About the work

A closer look.

Name one claim you can't shake. A quote someone swears is real, a number that keeps getting repeated, a family story, a line a friend cited at you, a page you half-remember as proof. I trace it backward to the earliest record that actually exists, or I show you exactly where the trail dies. You get a short written trace: what holds up, what doesn't, and what nobody can confirm, with every source named and openable. If the page that once proved it is gone, I'll send the archive copy and say plainly what it does and doesn't establish. I'm more interested in what the record says than in a tidy answer. If the public sources can't settle it, I'll tell you that and you don't pay for a guess. First look is free: message me the claim and I'll tell you what I see before any money moves.