Page types and evidence hierarchy#
Evidence and artefact pages#
An evidence page records a particular document, image, map, register entry, correspondence item or other artefact. Identify the source and provenance, describe what is actually visible or recorded, transcribe accurately where appropriate, and link to the original or catalogue reference when available. Keep interpretation distinct from the source description. Do not fill gaps by inventing missing content.
Forensic assessment and institutional review pages#
A forensic assessment examines a defined question against identified evidence. It should move directly into the assessment: scope and question, evidence reviewed, findings or observations, competing explanations, limitations, confidence and next evidential steps. It is not a declaration that wrongdoing occurred. Separate documented facts, family evidence, allegations, inference and unanswered questions; cite the supporting records at the point of use.
Evidence catalogues and registers#
Catalogues and registers are finding aids: they organise records, identifiers, dates, custodians, status and links. They should make material easier to locate rather than repeat long explanations of the overall project. Preserve stable identifiers and distinguish confirmed entries from leads or placeholders.
Chronologies and timelines#
Chronologies arrange events by date and link each material entry to its source. Record date precision and uncertainty honestly, distinguish contemporaneous records from later recollection, and flag conflicts rather than silently harmonising them.
Case analysis, issue registers and legal pages#
Analysis pages connect evidence to a defined issue or argument. Show the reasoning chain and the evidence that supports or contradicts it. Distinguish court findings and documented procedural history from legal arguments, disputed allegations and hypotheses. Attribute contested assertions and do not present a theory as judicially established unless the judgment actually establishes it.
Evidence Register#
Index of every evidence item: EV ID, date, title, type, status, repository/reference, old GHF-E ID. Evidence Register.
EV-NNNN evidence pages#
One page per evidence item, under the Evidence Register. Fixed table: EV ID, date, type, evidence label, repository/reference, status (HELD with scan link, or PENDING), provenance, proves, does not prove, propositions that rely on it.
Pending Evidence#
Ranked list of records known to exist but not held: holder/reference, how to obtain, cost, who can obtain it. Pending Evidence.
GHF-E catalogue entries#
Older evidence-library entries (GHF-E###): one record or event per page with type, date, holder and evidence status. The Evidence Register gives each one’s EV ID.
Claim and allegation pages#
One proposition per page. Each statement cites its evidence (EV or GHF-E ID) or is marked PENDING or HYPOTHESIS. Family positions are attributed as such.
Hypothesis and theory pages#
Working theories, not findings. State what would confirm or refute them, and the counter-evidence.
Correspondence catalogues#
Emails and replies reproduced unaltered. Wording inside them is the correspondent’s, not the wiki’s. A correction sits in a short note beside the email, with its source.
Index pages#
Navigation only (Start Here, Agent index, registers). Not evidence.
Protocol pages#
Rules for editors and agents: Editing Protocol, Site Agent Operating Rules, Brand & Developer Guidelines.
Master Change Log#
Central record of material edits: date, page, before, after, reason/source. Master Change Log.
Damages quantification#
Each head of loss: legal basis, method, sourced inputs, low / central / high in today’s £, dependencies. Labels: QUANTIFIED, ESTIMATE, CONDITIONAL, PENDING, TBC. Damages page.