Your Family Archives by ImagineBest

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Sign in from the home page: Choose Sign in, complete the ImagineBest identity screen, and return to the family app signed in.
Session expired: Choose Sign in again, complete the identity step, and continue with a fresh session.
Switch account: Choose Switch account, sign in with a different email, and see only the families available to that account.
Sign out: Choose Sign out to leave the app and hide protected family data from the browser session.
Update credentials: Choose Update credentials to manage password, passkeys, and sign-in methods in the identity account area.

Review families: Open Families to see owned and shared families with role, people count, relationship count, and last saved date.
Open a family: Choose Open on a family row to move into the tree workspace.
Create a family: Choose New family, add the first person, and the app opens Family connections so you can add close relatives immediately.
Upload JSON: Choose Upload JSON, select a backup file, and import a family from saved data.
Delete or restore: Move a family to Deleted, restore it within the restore window, or permanently delete only after typing DELETE.

See the family tree: Open a family on Family Tree to see one focused visual tree for the selected family.
Change focus person: Search for a person in the focus box and select them to redraw the tree around that person.
Change view options: Open View options to change ancestor depth, descendant depth, spouse visibility, and relationship labels.
Family connections: Select a person and choose Family connections to add, link, import, order, and correct close relatives in one place.
Advanced cleanup: Use Advanced cleanup only for removals or parent moves that need an extra warning.

Browse people: Open People to scan every person in the family as a dense list.
Filter people: Use search and filters to narrow the list by name, ID, place, date, or life status.
Focus a person: Choose a person from the list to move the tree focus to that person.
Copy person ID: Use copy when you need a stable person ID for support, review, or data cleanup.

Browse family units: Open Relationships to see marriages, parent-child groups, and family-unit details.
Edit relationship: Choose edit on a relationship to update type, status, marriage details, notes, or children.
Delete relationship: Choose delete, review any people who may become disconnected, and confirm only when the result is correct.
Focus from relationship: Choose a related person from a relationship row to move the tree focus to them.

Find connection: Open Relationship paths, select two or more people, and see the closest relationship paths between them.
Compare possible paths: Review ranked paths to understand how selected people are connected through parents, spouses, and children.
Inspect shared people: Use the shared-people summary to find common ancestors or bridge relatives across selected people.

Open focused report: Open Report to generate a focused family report around the selected person.
Choose report scope: Pick whether the report should include a full tree, tree structure, or a single focused branch.
Adjust report depth: Change ancestor and descendant depth to control how much family context appears.
Export report: Generate or download the report for sharing, printing, or archiving.

Invite relatives from guided archive tasks when you are ready to ask for help with memories, photos, or family details.
Find a relative: Active archive members can see living relatives who can open the archive and message each other.
Share with one relative: Enter their email, keep View only when you only want them to read, and confirm the permission preview before sharing.
Invite a contributor: Choose Contributor when you want them to help update family information.
Limit contributor scope: Expand Limit contributor scope only when the contributor should suggest changes for a specific family profile or branch.
Review access requests: Owners and Family Managers can approve or reject invite suggestions and contributor access requests.
Revoke access: Choose remove access for a relative, confirm the action, and remove their access to the family.

Start contributing: A Contributor opens a shared family and chooses Edit to start a private draft.
Private draft tree: The Contributor sees one combined draft tree with badges for changes and conflicts.
Review own changes: The Contributor opens Changes or selects changed nodes to see human-readable details of what changed.
Submit whole draft: The Contributor chooses Submit changes to send the whole draft to the owner as one review request.
Withdraw request: The Contributor chooses Withdraw request to reopen the submitted proposal as an editable private draft.

Family Member request: A Family Member can ask for contributor access from the archive member space.
Invite suggestion: Contributors and Family Members can suggest another relative as a Family Member.
Review: The Owner or Family Manager reviews suggestions before permissions change or invite emails are sent.
Track status: The requester can see whether a request is pending, approved, or rejected.

See pending changes: An owner opens an owned family and sees Pending changes when contributors have submitted proposals.
Review whole submission: The owner reviews one submitted draft with item-level changes instead of separate action requests.
Accept or reject items: The owner marks individual submitted items as apply or reject before final review.
Apply review: The owner chooses Apply review and only accepted items are applied to the approved family tree.

Load audit history: Owners choose Audit history to see recent important changes for the selected family.
Read audit entries: Review who made a change, what action happened, and when it happened.
Use audit for confidence: Use audit history to confirm sharing, deletion, restoration, and review activity.

Open admin: Users with the admin role choose Admin to view application-level usage and account information.
Search users: Admins search users by email, name, or identity ID to help with support questions.
View user profile: Admins open a user profile to see account and app-level summary data.
Support requests: Admins review support requests, update status, and add a support note visible to the user.

Open support: Use Support when something breaks, an invite is confusing, or a family record needs attention.
Avoid private content: Start with the problem, browser action, and expected result. Add family names or private notes only when needed.
Terms and privacy: Use the footer links for the current product terms and privacy policy before sharing family data with others.
Analytics promise: Usage analytics measure product usefulness, not family content.

Family list does not load: Choose retry, refresh the page, or sign in again if the session has expired.
Save fails: Check that you are signed in, that you have edit rights, and retry after the connection is stable.
Shared family missing: Confirm you are signed in with the invited email and ask the owner to check access.
Contributor cannot submit: Review conflict badges and required fields, then submit again after conflicts are resolved.