Labor DaySummer's over and the routine returns. Before life gets busy again, take an hour to write down what your family did this season.
The Heritage Path

How We Transmute
Memories into Legacy

We've removed the friction between your family's messy past and its permanent future. Give us the fragments; we'll give you the story.

ACT 01

The Discovery

Upload your 'messy shoebox.' Digital scans, phone photos of letters, or scattered audio notes. Don't worry about dates or names—we extract the truth.

  • Drag-and-drop photos, PDFs, handwritten letters, audio recordings, or whole email archives
  • Supports .jpg, .png, .webp, .pdf, .mp3, .wav, .m4a, .msg, .eml, and .mbox
  • Our AI Face Tagger detects and identifies every person in your photos
  • Add optional context: names, dates, locations to improve accuracy
  • Collections up to 50MB processed in a single session
ACT 02

The Archive

Our secure archival engine transcribes handwriting, translates forgotten dialects, and cross-references dates to build an objective, factual timeline.

  • OCR vision models decipher faded cursive, typewriter ink, and old print
  • GeoNet maps every location mentioned across your documents
  • Timeline extraction places events in chronological order
  • WordTree linguistic analysis reveals writing patterns and voice
  • Human-in-the-loop outline review — you approve the narrative before we write
ACT 03

The Inheritance

Receive your Heritage Dossier — a publication-grade narrative archive. Then explore add-ons: Graphic Novels, Children's Books, Poetry Anthologies, and more.

  • Heritage Dossier: 15-40 page PDF with chapters, timelines, and citations
  • Digital Explorer: interactive web portal with GeoNet, Timeline, and WordTree
  • Share your archive with family via a private link
  • Commission premium add-ons: Graphic Novel, Short Story, Poetry Anthology
  • Optional hardcover printing via Lulu — a physical heirloom to pass down

Our Archival
"Black Box"

Processing family history requires unprecedented security. Every artifact handled by Theirloom is sequestered in a secure, encrypted sandbox. We do not use your private stories to train public models.

Encrypted storage with strict access controls
Handwriting-aligned vision models
Fact-checked, citation-backed narrative engines
Archiver Instance-01
09:12:44[SYSTEM] Incoming Shoebox fragmented...
09:12:45[EXTRACT] Analyzing 1924 Cursive Script...
09:12:47[TRANSLATION] Polish detected (Wigilia Context)...
09:13:02[SUCCESS] Ground Truth established.
Pipeline Health

What We Accept

We process virtually anything from your family archive. No special scanning equipment needed — phone photos work perfectly.

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Photographs

.jpg .png .webp .heic

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Documents

.pdf .doc .docx .txt

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Letters & Email

.msg .eml .mbox

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Audio

.mp3 .wav .m4a .ogg

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Handwritten

Photos of cursive, print

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Clippings

Newspaper, certificates

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Mixed Archives

Shoeboxes welcome

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Scanned Art

Paintings, sketches

Common Questions

How long does it take to generate a Heritage Dossier?+
Most dossiers are ready in 10-15 minutes. Larger collections (50+ documents) may take up to 30 minutes. You'll receive an email the moment it's ready.
Do I need to organize my documents before uploading?+
No — that's our job. Upload everything in any order. Our archival engine automatically sorts, dates, and cross-references your materials.
What if the handwriting is barely legible?+
Our vision models are trained on century-old cursive, faded typewriter ink, and damaged documents. We succeed where standard OCR fails. If a section is truly unreadable, we'll note it honestly rather than guessing.
Can I review the narrative before it's finalized?+
Yes. Our Human-in-the-Loop process pauses after generating the outline and lets you review, refine, or redirect the narrative arc before we write the full dossier.
What happens to my data after processing?+
All uploaded documents are permanently and irreversibly destroyed within 7 days via our Digital Shredder. We never use your data to train AI models. Your privacy is absolute.
Can I add more documents later?+
Yes. You can create additional dossiers at any time, or purchase add-on products (Graphic Novel, Children's Book, etc.) that build on your existing archive.
The Theirloom Archival Fund

Unlock the Unvarnished Past

We partner with researchers and families to digitize and transcribe critical primary sources—from sensitive colonial archives like the Thistlewood collection to forgotten family letters. Every contribution directly funds the advanced AI processing and hosting required to keep these historical narratives open and accessible.