KinLore — Beta, June 2026

Your family story.
One purchase. Done.

Find your ancestors without the $40/month subscription trap. KinLore does the research for you—digging through census records, immigration manifests, historical archives, and public documents—then writes a beautiful, publishable narrative. No monthly fees. No algorithm. Just your family's real story.

From scattered records to one complete family narrative. What genealogy apps charge $50 a month for, you buy once.

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Free skeleton report instantly. Full narratives at launch — founding members lock in one-time pricing, no surprise charges.

56 states  ·  3,200+ verified counties  ·  20,000+ source profiles

What a KinLore report sounds like

The Ferraro Family Story

"Your great-grandfather Enzo Ferraro arrived at Ellis Island in October 1903, one of thousands of Southern Italians who crossed that year. He settled in Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Loray Mill had just expanded and was hiring anyone willing to work the looms. He wasn't wandering. He was chasing the boom."

What others give you

Enzo Ferraro. Born 1879, Calabria, Italy. Arrived US 1903. Died 1952, Gastonia, NC.

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What KinLore gives you

The full picture. Why they left. What they found. What was happening in that town, that decade, that culture. The human story behind every record.

What you'll receive

A report that feels personal, not procedural

Beautifully formatted, printable, and built to be shared. Here's what a KinLore narrative looks like:

The Ferraro Family Story

📍 Gastonia, North Carolina 📅 1903–1952 📄 12 pages

Enzo Ferraro didn't leave Calabria on a whim. In 1903, Southern Italy was hemorrhaging population—over 800,000 Italians crossed the Atlantic that year alone. The land reform promised after unification never materialized, and the agrarian economy couldn't sustain families like his.

When Enzo arrived at Ellis Island in October, he was part of the largest single-year wave of Italian immigration in U.S. history. But he didn't stay in New York. He pushed south to Gaston County, North Carolina, where the Loray Mill had just expanded to become the largest textile plant under one roof in the world.

"He wasn't wandering. He was chasing the boom."

Census records place him in a mill village boardinghouse by 1910, working as a loom operator alongside 127 other Italian immigrants in a county that had barely seen Southern Europeans before 1900. His trajectory mirrored thousands of others: transatlantic passage, industrial labor, slow assimilation.

What makes his story remarkable isn't exceptionalism—it's specificity. The economic forces that moved him. The town that absorbed him. The mill that employed him. The decade that defined him...

KinLore Report · The Full Story
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How it works

Give us a few names. We'll find the story.

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Start with what you know

A grandparent's name, a rough date, a place. Even fragments work.

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Free

Get a free skeleton

We instantly confirm identity, county, occupation, and household size — plus one compelling hook.

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Choose your depth

Pick The Full Story or White Glove Edition for a deeper, multi-generational narrative. Pricing revealed at launch — join the waitlist to lock in founding member rates.

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Receive your report

A real narrative with historical context, timeline, sources, and a Family Knowledge File you can keep forever.

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Founding members get priority access.

We're in private beta. Full report tiers launch in June 2026 — join the waitlist now to lock in founding member pricing before we go public.

Free Tier
Free Skeleton
Free
See what we find — instantly. A teaser that proves we found your people.
  • ✓ Identity confirmation + location
  • ✓ One compelling narrative hook
  • ✓ Instant results
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The Full Story
Complete Narrative
Coming soon
Gift package available at launch
Full census-anchored narrative with deep historical context.
  • ✓ 3,000+ word narrative with timeline
  • ✓ Historical context & source citations
  • ✓ Family Knowledge File included
  • ✓ Delivered in 24-48 hours
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White Glove
Premium Edition
Coming soon
Published-quality family history with expanded research.
  • ✓ Everything in The Full Story
  • ✓ 4,000+ words + multi-generational
  • ✓ Military, newspaper, deed records
  • ✓ Source images & gap analysis
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Beta launch June 2026. Start free — see what we find. Founding members lock in the best pricing when they join.

Give your parents their family's story.

The Full Story will come in a gift package — premium formatting, a personalized cover, and a "gifted by" inscription. It's a present that actually means something. Gift pricing revealed at launch.

