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Learn ArbolKin step by step.

Practical guides, visual examples, and complete tutorials for building trees, inviting relatives, preserving memories, and caring for family privacy.

Getting started

Set up your space, understand the workflow, and learn where to begin.

Trees and profiles

Build people, relationships, events, and visual navigation with confidence.

Memories and evidence

Organize photos, documents, albums, sources, and timelines.

Family collaboration

Use questions, suggestions, contributions, alerts, and shared tasks without chaos.

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Getting started
Trees and profiles
Memories and evidence
Family collaboration
Privacy and administration
Troubleshooting

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6 min
First tour of ArbolKin

Learn the main areas and the recommended order for getting started without getting lost.

Getting started
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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7 min
Workspace dashboard and Discover

Use the dashboard, global search, recents, and work queues to decide what to do next.

Getting started
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
Roles, permissions, and tree access

Learn what each role can do and how to limit access when a workspace has multiple trees.

Privacy and administration
Owners and admins
Updated: July 2026
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9 min
Invite relatives and link people

Invite members, assign roles, and connect an account with a family profile when appropriate.

Getting started
Owners and admins
Updated: July 2026
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6 min
First tour of ArbolKin

Learn the main areas and the recommended order for getting started without getting lost.

Getting started
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
Read guide
7 min
Workspace dashboard and Discover

Use the dashboard, global search, recents, and work queues to decide what to do next.

Getting started
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
Read guide
8 min
Roles, permissions, and tree access

Learn what each role can do and how to limit access when a workspace has multiple trees.

Privacy and administration
Owners and admins
Updated: July 2026
Read guide
9 min
Invite relatives and link people

Invite members, assign roles, and connect an account with a family profile when appropriate.

Getting started
Owners and admins
Updated: July 2026
Read guide
8 min
Use the visual tree

Navigate, search, zoom, switch views, and open profiles from the family tree.

Trees and profiles
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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10 min
Create and complete profiles

Record names, biography, living status, photos, events, sources, and open questions.

Trees and profiles
Editors
Updated: July 2026
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9 min
Modern family relationships

Create biological, adoptive, foster, partner, and other connections with notes and confidence.

Trees and profiles
Editors
Updated: July 2026
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10 min
Upload photos, videos, and documents

Upload private files, preserve context, tag people, and connect evidence with profiles or events.

Memories and evidence
Editors
Updated: July 2026
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7 min
Create narrative albums

Group media, order memories, and write an introduction to turn files into a browsable story.

Memories and evidence
Editors
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
Timeline and events

Record births, migrations, studies, jobs, celebrations, and other moments with connected people and media.

Memories and evidence
Editors
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
Sources and evidence

Use documents, notes, and attached files to explain where important facts come from.

Memories and evidence
Researchers and editors
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
Questions, comments, and answers

Work with relatives through conversations placed where context exists.

Family collaboration
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
Read guide
9 min
Contributions and Help

Use Contributions to review participation and Help to find concrete pending tasks.

Family collaboration
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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6 min
Alerts and updates

Stay aware of mentions, answers, suggestions, and important activity without turning history into chat.

Family collaboration
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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9 min
Living-person privacy

Protect sensitive details about living relatives and understand what viewers can see.

Privacy and administration
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
Recovery, archive, and audit

Restore archived items and review important changes in the family workspace.

Privacy and administration
Owners and admins
Updated: July 2026
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10 min
Superadmin operations

Create family workspaces, configure the app, invite the first owner, and assign internal plans safely.

Privacy and administration
Superadmin
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
Export, print, and backup

Prepare careful copies of trees, albums, selections, and data to preserve outside the app.

Privacy and administration
Owners and admins
Updated: July 2026
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5 min
Personal profile and language

Update your name, photo, and preferred language without changing family-written content.

Getting started
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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6 min
I cannot sign in or the magic link never arrives

Check email, sign-in provider, previous sessions, and safe next steps before asking for help.

Troubleshooting
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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7 min
The invitation expired or does not open

Resolve expired invitations, wrong emails, and access with the wrong role or tree scope.

Troubleshooting
Invited users and admins
Updated: July 2026
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6 min
I signed in with the wrong account

Detect when you used another email or Google account and return to the correct access without duplicating profiles.

Troubleshooting
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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7 min
I cannot see or edit something

Understand whether the limit comes from role, tree access, living-person privacy, or archived content.

Troubleshooting
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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8 min
An upload failed or a file does not display well

Check size, file type, HEIC/HEIF conversion, PDFs, videos, and connection before retrying.

Troubleshooting
Editors
Updated: July 2026
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7 min
I cannot find a person, photo, or event

Search by name, review active tree, filters, recents, privacy, and archived items.

Troubleshooting
Everyone
Updated: July 2026
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