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Research object · BT-CLM-00287

Was Emmett Louis Till the son of Mamie Till-Mobley?

Under Investigation· 1 sourceNot yet reviewed
Research & Interpretation byAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

The Claim

Parent-child relationship between mamie-till-mobley and emmett-louis-till, held as a single generation link rather than as part of a lineage assertion.

Public Summary

This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

Evidence Reviewed

  • Partially SupportsWeak

    This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

    Source: Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family · Not yet examined by this archive

    Family knowledge and documentary verification are recorded separately. Both are shown; neither is presented as the other.

The Evidence Trail

Step 1 · Claim

Was Emmett Louis Till the son of Mamie Till-Mobley?

Under Investigation· 1 source

BT-CLM-00287

Parent-child relationship between mamie-till-mobley and emmett-louis-till, held as a single generation link rather than as part of a lineage assertion.

Step 2 · Evidence & Source

  1. Partially Supports · Weak weight

    This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

    Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family · Not yet examined by this archive · Abstract

    BT-EVD-00289 ← BT-SRC-00265

    Researcher interpretation · Amberly R. Carter-Mills

    Family knowledge and documentary verification are recorded separately. Both are shown; neither is presented as the other.

Step 3 · Conclusion

Under InvestigationVersion 1 · Current · Medium confidence

Researcher interpretation · Amberly R. Carter-Mills

This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

What is not known: No contemporary record establishing this relationship has been examined by this archive and entered as an original.

What could change this: Locate and examine a census enumeration, birth record, death record naming parents, marriage record, obituary, Social Security application, church record or probate file.

How the Evidence Sits Together

What supports the claim

Observations that carry the claim forward.

  • This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

    Partially Supports · Weak weight

    Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family

    Family knowledge and documentary verification are recorded separately. Both are shown; neither is presented as the other.

What complicates or contradicts it

Kept in view rather than discarded.

  • Nothing in this column for this claim.

What only provides context

Consistent, but not identifying or probative on its own.

  • Nothing in this column for this claim.

Research Conclusion

Under InvestigationVersion 1 · Current

This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

What is known: This relationship is stated in widely published accounts. It is entered here as a derivative statement pending an original record examined by this archive.

What is not known: No contemporary record establishing this relationship has been examined by this archive and entered as an original.

Future research: Locate and examine a census enumeration, birth record, death record naming parents, marriage record, obituary, Social Security application, church record or probate file.

Amberly's Research Notes

No research note has been published for this claim yet.

From the research notebook ofAmberly R. Carter-Mills— Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist

What We Still Need to Find

Was Emmett Louis Till the son of Mamie Till-Mobley?

Provenance, Access and Use

Source creator
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Who made the original record.
Researcher of record
Amberly R. Carter-Mills — Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist
Located, transcribed, weighed and interpreted the evidence.
Publishing archive
BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive
Holds the object, its identifiers and its revision history.

Widely published account of the Carthan–Till family

BT-SRC-00265
Evidentiary weight 2 of 4. Derivative sourceOriginal image: Citation entered — image review pendingA transcription, abstract or index standing in for a record BEFORE TILL has not yet examined directly.
Creator
Not recorded
Date created
Not recorded
Repository
Not yet examined by this archive
Collection
Not recorded
Record form
Abstract
Source type
Other
Accessed
Not recorded

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