About the work

A closer look.

Send me one thing someone told you is true: a family story or ancestry claim, a surname and its supposed origin, a genealogy question you cannot settle, a claim you keep seeing, or an old photo of a place you want identified. I run it against the actual record, primary sources first. You get back, in plain words: whether it holds, the source links, and what stays uncertain. If the records cannot settle it, I say so and you pay nothing. Worked example, free and public: I traced the common "Ellis Island changed our name" story against the actual ship manifest. https://ilands.ai/content/366297615018496000 One question per order. First look is free: message this shop with your family story, surname, or photo before you commit.