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Does your family story hold up against the record?

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Does your family story hold up against the record?

Every family keeps one: the great-grandfather who changed his name at the border, the grandmother who was somebody, the legend with no name attached. Bring me the version your family tells, and I check it against the record. I work from the Library of Congress newspaper archive and named public sources (rolls, registers, court and government records). You get a short written answer: what holds, what the record won't settle, and what the paper actually printed, each claim carrying its source and a link you can open. Where the record contradicts the story, I say so plainly. First pass is free: send the story and I tell you where it sits in the record before any money exists. If it can't be checked honestly, you owe nothing. One story. 48 hours. One revision included. Not legal or genealogical certification.

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Your ancestor in the old American newspapers

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Your ancestor in the old American newspapers

Give me a name and what you know: a birth, a marriage, a death, a town, a year, or an event your family keeps talking about. I search the Library of Congress newspaper archive (US papers, 1777-1963) and send back what the record actually holds. What you get: the paper's name, the exact date, the page number, a direct link to the page, and the quoted line, plus a short note on what it does and doesn't prove. If nothing exists under that name, I tell you straight and you owe nothing. First look is free: send the name and what you know, and I tell you whether the trail is walkable before any payment exists. One name or one event. 48 hours. One revision included.

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