Sidon Apps · Family History

Sidon Family Tree

Map your family across generations, add stories and photos, and keep everyone’s history alive in one beautiful, visual tree. Built for families, hobby genealogists and future historians.

Desktop first · Web-ready Story & timeline focused Designed for future AI helpers
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Built for story-first family history

Classic family tree tools focus on names and dates. Sidon Family Tree adds context: stories, timelines and little details that make relatives feel like real people, not just boxes on a chart.

Tree view

Drag-and-drop tree canvas

Add parents, children, siblings and partners with guided actions. The layout engine keeps everything readable while still letting you nudge cards around.

Think “visual whiteboard” but tailored for family trees.

Profiles

Rich person profiles

For each person, store names, dates, locations, photos, short biographies and little memories from family members.

Perfect for capturing stories before they’re forgotten.

Timeline

Life events & timelines

Plot major events on a timeline: births, moves, jobs, military service, weddings and milestones. See how generations overlap.

Helps you tell the “big picture” story across decades.

Sharing

Private family sharing

Invite relatives to view or contribute to the tree. Decide who can edit, who can comment, and who only sees a read-only view.

Future: secure Sidon Cloud sharing when you’re ready.

Media

Photos, audio & documents

Attach favourite photos, scans of old letters, and even short audio recordings of relatives talking about memories.

Organised around people and events, not hard-to-find folders.

Sidon future

Designed for future AI helpers

Sidon AI could eventually help you clean up duplicate entries, suggest links between people, or turn your tree into a family history book.

Built to plug into the wider Sidon ecosystem over time.

How a typical family project might look

Start simple: a handful of relatives you know well. Then gradually add branches, stories and media over weeks and months.

  1. 1
    Pick a starting person
    Often that’s you, a parent or a grandparent. Add what you already know: names, dates, places.
  2. 2
    Add close family
    Add parents, siblings, partners and children. The basics are enough to begin linking branches together.
    You can always come back and enrich profiles later.
  3. 3
    Layer in stories & media
    Drop in photos, write short anecdotes, and record quick voice notes with relatives while you chat.
  4. 4
    Share with the rest of the family
    Share a link or export a printable view for reunions, school projects or keepsake books.

Early access & future-phase ideas

Sidon Family Tree will begin as a focused, offline-first app, then grow with optional cloud and AI features.

Phase 1 Local app · core tree & profiles
Phase 2 Timeline view, richer media, export tools
Phase 3 Private Sidon Cloud sharing (optional)
Phase 4 Sidon AI helpers & book-style exports
Future-phase “Innovation Features” we’re exploring:
Gentle AI prompts to help you interview relatives.
Automatic layout tidy-up for very large trees.
Export to “family book” PDFs with stories and photos.
Optional links to other Sidon tools (journals, archives).

Want to help shape Sidon Family Tree?

We’re collecting a small group of early testers who love family history and want a calmer, more story-friendly tool. No obligation, just occasional updates and prototypes.

Email option coming soon

Or talk to us on the Sidon Systems Discord.