Find every surviving trace
Index hits, grants, tax-list anchors, successor-county deeds, wills, and orders are assembled around one PIN.
Fire-county chain research for counsel
The paper your stalled file is missing.
A source-traceable research memorandum for tracts that stop at burned books, missing instruments, or an owner list that no longer adds up.
01 / Where we begin
National plants stop at the fire. We start there.
Type every edge
Instrument, partial description, index, tax record, or missing. The source class stays visible.
Name the real gap
The memorandum separates what the record supports from the link counsel still needs to finish.
Hand counsel a map
Counsel elects the legal remedy. The dossier supplies a sourced chain and an auditable gap register.
02 / The deliverable
A working file, not a story.
Cover status
PIN, ancestor counties, and one controlled status: cannot yet, record incomplete, signers named, or court required.
Source-linked chain
Year, parties, county of record, source ID, edge class, and confidence weight—row by row.
Gap register
Each missing edge, the closer needed, and the next record pull stated without opinion language.
Recomputable confidence
The product of edge weights and the interest-conservation check stay available to counsel in the appendix.
03 / The method
The source says what the row can claim.
| Edge | What it means | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| DED | Instrument in hand; description fits. | 1.00 |
| PAR | Instrument present; description is partial. | 0.70 |
| IDX | Index survives; instrument is unavailable. | 0.40 |
| TAX | Tax list or recital only. | 0.25 |
| MISSING | No source ID supports the edge. | 0 |
04 / Fit
Send the files ordinary search leaves behind.
This file fits when…
- +The tract is in Wayne, Lenoir, or Greene County.
- +A live estate or real-property matter has counsel of record.
- +An early link disappears into Dobbs-descendant or burned-book indexes.
- +The tax card, heirs, and recorded chain do not align.
What we will not write
- —“You own this property.”
- —“File partition.”
- —“Record this affidavit.”
- —“Title is clear.”
The memorandum supports the legal file. Counsel elects estate administration, cotenant deeds, partition, or quiet title.
Put one stuck PIN on the table.
Email the county, PIN, surname pair, counsel of record, and tax card. Available deeds, wills, indexes, letters, and rough scans can follow in the same thread.