What this research index adds

• It gives readers, reviewers, educators, and search evaluators a single place to see how the site is organized beyond isolated posts.
• It makes the trust architecture visible: About, Editorial Standards, Corrections, Privacy, Disclosures, Ad Policy, Evidence Gates, and Safe Sharing are part of the reading experience.
• It separates learning routes, source-led archives, review workflows, and storytelling lanes so pages are not mistaken for the same evidence type.
• It helps prevent low-value browsing by showing the next responsible route before a reader repeats a claim.

Orientation and trust

• About explains what makes the site valuable and how pages are built.
• Editorial Standards defines original value, source review, AI drafting boundaries, and article framing.
• Corrections Log keeps public changes, source tightening, and revision accountability visible.
• Privacy Policy, Safe Sharing, and Moderation Policy protect living people and public review quality.
• Disclosures, Ad Policy, and Sponsor Policy separate education from monetization and sponsor influence.

Learning and source routes

• Start Here gives the safest first reading order.
• Library routes readers into Wiki, Tales, Field Guides, Place Hubs, and review lanes.
• Foundations Learning Timeline, Place-Based Research Timeline, and Records and Public Memory Timeline explain how to use timeline rows without overclaiming.
• Visual Evidence Ledger gathers museum, archive, and government-source records into metadata-only source cards with rights status and claim boundaries.
• Muur/Moor Boundary Timeline keeps site framing and partner reading routes distinct.
• Verified Visual Evidence gathers museum, archive, and government records into a source-gated ledger that separates catalog language from project interpretation.
• Wiki contains source-led explainers with place anchors and claim boundaries.
• Tales contains labeled narrative, memory, and teaching pieces that are not proof by themselves.
• Field Notes and Updates shows methods, place updates, and public correction thinking as the site evolves.
• Original Thirteen Colonies Research Blueprint extends place-based research into colony-by-colony source lanes without turning source targets into certification claims.

Do-the-work tools

• Place Packet Worksheet starts with geography, institutions, routes, maps, and open questions.
• Source Table Worksheet separates exact source details, interpretation, privacy risk, and claim wording.
• Claim Review Card turns strong wording into a reviewable packet.
• Classroom Use Guide supports source literacy without identity-certification drift.
• Contributor Workflow prepares source leads, corrections, community notes, and fact-check requests safely.

Review and correction routes

• Research Method explains how evidence lanes are separated.
• Why Some Pages Stay Open explains why thin Starter/Open surfaces remain accessible but noindex,follow until expanded.
• Source Review decides whether a source trail can support stronger wording.
• Claim Review separates record, interpretation, oral tradition, spiritual reading, and open claims.
• Fact Check routes contested claims into evidence review.
• Community Notes accepts source leads, context, and public-safe correction pressure.

Representative high-value reads

• Yo He Wah, Black Drink, and Muscogee Sacred Memory shows flagship article framing, source limits, and evidence-gate reminders.
• St. Augustine Area Coastal Crossroads shows a source-led Wiki entry with a reader quality check.
• Build a Source Table Before You Write the Paragraph shows how a field note should route readers into method work.
• Fact Check: Montezuma, Georgia proves Aztec settlement shows claim review and safer wording discipline.
• The Earth Lodge Doorway shows narrative value with an evidence handoff.

What remains open

This index makes the site easier to inspect, but it does not replace page-level source review. If a claim touches identity, ancestry, descent, legal status, DNA, tribe, Nation, membership, Muur/Moor language, spiritual interpretation, oral tradition, or living people, use the review lanes before repeating stronger wording.