1g2n helps you discover, capture, and preserve the stories of your parents and grandparents—in their own voice—so your family can keep them for generations.
Free during beta · Private by default · No credit card required
Private beta opens October 1.
Your parents have lived thousands of moments you may have never thought to ask about.
1g2n gives families a simple way to uncover those stories and preserve them while there is still time to ask.
You don't need to write a memoir or conduct a formal interview. Just ask something meaningful and let the story unfold.
Start with Mom, Dad, a grandparent, or another person whose stories you want your family to remember.
Choose from thoughtful 1g2n prompts or ask your own.
They can respond using video, audio, photos, or writing from their phone, tablet, or computer. No complicated technology required.
Their story becomes part of your private family collection where the people you invite can experience it now—and future generations can discover it later.
For example
“What did you think your life would look like when you were 25?”
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Sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to begin. 1g2n helps you uncover the stories hiding behind everyday memories.
“What were you like when you were my age?”
“What was the biggest risk you ever took?”
“What's something about how you met that I've never heard?”
“What do you remember most about your own mother?”
“What was your first job, and what did it teach you?”
“What’s a mistake you made that changed your life?”
One question can uncover a story your family has never heard before.
Join the Private BetaVideo and audio preserve the person, not just the facts.
Siblings, children, and grandchildren can participate.
No more memories scattered across phones, texts, and photo libraries.
A parent records a memory.
A sibling hears it and asks another question.
A grandchild discovers something they never knew.
Your family's living history.
Start preserving your family's storiesFamily memories are personal. 1g2n is being built with privacy and family control at the center of the experience.
Your family’s space isn’t a public social network. You decide who is invited.
The stories, recordings, photos, and memories your family contributes belong to your family.
Invite the relatives you choose and build your family’s collection together.
1g2n is designed to preserve meaningful family history—not turn your family’s private moments into public content.
Stories are the beginning. Over time, 1g2n can help your family connect the people, memories, milestones, photos, lessons, and moments that define your family's history.
Capture the experiences behind the people in your family.
Preserve meaningful everyday memories that might otherwise disappear.
Leave messages and memories for family members to experience in the future.
Preserve lessons, values, advice, traditions, and perspectives worth passing forward.
Not simply a family tree. The stories behind the family tree.
We're inviting a limited group of families to use 1g2n free beginning October 1 and help shape what comes next.
What we ask
Limited beta · Free to participate · No credit card
There will always be more photos to take. But there won't always be another opportunity to ask Mom about her childhood, to hear Dad tell that story again, to ask Grandma what life was like before you were born.
Start with one question. Preserve one story. And build from there.
Join the 1g2n Private BetaDiscover the stories. Capture their voice. Keep them for generations.
1g2n—One Generation to Next—is a private family storytelling platform designed to help families discover, capture, organize, and preserve the stories of the people they love.
We’re initially focused on adults who want to capture the stories of their parents and grandparents, as well as older adults who want to preserve their own stories for their families.
No. During beta, 1g2n can be accessed through the web from a phone, tablet, or computer.
Yes. Families can preserve memories using video, audio, photos, and written stories.
Yes. 1g2n is designed around private family sharing rather than public social-media posting. You choose the family members you invite.
1g2n is free during the private beta. Pricing for the future service has not yet been finalized.
The first beta families will begin using 1g2n on October 1, 2026.
We want to build 1g2n with families rather than simply build it for them. Beta feedback will help us make recording, sharing, and preserving family stories as easy and meaningful as possible.