From a story to a survey
What actually happens between the moment you share what you know and the day an investigation is published.
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You submit one site tip or historical lead
A site tip points to a physical place — a suspected burial ground, family plot, or historic site. A historical lead is credible information (a record, a map, a family story) that may identify or narrow down a future site. Each submission covers one site.
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The team reviews the information
We evaluate the historical evidence, the location detail, site access, terrain practicality, and how the site fits our mission. Every submission is considered individually.
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We may need more before fieldwork makes sense
Sometimes a promising tip needs more evidence, confirmed permission from the property owner, additional research, or nearby cases in the same region to justify the travel. Tips can wait in review while those pieces come together.
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An accepted tip becomes an active case
Accepted tips are converted into managed cases with their own case number, and participants are kept informed as the case progresses through research, planning, and scheduling.
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Fieldwork, filming, and publication follow their own decisions
Site surveys depend on access, safety, ground conditions, and season. Filming and publication are separate editorial decisions, always subject to the privacy choices of the people involved.
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Not every request can be accepted or completed
Time, terrain, access, and evidence all set real limits. A declined or waiting tip is not a judgment on the history — it is often about practicality, and circumstances can change.
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Private, no-filming work is separate
Our documentary mission is public by nature. Requests for entirely private investigations with no filming or documentation fall outside it — that kind of engagement is handled separately and may involve a charge if offered.
A note on what a survey can show
Ground-penetrating radar detects anomalies — disturbances and reflections beneath the surface. It does not produce pictures of graves, and an anomaly alone never proves one. Before you submit, it is worth reading What GPR Can and Cannot Tell Us.