A memorial photo book from the life they shared online

When someone you love passes away, their social media profile becomes something it never was before — an archive. Every photo they shared, every caption they wrote, every place they tagged. It's all still there. Quiet now, but full of who they were. A memorial photo book takes that content and puts it into print. Not as a project or a task, but as a way to hold onto something that matters.

My Social Book connects to Facebook, Instagram, or Dropbox and builds the book automatically — preserving the dates, the captions, and the likes from every post. The result is a printed timeline of a life, told in the person's own words and photos.

How to create a memorial photo book

The process is straightforward, and it's designed to be gentle. You don't need to spend hours gathering photos or arranging pages.

Step 1: Connect Facebook, Instagram, or Dropbox. Go to the book creation page and link the account. If you have access to your loved one's Facebook or Instagram login, you can connect it directly. If family members have collected photos into a shared Dropbox folder, that works too. My Social Book reads the content but does not post, modify, or interact with the account in any way.

Step 2: Preview your auto-generated book. Within seconds, you'll see a full preview of the memorial book. Every page is arranged chronologically — the earliest posts first, moving forward through the years. You can browse through the whole book, remove any pages you'd rather not include, and adjust the date range to focus on specific periods of their life.

Step 3: Customize and order. Choose your format. Many families choose hardcover for memorial books — it feels lasting, which is the point. You can edit the cover to show a photo that captures who they were. When you're ready, place your order. The book ships to your home.

There's no rush. The preview saves, and you can come back to it whenever the time feels right.

Start a free preview when you're ready

Why their photos deserve a printed book

Social media profiles don't last forever. Platforms change their policies. Accounts get memorialized or deactivated. Technology moves on. The photos and words someone shared during their lifetime can disappear without warning. A printed book doesn't depend on a server, a password, or a company's terms of service. It sits on a shelf. It stays.

There's also something about the format that changes how you experience the memories. Scrolling through a profile on a screen is one thing. Holding a book — turning actual pages, seeing the photos printed at full size with the captions underneath — is different. It slows you down. You notice things you missed. You read the words they wrote with more care than you ever did when the post first appeared in your feed.

A memorial photo book also becomes a shared object for the family. It can sit in the living room. It can be passed around at a gathering. Children and grandchildren who are too young to remember can hold it and see who this person was — not through a single framed photo, but through years of their life, told in their own voice. The holidays they celebrated, the places they went, the people they loved. All of it, in order.

For many families, making the book is part of the grieving process. It's a quiet afternoon spent going through someone's posts, remembering moments you'd forgotten, and choosing what to keep. It's not always easy. But it's meaningful in a way that few other things are during that time.

And the book often surprises you. People share things on social media that they don't say out loud — small moments of gratitude, pride in their children, love for a place or a person. Those posts, printed and bound, become a kind of letter you didn't know they were writing.

What's included in a memorial photo book

Every memorial photo book from My Social Book preserves the full context of the original posts, not just the photos:

• Photos — printed at full quality from Facebook, Instagram, or Dropbox
• Dates — every post shows when it was originally shared, creating a timeline of their life
• Captions — the words they wrote with each post, preserved exactly as they shared them
• Likes — a quiet reminder of how many people were touched by what they shared
• Locations — tagged places that map out where their life happened
• Chronological layout — the book runs in order, from earliest to most recent, like a biography
• 25 to 450 pages — the book fits the life, whether it covers a single year or many
• Hardcover or softcover — three formats available: hardcover glossy, softcover glossy, hardcover matte
• Custom cover — choose the photo and layout that feels right

Feature	My Social Book	Traditional Photo Book Editors
Creation time	Under 3 minutes	2-10 hours of manual design work
Photo source	Automatic from Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox	Manual upload from your device
Preserves social context	Yes: dates, captions, likes, locations	No: photos only
Book length	25 to 450 pages	Typically capped at 100-150 pages
Chronological organization	Automatic, like a yearbook	Manual: you arrange every page
Track record	12 years, 700,000+ books, Trustpilot 4.7	Varies widely by service

If you'd like to understand how My Social Book compares with other options, our guide on choosing the right photo book maker may help.

Frequently asked questions

Can I make a book from someone else's Facebook profile?

Yes, if you have login access to their account. Many families have access to a loved one's Facebook credentials, and My Social Book can connect to the profile to build the book. The connection is read-only — nothing is posted or changed on the account. If you don't have login access, you can download photos from their profile manually (Facebook allows friends to save shared photos) and upload them to a Dropbox folder, then use Dropbox as the source for the book.

How do I access their photos if I don't have their password?

There are a few paths. If the profile is public or you're a Facebook friend, you can view and save their shared photos. Facebook also has a memorialized account process where a legacy contact can request data. Another option is to ask family and friends to contribute — gather photos into a shared Dropbox folder and use that as the source. The Dropbox approach is especially helpful when multiple people want to add their own photos and memories.

Can family members each get their own copy?

Yes. Once the book is designed and ordered, you can order multiple copies. Many families order several — one for the surviving spouse, one for each of the children, and sometimes one for a close friend. Softcover copies are a more affordable option if you're ordering for a larger group. The book stays the same across all copies; you design it once.

Is there a way to include photos from friends and family?

The most effective way is to create a shared Dropbox folder and ask people to upload their photos there. Then use that Dropbox folder as a source — or combine it with the person's own Facebook or Instagram content — to create a book that includes memories from many perspectives. This is especially meaningful for a celebration of life, where different people hold different pieces of the story.

How do I handle the book if some posts are too painful to include?

The preview step gives you full control. You can go through the book page by page and remove anything you're not ready to see in print, or anything that doesn't feel right for the book. You can also adjust the date range to focus on specific years. There's no time limit on the preview — take as long as you need. The book only prints when you decide you're ready to order.

A book for when you need something to hold

Grief is hard to navigate, and everyone moves through it differently. A memorial photo book won't fix anything. But it gives you something physical — something you can pick up on a quiet evening and set back down when you need to. It holds the photos they chose to share, the words they chose to write, the moments they thought were worth remembering. That's not a small thing.

The book builds itself from their social media in just a few minutes. You preview it. You decide what stays. And when you're ready — whenever that is — you order it. It arrives at your door, and a life that existed in pixels now exists on paper, in a form that will last.

If the time feels right, you can start a free preview here. There's no obligation, and it takes less than three minutes to see what the book looks like.