Samantha Ford speaking with Steve Goldstein at his home in Shelburne Samantha Ford sees dead people and brings them to life. An archaeologist of sorts, she digs into documents, not dirt. Instead of a spade and sieve, her tools are deeds and vital records. Ford s enterprise, Williston-based Turn Stone Research, can put the limbs on your family tree, find secrets buried beneath the hearth, or help you record and preserve your home s historical records. While the future is unknowable, the past can literally be an open book. We found this out a few weeks ago when Ford, a 32-year-old Charlotte native, sat on the porch of our house on Falls Road in Shelburne and, like a latter-day Scheherazade, told the tale of the land.