TributeMaker

A place to remember

Honor someone you love with a website of their own.

Bring the box of photos, the old clippings and the stories only your family knows. Answer a few simple questions about each one. We turn it all into a tribute your whole family can visit, for years to come.

Start my tribute siteSee a real example

Opening soon. Tell us about the person you want to honor and we will write back within one business day.

Harold and Mae dressed for the evening on a cruise ship
Harold and Mae
Mae in an oval portrait, in a satin blouse and pearl earrings
Mae
Warren holding his baby son with his two daughters
Warren and his children, 1966

Photos. Clippings. Letters. Stories. The jokes everyone still tells. All in one place, with names and dates.

How it works

  1. Gather what you have.Photos, newspaper clippings, letters, certificates, stories. Whatever is in the box, the drawer or the phone.
  2. Get it onto a computer.Paper goes to a scan shop, or a self-service scanner. We walk you through it. Things already on your phone or computer are ready to go.
  3. Answer simple questions.Who is in this picture? Where was it? About when? Why does it matter? You answer in your own words.
  4. We build the site.Your answers become captions, a story and a timeline. You read everything, change what you like, and then it goes live.
Harold and Mae dressed for the evening on a cruise ship

The questions are the whole point.

A photo with no name on the back is just a picture. A photo with a name, a place and a story is a piece of your family. So we ask, one photo at a time, in plain words.

Who is in it?
Harold and Mae
Where was it?
On a cruise ship
When was it?
Not sure yet. A question for the family.

When you are not sure, say so. The site marks it as a question, and a cousin can fill in the rest later.

Who will you honor?

  • A grandparentThe one with the best stories, before they are forgotten.
  • A mother or fatherA thank you that lasts, whether they are here or gone.
  • A husband or wifeA life together, in the order it happened.
  • A friend or teacherThe people who changed you, and never got a statue.

See what it can look like.

The Harold C. Shore site is the example. It holds old newspaper clippings, family photos, his wife Mae and his son Warren, a timeline of what the clippings prove, and the jokes the family still tells. His grandson made it.

A 1955 newspaper notice announcing Harold C. Shore and Co. at 50 Broad Street, New York Harold and Mae with family at their 50th wedding anniversary Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, with a crowd outside the entrance Warren as a baby, lying in a bassinet

Visit haroldcshore.com

No boxes in the mail.

Everything stays online. We never ask you to mail your photos, and we never hold your originals. They stay with you.

For paper, a scan shop such as FedEx Office will scan it for you, or you can use their self-service scanner. Our guides show how.

Questions people ask

Do I need to be good with computers?

No. If you can use email and answer questions, you can do this. You never have to touch a website builder.

Who can see the site?

You decide. We build it and you review it before anyone else sees it.

What if I do not know who is in a photo?

Say so. The site can mark a photo as a question for the family to answer later.

What does it cost?

You will see the price before you start. Ask us and we will tell you where things stand today.

Some people deserve more than a box in the closet.

Tell us a little about the person you want to honor.

Start my tribute site