Stories in the records

Lives become clearer
in company.

Three close readings of the public tree: a family's nine months in New Braunfels, a Norfolk sibling who crossed the world, and two dates that deserve doubt.

Covell family · 1815–77

The sibling who crossed the world

Ten Covell siblings stayed near Norfolk. Benjamin died in Adelaide, alone among them on the other side of the planet.

Pattern derived from the family tree
Fritz family · 1846–47

Nine months in New Braunfels

Four recorded deaths, two survivors, and the eight-year-old from whom this tree's Fritz branch continues.

Tree evidence · historical context