Customary Archive

Where your family story takes root.

Preserve the unions, people, records and stories that shaped your family, in one place both your family and the people who need proof can trust.

  • Free to begin
  • Encrypted storage
  • Witnesses need no account
5
stages from first record to lasting proof
2
witnesses attest to each union
100%
of shared details controlled by you
1
Legacy Tree connecting every generation
Family members celebrating together at a customary union ceremony

Customary union records

Set down who was there, what was agreed, and what was paid, while it's still clear in everyone's memory, and while the people who stood with you can still say so.

Record a Customary Union

Preserving what families pass on

Family history rarely lives in one place. It's scattered across memories, old photographs, lobola receipts, WhatsApp messages, documents in a drawer, and relatives who remember what nothing else recorded. Customary Archive brings that history together, structured, stored securely, and organised into a family tree, with a record and a verification trail behind it.

Two families. One new branch.

Customary Archive is a family legacy and records platform, customary unions are the first use case, not the limit of it.

Customary union records

Set down who was there, what was agreed, and what was paid, while it's still clear in everyone's memory.

Family trees & lineage

Roots are your ancestors, branches are your families, and every person is a leaf on your Legacy Tree.

Secure family legacy storage

Photographs, letters, receipts and recordings, kept encrypted and organised in your family's own archive.

Verification

When someone needs proof, you decide exactly what an authorised verifier is allowed to see.

How a record takes root

Five stages, from the day itself to the day someone needs proof.

  1. Begin

    Start a customary union record while the details are still clear, who was there, where, and when.

  2. Attest

    The people who stood with you confirm the union happened, in their own words, under their own name.

  3. Preserve

    Photographs, letters, receipts (anything that proves the day) are preserved, encrypted and organised.

  4. Verify

    When a lawyer, bank, or embassy needs proof, an authorised verifier reviews the record and its evidence.

  5. Connect

    As your family grows, later records (children, property, further unions) link back into your Legacy Tree.

Begin wherever your family's story is

Private by design. Trusted when it counts.

Your family decides who sees what. Everyone else gets proof, not access.

Start your record
  • Encrypted storage for every photo, letter and receipt
  • Verifiers see only what you choose to share
  • Witnesses confirm by private link, no account needed
  • Downloadable, printable Customary Union Record with QR verification
  • Records link into one family tree as your family grows
  • Built first for families in Zimbabwe, ready to grow beyond

Questions, answered

Is this a government marriage certificate?

No. An LL Vault Customary Union Record is a structured, witnessed record. It does not by itself establish statutory registration or legal marital status, but it gives lawyers, banks and embassies solid evidence to work from.

Who can see my family's information?

Only you and the people you invite. Verifiers see just the parts of a record you explicitly allow, and you can change that at any time.

Do my witnesses need an account?

No. Each witness and family representative gets a private link, proves the phone number or email with a one-time code, and confirms their own part in a couple of minutes.

Can I use it for more than a customary union?

Yes. Unions are the first use case. The Legacy Tree and secure storage hold children, property, letters and any other family history worth keeping.

Where your family story takes root.

Record it today, while everyone who remembers is still here to say so.

A family together