Start with a question

There is more
in the record.

Follow a place, look again at a document, and take care of the details that remain.

Reading room

Browse the files by subject.

Lay out what each source says, when it was created and which question would resolve the disagreement.

Record the publication context and compare names, photographs and club pages with care.

Keep the writer's words separate from your interpretation and leave uncertain readings visible.

Record names and context without turning a confident guess into a fact.

Keep the inventory, ownership and first priorities separate from ordinary household packing.

Record the scope of an unsuccessful search so you do not repeat it or mistake it for proof of absence.

Keep spelling alternatives useful for searching while preserving the uncertainty around identity.

Keep the collection's description and identifier with the image so its evidence does not disappear into a downloads folder.

Use the catalog and the repository’s rules to make limited research time count.

Agree on the purpose, recording and future use before asking someone to remember.

Return to unclear names, sequences and references without asking the narrator to agree with your preferred account.

Let the dates organize the questions without making every account agree.