Private by default, and in your control

Not every family wants a loved one's life on public display. Cherished Book lets you decide exactly who can see a memorial and who can add to it, and keeps it free of ads and strangers throughout.

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You decide who sees it

A memorial can be public for anyone to find, private to a chosen circle, or invite-only so that only the people you ask can reach it. You set the level, and you can change it. The platform serves the family's wishes, not an algorithm that wants more eyes on the page.

This matters most for families who grieve quietly. A memorial that feels like social media, busy, public, and never still, is the wrong place for some traditions and some families. Cherished Book is built to be the opposite: calm, contained, and yours.

The controls you have

Choose public, private, or invite-only access for the whole memorial.
Approve contributions before they appear, so nothing is published without your say-so.
Decide whether the memorial can be found by search engines.
Assign roles, so different people can view, contribute, or help manage.
No ads and no third-party tracking, ever.

Yours, and exportable

Privacy also means ownership. Everything on the memorial belongs to your family, not to us, and you can download all of it whenever you like. You are never locked in. You can read how we handle your information in our privacy policy and data protection pages.

Questions about privacy

Can I keep the memorial off Google?

Yes. You can choose whether a memorial is visible to search engines or kept out of them.

Are there ads on a memorial?

No. Cherished Book never runs third-party ads on a memorial.

Which privacy features need Premium?

A memorial can be created free. The fuller set of privacy and approval controls is part of Premium.

See it in a real memorial

Solomon Goldberg

Solomon's memorial is calm and free of ads, honoured in words in keeping with his tradition. A real memorial gives a sense of the dignified space your own privacy settings would protect.

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Last reviewed June 2026.

Preserve their memory, together.

A collaborative memorial lets family and friends share stories, photos, and announcements, all in one place. It’s free to create.

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