A keepsake book & living archive · made in Canada
Heirloom turns gentle conversations with the people you love into a beautiful hardcover book and a private living archive — every word truly theirs, in their own voice.
You buy it once. It’s yours forever. The book, the voice recordings, the whole archive — no renewals, no paywall between your family and their memories. Ever.
How it works
No app for them to learn, nothing for them to type. One gentle question at a time, at whatever pace feels right.
Heirloom asks one warm question at a time and truly listens — following up on the bakery, the wartime job, the first dance.
Their answers become beautifully written chapters — built only from what they actually said. Gaps stay gaps; nothing is invented.
Nothing is printed or shared until a person you trust has read it and signed off, by name. That approval is part of the record.
A premium hardcover for the shelf, and a private archive where their real voice plays beside every story — forever.
More than a book
The book is the keepsake. The companion is how the whole family keeps adding to it, asking of it, and passing it on.
A grandkid in Vancouver sends “How did you two meet?” — and it’s waiting, by name, at the next conversation.
“What did she say about courage?” You get her real words back — word for word, with the recording. If she never spoke to it, Heirloom says so.
Their approved messages, delivered on the day that matters — a wedding, an 18th birthday, a first child. Real words, right on time.
The companion surfaces one real excerpt from their chapters each day — a small, true visit with them, every morning.
Invite family to read and listen now — or only after your loved one has passed. Access is a decision, never an accident.
Every chapter shows its receipt: how many of their own words it rests on, and who approved it, by name — on a tamper-evident record.
Designed for every stage of memory
Heirloom’s simple mode shows one calm question a day in large, quiet type — the same question all day, so nothing feels confusing. Old memories often shine longest; we start there.
Why we built this
It started on quiet evenings with my wife, flipping through old photos of our grandparents. We’d share the few stories we knew — a childhood farm in the Prairies, a wartime job, the way they made Sunday dinners feel like home. But so many details were missing: the sounds of their voices, the laughter at family gatherings, the lessons they learned the hard way. We realized we barely knew them, and our kids would know even less.
That hit us hard. We didn’t want our children to face the same regret — wondering about the worlds their grandparents carried but never fully shared. So we created Heirloom: a gentle, Made-in-Canada solution designed for Canadian families. It captures real conversations, approves every word, preserves authentic voices, and turns them into beautiful, holdable books and archives. No inventions, no rush — just real stories, in their words and voices, so future generations can truly know where they come from.
— from our family to yours · made in Canada
An honest comparison
Subscription story services do good work. But read the fine print on what happens to the memories when the subscription ends.
| Doing nothing | Subscription story services | Heirloom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One price, yours foreverno renewal needed to keep recording or reading | — | typically ~$99 USD/yr + renewals | $99 CAD, once |
| Their real voice, playable beside every story | |||
| Nothing invented — verbatim, with a provenance receipt | — | AI rewriting can flatten their voice | |
| A named family approval before anything is printed | — | ||
| Ask the archive a question, get their real words back | — | ||
| Dementia-friendly simple mode & caregiver tools | — | ||
| Decided-in-advance legacy access — never an accident | — | ||
| Priced in CAD, printed & shipped in Canada | — | USD pricing + cross-border shipping |
We’d rather earn you with honesty than fine print.
The keepsake
Questions
No — and that matters more than it sounds. $99 CAD once buys the book and the living archive, forever. Your family never finds their memories behind a paywall, and you never need to renew to read, listen, or keep recording.
Not at all. There’s no app to install and nothing to log into. Heirloom asks one gentle question at a time, and they simply answer out loud — at whatever pace feels right.
No. Every sentence traces back to something they genuinely told us, and every chapter carries a provenance receipt showing how many of their own words it rests on and who in your family approved it. Heirloom never invents memories or fills in gaps.
Heirloom was built alongside MemoryLane, our dementia-care companion. Simple mode shows one calm question a day in large type — the same question all day — and the family gets caregiver notes and gentle conversation reminders. Old memories often shine longest; we start there.
Only the people you choose. The archive is private to your family, and you decide who has access — now, or only after your loved one has passed. Nothing is ever public.
A printed hardcover keepsake and the living archive: every chapter readable and searchable, their real voice playable beside each story, questions from the whole family, and letters that can arrive on the days that matter.
Yes — that’s how most families use it. Record one chapter over a quiet afternoon and pick up again whenever you like. Your place is always saved.
Still thinking it over?
Leave your email and we’ll personally send you the details — one email from our family, no chasing, no list-selling, ever.
Why now
Every year, a few more details soften at the edges — a name, a date, the exact way they tell it. Nothing about today will be easier to remember than it is right now. There’s no deadline and no pressure here; the only thing that ever runs out is time with them.
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