Six Feet Deep
Multi-part investigations that follow a mystery from first clue to final discovery.
Field Notes
Discoveries and observations from cemeteries, archives, and ground-level investigations.
The Toolbox
Research tools, methods, and practical guides to help you dig deeper with confidence.
Quick Digs
Short discoveries, mini-breakthroughs, and brief stories that still reveal something meaningful.
Genealogy & Tech Updates
Updates on new tools, record releases, DNA tech, and innovations shaping modern genealogy.
Obscure Lot
The search for the lost burying ground of the Clinton County, Ohio, Infirmary, where at least 250 people were laid to rest between 1840 and 1903.
Gist Settlement
The Highland County, Ohio, settlement founded by people freed under Samuel Gist’s will, and the ground they lived on.
WPA Veterans’ Graves
What the WPA’s survey of veterans’ graves in Clinton County, Ohio, recorded, and what it missed.
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The Ground Beneath the County Farm
There is an obscure lot on the southeast edge of Wilmington, Ohio that most people drive past without a second look. At least 250 people are buried there — in a cemetery the county has never officially recognized. That investigation is what finally pushed me to go professional.
Site Visit: Vernon Township and the Hunt for a Vanished Date
Anne Suttles’s broken marker preserves August 8, but not the death year. The 1850 census names Suttles children in several households as of June 1. It cannot establish when or why they moved. An 1851 marriage-license entry adds context; Anne’s death year remains unproved.