DoTheyExist.com
a research project on the Cognomina by Dr. Fritz Carlton and graduate staff from the University of Königsberg Department of Personality Studies
Latest news on Cognomina research
24, Dec 2010
We
have won approval from the University regents to post a fax copy of the
cease and desist order threatening us with legal action if we continue
our investigation and research into the Cognomina. Click on
the fax image to load the full sized version. 
An English translation is available here.
2, June 2009
Mr. David dela Vittorio sent us a photograph from Venice Carnevale 2009 showing a masked woman holding a drink in her right hand. The Embe tattoo is apparent in the photo. Our sister audio and visual arts department was able to enhance a close up of the hand to show the tattoo more clearly. Mr. Vittorio claims the photo was taken on the evening of 16 Feb 2009 in the Hotel Saturnia Bar, Venice. See the photos on the evidence page.
15, Sept 2008
A litigator, ostensibly representing the Cognomina, has presented to the chair of psychology studies at the University of Königsberg a decease order for all research into the secret organization. The University has assured us that we can continue our studies, but presentations of findings [within the EU] must be approved by the University's legal counsel. The Zurich domicile of the Cognomina [and their litigator] presents us with some liberty as the Swiss authorities bent on enforcing the order would be forced to Brussels to pursue an action in earnest.
Of course this action only further works to validate their existence.
Our current plan is to present our findings at the South Asian Wheel of Life summit in India this spring as well as simultaneous press releases.
Past news on Cognomina research
14, June 2008
We have received permission from the Universitat Konstanz to review the 15th century Konstanz Codex. This is the original manuscript that Fr. Pilippi references in his Chronique des Confédération Suisse, as we are eager to make the most of this rare opportunity.
24, January, 2008
We have received translated copies of The Reincarnationist Papers from D. Eric Maikranz, who discovered them as notebooks in Rome in the late 1990's. Handwritten in Bulgarian, the notebooks are ostensibly the past live memoir of Mr. Evan Michaels, left with a trusted resource for safekeeping until he can retrieve it [apparently in his next incarnation] It is unclear how the notebooks came to be in Rome.