It all started more than 20 years ago.

I had been to the funerals of two family members within a couple of years. The first funeral was for my uncle who had died in his seventies, and the next was for my grandmother who had lived into her early nineties.

These were the first funerals that I had attended and I was prepared for a sad occasion.. but what surprised me was how interesting it was to hear stories and learn new information about my relatives. 

The role that my uncle had played in the Second World War, or discovering that my grandmother had always wanted to be a florist.

I learned so much and was able to appreciate my relatives in a new way, but it also seemed such a pity to learn these things when  in some ways it was already too late.

More importantly, I wondered if these stories would be forgotten? how could they be preserved?

More than ten years later the idea came back to me. How to preserve and share these valuable memories to keep them alive? 

I looked at the existing online memorial websites and found them to be old-fashioned and depressing so I set to work building a new platform.

Many people still 'pay tribute' to their departed friends and family on Facebook, but these memories soon disappear in the news feed to be forgotten.

So Tributize started in 2014 with the goal of creating a platform where users can 'pay tribute' to important people in their lives.  The platform offers online memorials  with an easy to use interface, and a personal service if needed.

I promise to keep your memories safe, and to treat you fairly and honestly.

Our goal is to create memorials to great people.

I hope that I can welcome you as a customer and help to preserve your memories online.

James Smith

Tributize CEO and Founder