Velnaris
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Services

Three engagements, each built around a single research question.

Pick the one that matches where your story is right now, or ask us and we'll help you decide.

01

Chronology Verification

A review of a story timeline that separates dates confirmed by documents from those resting on memory or inference, and marks each accordingly. Suited to reporters whose subject spans several years.

Scope

Up to 60 entries per engagement, returned in five working days.

Includes

A marked chronology, a source column, and a note on entries worth another check.

Approximate dating in source material is common; entries are qualified rather than excluded.

02

Institutional Background Briefing

A written briefing on how a public body or sector is organised, who reports to whom, and which records it is obliged to publish. The briefing describes structure rather than drawing conclusions.

Scope

One institution per engagement, delivered in seven working days.

Includes

An organisational outline, a records list, and named points of contact where public.

03

Multi-Source Corroboration Support

Help assessing whether the accounts you have gathered genuinely support each other or merely repeat a single origin. Includes a plain framework for recording independence between sources.

Scope

One 2-hour session plus a written assessment of up to 15 sources.

Includes

A corroboration table and suggestions for where an additional account would help.

How it runs

From first message to delivery

01

Share your materials

Send the timeline, notes, or sources you already have through the contact form.

02

We scope the work

We confirm the service, timeline, and any questions before starting.

03

Research and marking

We work through the material, tagging what's documented and what isn't.

04

Delivery and follow-up

You receive the finished materials with room for one round of questions.

What's typically included

A shared checklist across engagements

A written scope confirmed before work begins

Clear separation of documented fact from inference

Delivery within the working-day window quoted

One follow-up round to clarify findings

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