Analysis
The Siege of Bethlehem, December 1762: What Two Witnesses Don’t Yet Prove
Two records describe the same siege, four days apart. The site counts them as two witnesses only once a different hand has been proved.
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Research and method
Notebook
Stories drawn from the records in the corpus: research written up, a method explained, a change documented.
Analysis
From a Trade to a Name: The Torcimanis of Bethlehem, 1721-1735
"Interpreter" long named an office. Then, between 1721 and 1735, the word began to name an entire house, women included.
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Analysis
Andreas and His Three Marriages: How One Record Was Read Three Times
The site once showed three marriages in 1663 for the same man. There was only one. The error came from a copied table, not from a fact.
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Narrative
From the Arabic name to its Latinised form
The same man may be called ʿĪsā in a judicial deed, Isa in a baptism register and Aisa under another scribe’s pen. This walkthrough shows how to find those forms without knowing them in advance.
Log
Corrections log
Each publication is compared with the previous one, record by record, by identifier. Additions, changes and removals found are listed here.