Volume 01 · An oral history project
Sit with an elder.
Save the whole story.
Legacy Ledger gives you a quiet, two-hour framework to interview the people who raised us — and a public ledger so their grandchildren, cousins, and lost relatives can find them later.
An open project
Anyone can interview. Anyone can upload. Anyone can be remembered.
You don't need a press pass or a film crew. A neighbour, a grandchild, a stranger at the care home — anyone willing to sit for two hours can add a life to the ledger. The wider this gets shared, the more love, character, and hard-won knowledge stays on the record instead of leaving with the person. Share it. Pass the link. Sit with someone next weekend.
Our promise
We never sell, share, or give away anyone's details.
Every story is kept on the record — held in trust, not handed out. No data brokers, no third-party sharing, no advertising. The entire point of this project is to encapsulate, save, and protect the knowledge, love, and character of one person, so their family can find them — and only their family carries the rest forward.
A 120-minute frame
Seven sections, each timed, so an hour with someone's grandfather doesn't spill into four.
Prompts that open people up
Origins, family, chapters, joys, regrets, and the message they want left behind.
Knowledge kept on the record
Trades, recipes, fixes, rules of thumb — the practical inheritance most obituaries miss.
A ledger that finds people
Filter by birthplace, family surnames, era — so a cousin in another country can search and arrive.
The framework
Two hours, seven chapters
Total · 130 minutes
- 0110 min
Settling in
Make them comfortable. Confirm name, age, where we are. Get their voice warmed up.
- 0220 min
Origins
Where they came from. Childhood scenes, the place itself, the language at the kitchen table.
- 0325 min
Family & relatives
The map of people. Capture full names, surnames, siblings, grandparents — anything that could help a relative find them later.
- 0425 min
Life chapters
The arc. School, work, military, moves, big choices. Anchor each chapter to a place and a year.
- 0515 min
Joys & regrets
Pros and cons of the life. What they'd do again, what they'd undo.
- 0625 min
Knowledge to pass on
The practical inheritance. Trades, recipes, fixes, rules of thumb, hard-won lessons — anything they'd hand to someone starting out.
- 0710 min
Wisdom & close
Their message forward. End on something they want kept.
Someone in your life is waiting to be asked.
Set aside a Saturday afternoon. Bring tea. Ask them their parents' names.