How this archive works, in the open
Research
What is still to do, what is new, and what the archive stands on: three groups and a small one for checks, one menu. Every page that used to sit under Evidence or Investigations is here, at the address it always had.
To do
What is not known yet, what has been asked of other people, and what is being worked on.
- Open Questions What is not known, and what would settle it? 19 questions.
- Errands What has been asked of other people, or needs someone standing in a place? 4 offices to write to.
- The work list What is being done, by whom, since when? 90 still open, 103 done.
What's new
What was read, found and taken back lately, newest first, and the same record in full.
- What Has Been Read What was looked at, and what did it not turn up? 1,051 searches.
- Corrections What did this archive get wrong? 235 claims taken back.
- What changed What happened, most recent first?
Sources & method
What this archive stands on, how it reads a register, the documents themselves, and the long studies that sit beside them.
- Sources What does this stand on, and where do I check?
- Method What would make you believe or not believe this?
- Documents Which papers and images does this stand on, and can I see them?
Deep dives
Long studies, each of one set of registers or one proposition. They are linked from the Sources page too.
- The Sicilian Registers Nine annual indexes and six acts, hunting one man who is still missing.
- The Queensland Register The Registry's historical index is free, authoritative, and can be searched by a father's or a mother's name.
- Testing the 1697 The largest claim, eleven generations to Briatico about 1697: four of those generations rest on nothing, and are not testable online.
Checks
The archive checking itself: every negative it has written, audited.
- The audit of negatives Which of this archive's "not found" statements hold up when they are tested?