Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After finding out more about her family history, Bellingcat Researcher Annique Mossou connects with Bellingcat Contributor and fellow Open-Source Researcher Chris Osieck on similarities and differences between her research and work he did tracking down his missing grandfather.
00:00 Introduction of Chris Osieck
01:11 My Grandfather's internment camp card
03:42 Tools you can use for Research
07:48 Seeing my Grandfather for the first time
10:26 Reaching out to new found relatives
12:23 Next steps in our search
14:58 Advice for carrying out Family Research
After finding out more about her family history, Bellingcat Researcher Annique Mossou connects with Bellingcat Contributor and fellow Open-Source Researcher Chris Osieck on similarities and differences between her research and work he did tracking down his missing grandfather.
00:00 Introduction of Chris Osieck
01:11 My Grandfather's internment camp card
03:42 Tools you can use for Research
07:48 Seeing my Grandfather for the first time
10:26 Reaching out to new found relatives
12:23 Next steps in our search
14:58 Advice for carrying out Family Research
![Preserve Vital Online Content With Bellingcats Auto Archiver Tool [outdated instructions]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VfAhcuV2tLQ/mqdefault.jpg "Preserve Vital Online Content With Bellingcats Auto Archiver Tool [outdated instructions]
Update: This video was made as a guide to a previous version of the Auto Archiver tool. Were currently working on a new video for the updated tool, we expect this to be published in April 2025. In the meanwhile, you can ask questions about the tool on our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/bellingcat in the tool support channel.
Open source research often relies on social media posts that contain videos and images. However, these posts can be taken down by platforms or deleted by those posting them. That’s why Bellingcat has created a tool, the Auto Archiver ( https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver ), to help the open-source community, as well as journalists and researchers, quickly and easily archive online content. In this video, Miguel Ramalho details how to set up and use the tool.")
