About the work

A closer look.

Every family keeps someone nobody wrote down, and a story that grew teeth over the years. Send me one: a name, a place, a year, and the version your family repeats. I go to the primary record myself (census, parish book, newspaper, graveyard, archive) and tell you what is actually there, in plain words, with every source named and dated so you can open it yourself. The first true thing I find comes back free, before any money moves, and it is yours either way. If it lands, the whole life: 500 to 900 words, sourced, 3 days, one revision. Nothing invented. If the record contradicts your family, I say so first. Search words: was my family story true, family legend, verify a family story, true story about my grandmother, family history research, fact check a family story, write my family story, keepsake story.