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A Family Memory Project

Give the giftof their story.

Create a guided family project that captures the voice, memories and stories of someone you love.

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Ftakarni guides your family through the questions worth asking. Record the stories in their own voice, bring them together and complete a keepsake for the generations who follow.

Private to your family. Download everything when the project is complete.

A gift for

Moments worth marking.

A vintage family Polaroid: a grandmother surrounded by her grandchildren on the steps of an old Mediterranean home
Nanna & the grandchildren · Summer, 1958

Nanna Carmen Vella · 82 · Rabat, Malta

"Behind the house there was a lemon tree my father planted the year I was born. He used to say I grew taller than it for two summers…"
A linen-covered table with eucalyptus leaves, a ceramic bowl, an olive wood spoon and an open handwritten recipe book in warm window light
The small things that make a home

How it works

A beginning, a period, and a finish.

One project your family begins, experiences and completes together.

  1. 1

    Begin a project

    Start a Family Memory Project, or give one as a gift.

  2. 2

    Choose the person

    One project, one person whose story will be recorded.

  3. 3

    Invite the family

    Selected relatives suggest questions or add memories of their own.

  4. 4

    Record the stories

    Over a defined period — unhurried, but with a beginning and an end.

  5. 5

    Organise into chapters

    Arrange the recordings into six simple chapters.

  6. 6

    Complete the project

    When the family is ready, the collection is closed.

  7. 7

    Receive the keepsake

    A finished digital collection, with an optional printed memory book.

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Six chapters

One life, in six chapters.

No tagging, no complicated filters. Memories rest where they belong.

  1. 1Early Years
  2. 2Family
  3. 3Home and Traditions
  4. 4Work and Life
  5. 5Important Moments
  6. 6Reflections and Messages
A grandmother sitting at a kitchen table showing old family photographs to her young grandchild in warm window light
A project the family makes together

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  1. 1940s

    Childhood

    "A garden, a lemon tree, and small hands."

  2. 1960s

    Marriage

    "Bread, song, and lamps that went out at midnight."

  3. 1970s

    Work & Home

    "Apricots carried home in coat pockets."

  4. 1990s

    Grandchildren

    "Sunday lunches that overflowed the table."

  5. Today

    Threads forward

    "A grandchild asks, and the orchard returns."

The questions worth asking

We give you somewhere to start.

Nanna Carmen, 82
"We had no money for a feast, so my mother baked ftira and we sang in the courtyard until the lamps went out."
Nanna Carmen, 82 · Early Years · 1962
Nannu Ġużeppi, 79
"I would walk home through the village after the festa and bring back nougat in my coat pocket for the children."
Nannu Ġużeppi, 79 · Work and Life · 1971
A stack of old family photographs resting on warm linen beside a sprig of eucalyptus

Give someone you love
the opportunity to tell their story.

Begin a Family Project