State of the Archive

Where the work stands

A living measure of the archive's progress: what is profiled, how firmly it is proven, and what remains open. The gaps are shown as plainly as the gains.

32 public profiles
5 research articles
4 narratives
481 sources cited
0 record transcriptions
2 DNA-supported links

Direct-line completeness

Profiled ancestors by family line

Davis / Burlanyette 3 / 8
Simpson / Woods 2 / 9
Campbell / McGregor 2 / 8
Baker / Nugent / Nicholson 2 / 6
Daku / Debreceni 0 / 6
Bernegger / Tenure 2 / 6

Evidence confidence

Placed ancestors by proof state

  • Proven / established 5
  • Well-supported 7
  • Working 5
  • Hypothesis / open 3

Research fronts

Biggest open fronts

William Simson's origin

before Kent County, Delaware

working

Rebecca Simpson Godden's parentage

co-heir argument

working

Daku, Bernegger & Baker lines

identified but largely unprofiled

to do

Record transcription layer

source-linked transcription section not yet built

planned

Top-level counts render from site collections at build time. Completeness, confidence, transcription status, DNA support, and open research fronts remain manually curated until the profile and source metadata model is expanded.