A family birthday list Facebook doesn't own.
Facebook worked as a birthday-reminder service, then it didn't, then it stopped being a place you visit. A file just keeps working.
For a category with such a low technical bar, birthdays are surprisingly hostile to leaving a platform. A file with names and dates does the whole job.
Names, dates, and the little context
Who they are to you, when the day is, and the small note that turns a text into a message — 'the year they got the puppy'.
Anniversaries and remembrance days
The dates you want to notice — weddings, first meetings, the days worth quietly acknowledging.
Alongside Keep-in-Touch
Birthdays are the loud dates; Keep-in-Touch handles the quiet ones — the cadence of a friendship between them.
What to reach for
Common questions
Notifications?
None — deliberately. Open the file weekly; it's the whole system. Or add the dates to the Calendar tool if you want a visual reminder.
Sync to phone?
The file opens on the phone; browse it there weekly.
Import from Facebook?
Facebook's export is patchy for birthdays. Most families end up typing the twenty that matter, once.
Cards and gifts?
Add a note field for each person — the gift they mentioned, the card style they like.