Heritage Journal —On iOS and in beta on Android.

Your documents. Transcribed, translated, and saved to your family tree.

Heritage Journal is an AI-powered document transcription app for genealogical research. Photograph or upload historical documents and the app transcribes them with specialist knowledge of historical handwriting from the 16th to 20th centuries.

CORE CAPABILITIES

Everything in your documents — extracted and saved

AI Transcription

Specialist transcription of handwritten and printed documents. Secretary hand, court hand, Latin abbreviations, historical letter forms. Covers 16th to 20th century documents.

Document Types

Birth certificates, parish registers, census returns, wills, land records, military records, newspapers, letters, and any document containing names, dates, and places.

Translation

Automatic translation of non-English documents into your device language. Latin, French, Welsh, Gaelic, and German supported. Original text always preserved.

Family Tree Integration

When used with Heritage Compass, extracted names, dates, places, and relationships save directly to your shared family tree. No re-importing — one shared database.

Document Library

Every transcribed document saved with its original image, transcription, and translation. Searchable by name, date, place, or document type.

Privacy by Design

All documents stored locally on your device. No documents are stored by Siorai Labs. Document processing goes directly from your device to the transcription service.

THE APP IN ACTION