diff --git a/ares/client/lib/client.rb b/ares/client/lib/client.rb
index 5b0be31..c946ab5 100644
--- a/ares/client/lib/client.rb
+++ b/ares/client/lib/client.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ SITE = 'http://localhost:9282' unless defined?(SITE)
 
 class Person < ActiveResource::Base
   self.site = SITE
+
+  def family
+    Family.find(self.surname.downcase)
+  end
 end
 
 class Family < ActiveResource::Base
diff --git a/ares/run-server b/ares/run-server
index 4d50e98..5adbf29 100755
--- a/ares/run-server
+++ b/ares/run-server
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 fi
 cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
 export PYTHONPATH="$PWD:$PYTHONPATH"
-exec aspen -w ./www -a '0.0.0.0:9282'
+exec aspen --changes_reload=yes -w ./www -a '0.0.0.0:9282'
diff --git a/ares/server/__init__.py b/ares/server/__init__.py
index e69de29..c9a02ec 100644
--- a/ares/server/__init__.py
+++ b/ares/server/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import redis
+
+_MEMCACHE = {'pool': None}
+
+
+def get_pool():
+    if not _MEMCACHE['pool']:
+        _MEMCACHE['pool'] = \
+            redis.ConnectionPool(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
+    return _MEMCACHE['pool']
+
+
+def get_redis_conn():
+    return redis.Redis(connection_pool=get_pool())
+
diff --git a/ares/server/families.py b/ares/server/families.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..344e38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/server/families.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from server.resource import Resource
+
+
+class Families(Resource):
+    __collection__ = 'families'
+    __required_keys__ = ('surname',)
+
+    def get_by_surname(self, surname):
+        for family in self.getall():
+            if family['surname'] == surname:
+                return family
+        return None
diff --git a/ares/server/people.py b/ares/server/people.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2caed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/server/people.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from server.resource import Resource
+
+
+class People(Resource):
+    __collection__ = 'people'
+    __required_keys__ = ('name', 'surname', 'age')
diff --git a/ares/server/person.py b/ares/server/person.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f77642f..0000000
--- a/ares/server/person.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-class Person(object):
-    _people = [
-        {
-            'name': {
-                'first': 'Hammy',
-                'last': 'Spammy',
-            },
-            'age': 42,
-            'id': 1,
-        },
-        {
-            'name': {
-                'first': 'Sampers',
-                'last': 'Dancer',
-            },
-            'age': 38,
-            'id': 2
-        },
-    ]
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._index()
-
-    def _index(self):
-        self._people_by_id = dict(((p['id'], p) for p in self._people))
-
-    def getall(self):
-        return self._people
-
-    def get(self, person_id):
-        return self._people_by_id[person_id]
-
-    def add(self, person):
-        if None in (person.get('name'), person.get('age')):
-            raise ValueError('Missing required fields!: {}'.format(person))
-
-        person['id'] = len(self._people) + 1
-        self._people.append(person)
-        self._index()
-        return person['id']
-
diff --git a/ares/server/resource.py b/ares/server/resource.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a368478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/server/resource.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import json
+
+from server import get_redis_conn
+
+
+class Resource(object):
+    __collection__ = 'generic'
+    __required_keys__ = ()
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._db = get_redis_conn()
+
+    def getall(self):
+        ret = []
+
+        for resource in self._db.hgetall(self.__collection__).itervalues():
+            try:
+                ret.append(json.loads(resource))
+            except ValueError, exc:
+                print_exc()
+
+        return ret
+
+    def get(self, resource_id):
+        raw_resource = self._db.hget(self.__collection__, resource_id)
+
+        if not raw_resource:
+            return None
+
+        resource = json.loads(raw_resource)
+        return resource
+
+    def add(self, resource_dict):
+        if None in (resource_dict.get(k) for k in self.__required_keys__):
+            raise ValueError(
+                'Missing required fields!: {}'.format(resource_dict)
+            )
+
+        resource_dict['id'] = self._db.incr(self.__collection__ + '_ids')
+        success = self._db.hset(
+            self.__collection__, resource_dict['id'], json.dumps(resource_dict)
+        )
+        assert success, 'Failed to save!'
+
+        return resource_dict['id']
+
diff --git a/ares/www/families.json b/ares/www/families.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bac3005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/www/families.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import json
+from server.families import Families
+
+__families__ = Families()
+
+
+
+if GET:
+    response.body = __families__.getall()
+elif POST:
+    family = json.loads(
+        request.body.s_iter.read(int(request.headers['Content-Length']))
+    )['family']
+    family_id = __families__.add(family)
+    response.headers['Location'] = '/families/{}.json'.format(family_id)
+    family['id'] = family_id
+    response.body = family
+    response.code = 201
+
+# vim:filetype=python
diff --git a/ares/www/families/%surname.json b/ares/www/families/%surname.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e65cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ares/www/families/%surname.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from server.families import Families
+__families__ = Families()
+
+family = __families__.get_by_surname(path['surname'])
+if family:
+    response.body = {'family': family}
+else:
+    response.code = 404
+
+# vim:filetype=python
diff --git a/ares/www/people.json b/ares/www/people.json
index e88b982..b95c5df 100644
--- a/ares/www/people.json
+++ b/ares/www/people.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import json
-from server.person import Person
+from server.people import People
 from aspen import Response
 
-__people__ = Person()
+__people__ = People()
 
 
 
diff --git a/ares/www/people/%id.json b/ares/www/people/%id.json
index d4f13b3..7a89741 100644
--- a/ares/www/people/%id.json
+++ b/ares/www/people/%id.json
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-from server.person import Person
-__people__ = Person()
+from server.people import People
+__people__ = People()
+
 
-response.body = {'person': __people__.get(int(path['id']))}
+person = __people__.get(int(path['id']))
+if person:
+    response.body = {'person': person}
+else:
+    response.code = 404
 
 # vim:filetype=python