One family collection. An easier way to join.
Each family member uses their own account. You can join a relative’s VP without creating a profile of your own.
For the profile owner or steward
- Open the VP in your library and choose Manage family access.
- Enter your relative’s email address. For an invitation you share yourself, the review-first option can leave this blank.
- Under When they accept, choose how access is approved.
- Read the permission acknowledgment, select it, and send or share the invitation.
Approve when they accept — the default
Use this for a relative you want to invite. Enter their specific email address. They sign in using that address, accept the invitation, and confirm a six-digit code sent to their inbox. The VP appears in their library, ready to read and contribute. You do not have to return for another approval.
Require me to review it
For an extra approval step, choose this option under When they accept. Your relative submits a request, then you must return to Manage family access → Requests to join and approve them. They cannot read or contribute until you approve. This option also supports a privately shared link without a specified email address.
Existing invitations keep their original approval choice. Changing the default does not approve older pending requests. Review those requests, or send a new automatic invitation.
Only invite someone you intend to give access to. Inbox verification confirms access to that email address; it does not prove a person’s real-world identity. You can remove contributor access later.
Send the invitation through Messenger
After creating an invitation, choose Share invitation. Your device opens its sharing menu; choose Messenger and the intended relative, then finish sending there. Messenger appears only when your device makes it available. You can also choose Messages, email, or another supported app.
If a sharing menu is unavailable, the app tries to copy the invitation link. You can always use Copy link and paste it into Messenger yourself. The invitation’s email requirement, approval choice, expiration, and verification code still apply. Sharing does not itself add anyone to the VP.
For the invited relative
- Open the invitation link, or sign in and choose Join an existing family profile to paste it.
- Sign in or create an account. Use the email address the invitation was sent to.
- Check the person’s name shown above the form, then enter your relationship to that person and accept the contribution acknowledgment. Opening or pasting another invitation updates the name and clears the previous relationship and acknowledgment.
- For an automatic invitation, check your email and spam folder, enter the six-digit code, and choose Verify and join collection. For review-first invitations, wait for the steward to approve.
Links, codes and access
- An invitation link expires after seven days and works for one account.
- An email code expires after ten minutes. Use the latest code. Send a new code is available after one minute, with up to three sends per hour. Five incorrect attempts lock that code until it expires.
- Do not forward your invitation or verification code. An automatic invitation works only with its intended account email.
- The steward can revoke an unused invitation. After someone joins, use Remove contributor access to stop their future access; revoking the old link alone does not remove an approved contributor.
- Contributors can read the collection and add their own recollections. This does not grant ownership, storyteller consent, administrator access, or permission to reproduce a person’s voice or likeness.
- If you already requested access with a review-first link, you can accept a new automatic invitation from the steward. The older pending request is closed when you successfully join.
Never share your password. For a forgotten password, choose Sign in → Forgot password?
Every leaf, a story.