How to help
Help recover a life, carefully
This is a record about real people, so contributions are handled like evidence, not comments. Here are the specific, useful ways to help, each treated differently, and none published automatically.
- 01
Submit a source
A record, document, or citation we have missed, a vital record, a will, a deed, a church register, a newspaper notice. We will read it against what we hold and cite it.
- 02
Propose a correction
A date, a name, a relationship you believe is wrong. Tell us what the record actually says and where it says it. We correct openly and note that we did.
- 03
Identify a person in a photograph
If you can name someone in an image, or supply a photograph you own the rights to, we will add it with credit.
- 04
Share a recollection
A family memory or story, clearly kept as your account, not presented as established fact, and only published with your consent (see the terms below).
- 05
Help resolve an open question
We keep a list of things we genuinely do not know, which of two same-named people is buried here, why a record disagrees with a stone. Help us close one.
The terms, plainly
- Nothing is published automatically. Submissions are reviewed against the source hierarchy first.
- A personal recollection is labelled as your account, distinct from the verified record.
- Only submit photographs or text you own or have permission to share. You can ask us to withdraw it later.
- For anything about living people, we need their consent before it appears.
- We keep your contact details private; you choose how (or whether) you are credited publicly.
To contribute, write to contact@hinghamlives.org, name the person (and their page link if you have it), and say which of the five kinds of help it is. How we work and weigh sources →