Online family tree platform
Keep your family history together
People, the relationships between them and the memories they left, in one private place. You begin it and the whole family fills it in.
Shajara is free for now. No card required.
The state Shajara system finds an ancestor's name in the archive. We attach the face, the voice, the story and the grave location to that name — and the whole family fills it in together. Guide →
The living tree
Generations in one view
Pan the tree, zoom in and find the person you want by name. Mark yourself as the root and the tree starts from you every time.
Voice memories
Let the voices of your family be kept
Record straight from the browser. The story stays on that person page, in their own voice, with its date and length.
Ziyarat
Archive and memorial places
Old photographs and documents are kept as they are. A page for someone who has died holds the burial ground, a note about the spot and an exact point that opens on a map in one tap.
How it works
Start with yourself
Write about yourself — the tree grows from this seed.
Add your relatives
Parents, grandparents — approximate dates are fine.
Invite the family
Send a link — everyone adds their part of the memory.
What you can do
Interactive tree
Move through generations, add relatives in one click.
Memories
Record stories about each person — with the author's name.
Family archive
Old photos, records and documents, stored safely.
Ziyarat
Grave location, coordinates and directions — one tap on the map.
Privacy
Only people you invite can see the tree. You assign the roles.
Family book
A printable book and GEDCOM export in one click.
Your tree stays closed
- Invitation only
- Only people who came in through a link you sent can see the tree. The link has an expiry and you can revoke it at any time.
- You set the roles
- Owner, administrator, editor and viewer: who may read and who may write is set out explicitly.
- Living relatives are protected
- The tree settings can hide details of living people from lower-privilege members. It is on by default.
- Not given to search engines
- Pages behind the sign-in are not indexed and are not published to the open internet.
Memory doesn't wait.
Start today. No card is required, and viewing stays free forever.
Start for freeShajara is free for now. No card required.