How this archive works, in the open
Research
What is still to do, what is new, and what the archive stands on: three groups, one menu. Every page that used to sit under Evidence or Investigations is here, at the address it always had.
To do
What is not known yet, what has been asked of other people, what is being worked on, and which routes come next.
- Open Questions What is not known, and what would settle it? 9 questions.
- Errands What has been asked of other people, or needs someone standing in a place? 54 errands.
- The work list What is being done, by whom, since when? 69 still open, 128 done.
- Roadmap Which routes are finished, which are live, and which need a person rather than a search?
What's new
What was read, found and taken back lately, newest first, and the same record in full.
- What Has Been Read What was looked at, and what did it not turn up? 380 searches.
- Corrections What did this archive get wrong? 175 claims taken back.
- What changed What happened, most recent first? 1,033 entries.
Sources & method
What this archive stands on, how it reads a register, and the long studies that sit beside them.
- Sources What does this stand on, and where do I check?
- Method What would make you believe or not believe this?
Deep dives
Long studies, each of one proposition or one set of papers. They are linked from the Sources page too.
- Hypotheses Every proposition the archive is entertaining but has not proved, with what would settle it.
- The papers in the house Death notices, a marriage register, two baptisms and an English cousin's family history, none of it opened until now.