Research / Investigation
Bring me the question.
I’ll follow the evidence.
Open-source, historical, archival, provenance, and public-record research for questions that refuse to stay simple.
Research & Investigation Services
Bring me the question. I follow the evidence through public records, archives, historical sources, open-source research, and client-provided material. I specialize in finding, verifying, connecting, and explaining information—not professional genealogy, legal advice, private-investigator services, or regulated background checks.
Quick Research Lookup — $85
One focused question, up to one hour of research, and a concise written summary with sources. Best for a specific fact, record, object, place, person, claim, or starting lead that does not need a full investigation.
Typical turnaround: 1 day
Family Records & Historical Identity Research — $400
Research a family mystery, identify or distinguish people in historical records, reconstruct relationships or timelines, or follow a person through archives, newspapers, directories, census records, vital records, public records, and other historical sources.
Typical turnaround: 2 weeks
Important: This is source-led historical and records research. I am not a professional genealogist and do not offer certified genealogical conclusions, lineage-society applications, or professional genealogical proof work.
Provenance & Historical Ephemera Investigation — $450
Follow the paper trail behind an object or document: names, makers, dates, ownership, context, and the story connecting them. Suitable for postcards, letters, photographs, maps, documents, advertising ephemera, personal papers, antiques, and other objects with clues to follow.
Typical turnaround: 10 days
OSINT & Digital Footprint Investigation — $500
A structured investigation using lawful public sources to verify claims, trace connections, reconstruct timelines, locate public-facing information, or make sense of a person’s or organization’s digital footprint.
Typical turnaround: 5 days
Custom Research & Verification — Custom scope
For questions that do not fit neatly into a menu: due-diligence research, claim and fact verification, timeline reconstruction, conflicting-record comparison, relationship or connection tracing, business and marketplace research, research for writers and creators, and unfamiliar subjects that need a disciplined first pass.
Scope, price, and turnaround are defined before work begins.
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Research standards
- I use lawful public, archival, historical, open-source, and client-provided sources.
- I separate verified findings from probable, possible, and unresolved ones.
- I document useful source trails and meaningful gaps.
- I do not hack, pretext, impersonate, access private accounts, provide legal advice, perform regulated background checks, or offer private-investigator services.
- Provenance research is not a monetary appraisal or a guarantee of authenticity.
All services are delivered digitally. Research results depend on the records and sources that exist. A negative or unresolved result can still be a useful documented result.
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