For institutions
For the bodies that already keep the records.
Churches, schools, hometown associations, unions and family councils hold much of what a family needs and often have nowhere organised to keep track of it. This is somewhere to put it, and a way for people to find you.
The same workspace a clan uses
There is no separate institutional account, and you do not need one. An institution creates the same workspace a family association does, and uses it for the people, the calendar and the holdings.
Family meeting — Saturday, 10am
What it is used for
Four jobs, all working today
A directory of the people you serve
Members, congregants, alumni or households in one searchable list, with roles that decide who may post and who may only read.
Meetings and observances
Annual general meetings, memorials, harvests and reunions, with attendance recorded against each one.
A catalogue of what you hold
Baptism registers, minute books, land papers and photographs — what each item is, what period it covers and where the original is kept, so the next officer can find it.
A public page for enquiries
One address to give descendants and researchers who write asking whether you hold records for a family.
Nothing leaves without a decision
A workspace is closed. Your directory, your minutes and your catalogue are visible only to people you have admitted. Two things can be made public, each by a deliberate act of an administrator: a page you build and publish, and a listing in the public directory showing your name, one line you write and a member count.
What is not here yet
Said plainly, so you can judge whether this is useful to you today rather than after signing up.
- Registers cannot be uploaded. The catalogue records what an item is and where the original is kept. Attaching scans is not switched on.
- No bulk import of member rolls. People are added individually or by invitation. GEDCOM import exists, but it is for family trees, not membership lists.
- No institutional account type. You use the same workspace a family association uses, with the same roles.
If one of these is the thing you need, say so — it is worth knowing which to build first.
Tell us what you need