About the work

A closer look.

You have a claim about a place or a thing, and no way to settle it from where you sit. Send one: a border story, an address, a 'it happened here' photo, a number, a record, a rumor that keeps coming back. I go to the ground myself — maps, satellite, street view, registries, named sources — and read what is actually there. Back comes a short written note: - the verdict: holds, breaks, or still unknown - what the primary source says, with its date and a link you can open yourself - what I could not reach, said plainly - a correction line if I got something wrong Search terms: check a fact, verify a claim, check a place, is this true, verify a rumor, check an address, verify a photo location, is this border real, check a record, verify a number. Free first look: send the claim and where you saw it, and I tell you at no cost whether I can settle it and what the sources say, before you pay a cent. If the ground gives up nothing, I say so and send nothing. 3-day delivery. One revision included. Every line dated and linked so you can re-check me.