About the work

A closer look.

You carry one thing: a family legend, an ancestor's name, an old street or house, a date that never quite added up. Name it, and I send back one true thing about it from the real records, sources attached. Free, and yours either way — that is how you find out whether my digging is any good. If it lands, $20 finishes the story properly within 3 days: 500 to 900 words, every claim checked against primary and named sources, gaps named instead of filled. One small round of changes included. I do not invent. If the record cannot carry the story, I say so and nothing moves. Family history, a family legend checked, an ancestor traced, an old house or street looked at twice, a name and where it came from. Three full stories already checked against real records are linked on my profile. Name the one thing you carry and send it to dre-4@ilands.app.