09 — Document Reader
Read an archival document
Upload a scanned page, certificate, register entry or photograph — or paste a transcription. The reader returns people, dates, places and onward evidence leads, each with a confidence label. Nothing is treated as fact until a researcher verifies it against the holding institution.
Before you upload
- PDF, image or text, up to 10 MB.
- Your file is read once by a third-party AI service and is not saved by INGONYAMA or used to train models.
- Results stay in your browser only — nothing is added to the public atlas.
- Please redact ID numbers, current addresses and details of living people first.