Sources and method
How the story of Allika stays checkable
Every published claim needs a source and a clear limit on what that source does not establish.
Plans, maps and archive descriptions
A plan provides a parcel name, boundary or building mark; maps help compare the place through time; an archive description leads to an original source. None replaces the role of another.
National Archives plan, 1932 ↗A name is a trace, not automatic identity
Toponymic cards and oral memory preserve usage and local language. They do not replace a cadastral or ownership record.
The Oandu place-name story →A photograph shows what is pictured
For a photo series we record its visible date, provenance and what the image cannot establish — for example ownership or the construction date of a building.
The 2007 / 2011 photo sequence →