How it works
A question goes out
Each week, the family's storyteller — often a dad or a grandparent — gets a question by email. “What was your very first car, and where did it take you?”
They tell the story
They answer in their own words, on their own time. A few lines or a few pages — whatever the memory wants.
The family gets every word
The story lands in the inbox of everyone the family chose. You can tap a reaction or write back — the storyteller sees it all.
A year becomes a book
At the end of the year, the stories are printed as a hardcover the family keeps forever.
Got one of our emails?
Why am I getting these emails?
Someone in your family added you to their story list — their name is in the footer of every email. Longtold never buys, rents, or guesses at email addresses; the only way onto a list is a family member putting you there.
How many emails will I get?
One for each story your storyteller tells. Most families run one or two questions a week, and the most a storyteller can be asked is four — so four story emails in a week is the ceiling, and most weeks it's fewer.
Do I need an account? Does it cost me anything?
No and no. The emails are the whole thing for you — nothing to sign up for, nothing to install, nothing to pay. The links in each story (reactions, writing back, asking a question of your own) work with one tap, no login.
What happens with my email address?
It's used to send you these story emails, and for nothing else — never marketing, never sold or shared — unless you explicitly opt in to something more. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe that works immediately.
How are the stories protected?
Stories are encrypted at rest on our servers, sent only to the people the family chose, and never used to train AI models or made public in any way.
How do I stop the emails?
Click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any story email — it takes effect right away, and the family can always add you back later if you change your mind.
Want to keep your own family’s stories?
Start a year for your storyteller at longtold.life.