it matters
Built for the families whose records were hardest to keep
“Go back and fetch it. It is not wrong to return for what you forgot.”
Black American families whose records were severed by slavery and scattered by migration. Immigrant families whose documents stayed behind. Every family watching the window close as the people who remember get older.
A griot was the keeper of community memory — the one who held the names, the lineages, the stories that connected generations. Every community had one. Every family deserves one.
What’s inside
Everything a family archive needs
Photo archive
Upload and organize photos with dates, locations, and the people in each one. No shoebox stays unlabeled.
Family tree
Build the tree your way — relationships, generations, maiden names, the people who raised you and the ones who came before.
Timelines
Browse your family history by decade. See who was alive when, where they lived, and what they lived through.
People profiles
Each person gets a page — their story, their photos, their relationships. The record you wish you had for your grandparents.
Private by default
Your archive is yours. No public profiles, no algorithmic feeds. Invite the people you trust.
Stories & events
Attach context to what you know — weddings, migrations, losses, reunions. The events that shaped your family.
Pricing
Start free. Grow when you’re ready.
Free
$0
Start building your archive. No card required.
- Up to 50 photos
- Unlimited people & events
- Family tree
- Invite up to 5 members
Keeper
$10/mo
For families ready to preserve everything.
- Unlimited photos & video
- Unlimited family members
- Bulk import
- Custom family domain
A note from the founder
I’m Black. I know what it means when that knowledge walks out the door.
I built Griot of Kin because the tools that exist weren’t built for families like mine. They were built for people whose records survived, whose names were written down, whose history was assumed to be accessible.
This is for everyone — but it starts with us.
— Rahcyne