Kinonicle

The living family chronicle

Your family,
faithfully connected.

Build or import your family tree into one private, understandable home—where relatives can explore, contribute and preserve the record together.

Private by design · Reviewed changes · Family-owned export

The Lim Kinonicle3 generations
ALAnna Lee1934 — 2018
KLKai Lim1932 — 2009
JLJames LimBorn 1958
MTMei TanBorn 1961
ELEvelyn LimBorn 1987
DLDaniel LimBorn 1990

The family record should not depend on one person’s laptop.

Give the work of one careful steward a home the whole family can understand.

Two generations carefully arranging family photographs and a handwritten family treeIllustrative image

Built from a real family problem

Help the person who carries the family record stop carrying it alone.

Kinonicle began with a large, complicated family archive: many generations, many branches and one recurring question—how can relatives explore and contribute without losing trust in the record?

The answer is not a public tree or another empty account. It is a private family chronicle, governed by the people entrusted with it and designed to be handed on.

Why Kinonicle exists

Made for real families

Clarity for everyone.
Care for the record.

Kinonicle pairs an unusually clear family tree with the quiet controls needed to maintain it responsibly.

01

Explore without getting lost

Move through generations, collapse large branches and bring any person or relationship into focus.

02

Understand every connection

See how two relatives are connected in plain, culturally familiar language—with the path highlighted in the tree.

03

Keep one trusted record

Relatives suggest people, facts and stories. Family stewards review every contribution before it changes the archive.

A record worthy of being handed on

Names are the beginning.
Stories make them live.

Keep places, photographs, sources and family memories beside the people they belong to. Preserve the original context rather than reducing a life to dates.

Read the family-tree guide
Family record1956

“Every Sunday, the whole family gathered at the house on Joo Chiat Road. The table was extended into the corridor before lunch.”

LLLee LianStory shared by Mei, with photograph

Simple to begin

From family file to living record.

01

Bring your record home

Start with the GEDCOM file you already have, then review the people and relationships together.

02

Invite the family

Give relatives a private place to explore, add context and suggest what is missing.

03

Steward it together

Review every contribution, preserve its source and keep a history of how the record grows.

The steward’s desk

Thoughtful oversight, without the administration theatre.

See what needs attention, review contributions in context and maintain one clear history of changes. The dashboard stays quiet when nothing needs you.

Explore family stewardship
Steward overviewToday
6Awaiting review
2,438People in record
4New this month
Needs your attention
LTBirthplace suggestedLee Mei Ting · submitted by LinaReview
KLNew family memberConnected to the Lim branchReview

Last backup verified 2 days ago

Made for families everywhere

Belonging has more than one language.

Kinonicle is being designed for multilingual names, different scripts, culturally familiar kinship terms, and blended, adopted and non-traditional families.

Family chronicle家谱Silsilah keluargaகுடும்ப வரலாறு

Private by design

Your family record is not public content.

Family spaces are protected. Contributions are reviewed. Permissions, change history and export keep the family in control.

Our security approach

Begin your family chronicle

Bring your family record home.

Join early access with the shape of your archive—never by emailing us the family file.