Voices from your family tree

Hear from the ancestor you never met.

Send us a name, a place, a year and a job. We'll send back a one-minute voice clip of them talking about their life, in the accent of their time and place.

Make my ancestor's clip, $9 Listen to an example

Example clip

Margaret, 1846

Hears that you work from home three days a week.

“From home? Three days? And they pay thee for it?”

“Lass, the knocker-up's rapping my window at five. I'm at Horrockses by half past, and them looms don't stop while seven at night. historical Two looms, mind. Tha can't hear thysen think.”

“We mee-maw, like, mouth the words to each other. We kiss the shuttle to thread it. Half the girls have a cough by twenty. historical”

“I made my mark when I wed. An X, in the book at St John's. I'd have liked to see my name written proper. imagined”

“So. What is it tha does all day, at that kitchen table?”

from records historical taken from what you send us, or from the history of that place and time imagined what they might have felt or said

How it works

Tell us who they wereName, rough dates, where they lived and what they did. A family story helps, but isn't needed.
We research their worldTheir town, their trade, their dialect, and what was happening around them that year.
Hear them speakWithin 3 days you get an MP4 clip by email, ready to keep, play at a family dinner or post.

Order a clip of your ancestor

One ancestor, one clip of about a minute. You'll pay on the next page.

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Your ancestor Their name

Born year, rough is fine Died if known

Where they lived What they did

Anything else you know family stories, who they married, how they ended up where they did

How should they speak? A photo of them optional, up to 8 MB

One thing you'd like them to react to optional

You

Your first name Email for delivery

I understand the voice is an AI reconstruction, not a recording, and that some details will be imagined. I agree to the terms, including that work starts straight away, and I've read the privacy notice. Email me when live conversations launch and about new ancestors. Optional, unsubscribe any time.

$9 per ancestor, refund if you're not happy

Questions

Is it their real voice?

No. Nobody recorded people who lived in the 1800s. We choose a voice to match their age, region and era, so it's a reconstruction of how someone like them would have sounded.

What if I only know a name and a town?

That's enough. Census records, trades and local history fill in the rest, and we mark which parts are imagined.

Can I share it?

Yes. It's yours to keep and post. If you share it on TikTok, tag @ancestalk and we might feature it.

Do you keep my family's details?

We only use what you send to make your clip. We delete photos and details 30 days after delivery, and we never use information about living relatives.

Want to talk back?

We're building live conversations, where you ask your ancestor questions and they answer. Join the list to try it first.

One email when it's ready, and you can unsubscribe any time. See the privacy notice.