Birthday, anniversary, retirement, holidays. Or just because they deserve to know where they come from.

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Gift Package

Premium formatting, personalized cover, "gifted by [your name]" inscription

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Coverage & Data

Built on verified records.
Not estimated guesses.

56
States & territories covered
3,200+
Counties with verified records
20,000+
Integrated genealogy source profiles
📚 Census, immigration, deed & FamilySearch records
🤖 AI writes the narrative — not just the data dump
💳 One-time purchase. No Ancestry-style subscription.
"I spent years and hundreds on Ancestry subscriptions, only to get stuck staring at spreadsheets. KinLore found the actual story—why my ancestors made the moves they did—and didn't make me pay monthly for it."
Sarah M.
The Full Story · First-time buyer
"Finally, a genealogy service that doesn't treat research like a subscription game. One price. One beautiful report. No wondering if I'm getting ripped off by monthly charges. That's how it should work."
James T.
White Glove · Converted from Ancestry

Historical context, not just data

Every ancestor placed in the world they actually lived in. Economic booms, wars, migrations, cultural shifts. The why behind the where.

One price, not a subscription trap

Deep-dive narrative reports you buy once. No $50/month subscription to search a database yourself. Pay for insight, not access.

Family Knowledge File included

A portable file you can use in any chatbot or AI assistant. Ask follow-up questions about your family forever — your research travels with you.

Sources you can verify

Every claim linked to the record it came from. Census entries, ship manifests, parish registers. We show our work.

Questions

Everything you're wondering

How does KinLore work?

You submit basic ancestor information (name, date, location, relationship). Our AI researcher searches through census records, vital records, immigration documents, military files, deeds, and historical archives. It then writes a narrative report placing your ancestor in their historical context — not just who they were, but why they made the choices they did.

You get a free teaser first to confirm we found the right person, then decide if you want the full story.

What records do you search?

We pull from U.S. census records (1790–1950), immigration manifests, naturalization records, vital records (birth, marriage, death), military service files, deed records, newspaper archives, and parish registers. Coverage spans 56 states and territories, 3,200+ verified counties, and 20,885 integrated genealogy source profiles — with top markets in Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Virginia, and Indiana. The White Glove tier expands into military documents, property records, and newspaper mentions.

How long does it take?

The free skeleton report is instant — you'll see results in seconds. The Full Story delivers in 24-48 hours. The White Glove Edition takes 3-5 business days due to deeper research and expanded sources.

What if you can't find anything?

If we can't locate your ancestor in the records, we provide a research finding explaining what we searched, why it didn't produce results, and recommendations for next steps. This isn't a failure — it's valuable information about where gaps exist and what alternate paths might work.

No-hit scenarios are rare but honest. You won't be charged for a narrative we can't write.

How is this different from Ancestry?

Ancestry gives you access to a database for $50/month — you do the searching, the connecting, and the interpreting. KinLore does the research for you and writes a narrative report with historical context for a one-time fee (pricing revealed at launch).

Think of it this way: Ancestry is a library card. KinLore is hiring a historian to write the book.

What do I get in each tier?

Free Skeleton: Instant identity confirmation, location, occupation, household size, and one compelling hook.

The Full Story: 3,000+ word narrative with historical context, timeline, sources, and a Family Knowledge File. Census-anchored research.

White Glove: Everything in The Full Story plus military records, newspaper mentions, deed records, multi-generational expansion, 4,000+ words, source document images, and research gap analysis.

Can I gift a report?

Yes! The Full Story will come in a gift package — premium formatting, personalized cover, and a "gifted by [your name]" inscription. It's perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, retirements, or holidays. The White Glove tier can also be gifted. Gift pricing revealed at launch.

Is my information private and secure?

Yes. Your submission data and reports are stored securely. We don't share, sell, or monetize your family information. Your research is yours — we're just the ones who wrote it.

Every family has a story worth telling properly.

Not just names and dates on a chart. The full, specific, human story of why your people ended up where they did, and what the world looked like when they got there.

Beta launching June 2026. Start free — see what we find. Then decide if you want the full story.

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