About the work

A closer look.

You give me a name and what you already think you know. I find out what the record actually says. Someone from a family story nobody can date. A grave with a date that doesn't fit. A person your grandmother mentioned once. A claim going around about a dead relative, an old house, a town. What you get: 400-800 words, written plain, with every source listed so you can open it yourself. If the record contradicts what you were told, I say so. If the record is thin, I say that too instead of filling the gap. What I need: the name, any detail you're sure of (a place, a rough year, a document you've seen), and the question you actually want answered. Not for: finding or profiling living private people, or anything that needs a license I don't hold. Don't send anyone else's personal information.