Family Story & History - Digital Time Capsule

Start the important talk about future care and legacy wishes with adult children. Get simple scripts and tips for a calm, productive family conversation in Australia.

This 2026 checklist helps you get your affairs in order with clarity and confidence. It guides you through organising essential documents, recording care preferences, and securing important personal and financial information. Designed to reduce stress for you and your loved ones, it supports better planning, easier access to information, and greater peace of mind during life’s transitions.

This guide helps you clearly record your health preferences, values, and important personal information, ensuring your wishes are understood and respected if you cannot speak for yourself.

This practical roadmap guides executors and carers through every stage of responsibility, from the first steps after a death or diagnosis to finalising affairs with confidence. It explains how to organise essential documents, manage care and legal obligations, coordinate with family and professionals, and ensure information is accessible when needed. Designed to reduce overwhelm and provide clarity during complex times.

This guide explains the best way to help a loved one plan for end of life with clarity and care. It walks through how to start conversations, organise essential documents, record care wishes, and ensure information is accessible when needed. Designed to reduce stress and confusion, it helps families support loved ones with confidence and compassion during an emotional time.

A clear checklist to help record final wishes, organise legal and personal details, and ensure loved ones can quickly access important information during stressful or emotional times.

Ditch the dusty boxes and create a secure, organised digital family archive. Our guide shows you how to preserve precious photos, videos, documents, and oral histories for the future.

Sharing sensitive information with family requires a balance between transparency and privacy. This guide explores strategies for selective disclosure. You might share funeral wishes with all adult children but keep the details of your will private until the appropriate time. Or, provide your healthcare agent with full medical details while giving other family members a general summary. We discuss using different ‘Rooms’ for different audiences and the importance of clear communication about what is being shared and why. These methods allow you to provide necessary guidance and comfort to your loved ones while maintaining boundaries and preventing misunderstandings or premature disclosures.

A digital time capsule is a dynamic way to curate your story for the future. This step-by-step guide shows you how to assemble a rich collection for your children, grandchildren, or even your future self. Go beyond photos: include video messages, voice recordings of family stories, scanned letters from past generations, a playlist of meaningful songs, and documents that explain your family history. We advise on organising themes (e.g., “My Childhood,” “Our Family Traditions”) and setting a future ‘opening’ date for maximum impact. This creative project ensures your lived experience and personality are preserved in vivid detail for those who will wonder about your life.

Future messages allow your voice to be present at life’s milestone moments, even if you cannot be. This guide covers the practicalities of creating these digital gifts. Learn how to write heartfelt content for birthdays, weddings, graduations, or the birth of a grandchild. We then explain the technical setup: how to choose your delivery date (a specific calendar date or a trigger like ‘after my passing’), select your recipients, and upload your video, audio, or text message. Tips on timing and emotional tone ensure your message arrives as a beautiful surprise, offering love, pride, and connection exactly when it will be most meaningful.

Preserving family legacy requires action. This guide shares the top 10 ways to safeguard stories, values, and traditions, ensuring future generations inherit identity, resilience, and inspiration.

Story tags make genealogy research easier. Learn how to tag stories, photos, and documents so future generations can navigate family history with clarity, context, and deeper understanding.