diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 25345c9..01396b4 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ const PREFIX = 'record_v1__'
  *   update: Record<string, any>,
  *   supersedes: Array<MsgID>,
  * }} RecordData
+ * @typedef {{
+ *   record?: {
+ *     ghostSpan?: number
+ *   }
+ * }} Config
  */
 
 /**
@@ -65,11 +70,13 @@ function assertDBPlugin(peer) {
 
 /**
  * @param {{ db: PPPPPDB | null, close: ClosableHook }} peer
- * @param {any} config
+ * @param {Config} config
  */
 function initRecord(peer, config) {
   assertDBPlugin(peer)
 
+  const ghostSpan = config.record?.ghostSpan ?? 32
+
   //#region state
   let accountID = /** @type {string | null} */ (null)
   let loadPromise = /** @type {Promise<void> | null} */ (null)
@@ -398,6 +405,63 @@ function initRecord(peer, config) {
     return record
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @public
+   * @param {Msg} msg
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  function isRoot(msg) {
+    return isValidRecordMoot(msg)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @public
+   * @param {MsgID} ghostableMsgID
+   * @param {MsgID} tangleID
+   */
+  function isGhostable(ghostableMsgID, tangleID) {
+    if (ghostableMsgID === tangleID) return false
+
+    assertDBPlugin(peer)
+    const tangle = peer.db.getTangle(tangleID)
+    const msg = peer.db.get(ghostableMsgID)
+
+    // prettier-ignore
+    if (!tangle || tangle.size === 0) throw new Error(`isGhostable() tangleID "${tangleID}" is empty`)
+    // prettier-ignore
+    if (!msg) throw new Error(`isGhostable() msgID "${ghostableMsgID}" does not exist in the database`)
+    // prettier-ignore
+    if (!isValidRecordMoot(tangle.root)) throw new Error(`isGhostable() tangleID "${tangleID}" is not a record`)
+
+    // Discover field roots
+    const fieldRootIDs = new Set()
+    const msgIDs = tangle.topoSort()
+    for (const msgID of msgIDs) {
+      const msg = peer.db.get(msgID)
+      if (!msg?.data) continue
+      for (const supersededMsgID of msg.data.supersedes) {
+        fieldRootIDs.delete(supersededMsgID)
+      }
+      fieldRootIDs.add(msgID)
+    }
+
+    // Get minimum depth of all field roots
+    let minFieldRootDepth = Infinity
+    for (const fieldRootID of fieldRootIDs) {
+      const depth = tangle.getDepth(fieldRootID)
+      if (depth < minFieldRootDepth) minFieldRootDepth = depth
+      // field roots are not ghostables
+      if (fieldRootID === ghostableMsgID) return false
+      // msgs suceeding field roots are not ghostables
+      if (tangle.precedes(fieldRootID, ghostableMsgID)) return false
+    }
+
+    const minGhostDepth = minFieldRootDepth - ghostSpan
+    const ghostableMsgDepth = msg.metadata.tangles[tangleID].depth
+    if (ghostableMsgDepth >= minGhostDepth) return true
+    return false
+  }
+
   /**
    * @public
    * @param {string} subdomain
@@ -453,6 +517,8 @@ function initRecord(peer, config) {
     load,
     update,
     read,
+    isRoot,
+    isGhostable,
     getFieldRoots,
     getMinRequiredDepth,
     squeeze,
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 731439d..17b94c0 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ const aliceKeypair = Keypair.generate('ed25519', 'alice')
 let peer
 let aliceID
 test('setup', async (t) => {
-  peer = createPeer({ keypair: aliceKeypair, path: DIR })
+  peer = createPeer({
+    keypair: aliceKeypair,
+    path: DIR,
+    record: { ghostSpan: 4 },
+  })
 
   await peer.db.loaded()
 
@@ -130,6 +134,33 @@ test('Record squeeze', async (t) => {
   assert.deepEqual(fieldRoots6, fieldRoots5, 'fieldRoots')
 })
 
+test('Record isRoot', (t) => {
+  const moot = MsgV3.createMoot(aliceID, 'record_v1__profile', aliceKeypair)
+  assert.ok(peer.record.isRoot(moot), 'isRoot')
+})
+
+test('Record isGhostable', (t) => {
+  const moot = MsgV3.createMoot(aliceID, 'record_v1__profile', aliceKeypair)
+  const mootID = MsgV3.getMsgID(moot)
+
+  const tangle = peer.db.getTangle(mootID)
+  const msgIDs = tangle.topoSort()
+
+  const fieldRoots = peer.record.getFieldRoots('profile')
+  assert.deepEqual(fieldRoots.age, [msgIDs[7]])
+
+  // Remember from the setup, that ghostSpan=4
+  assert.equal(msgIDs.length, 8);
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[0], mootID), false) // moot
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[1], mootID), false)
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[2], mootID), false)
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[3], mootID), true) // in ghostSpan
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[4], mootID), true) // in ghostSpan
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[5], mootID), true) // in ghostSpan
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[6], mootID), true) // in ghostSpan
+  assert.equal(peer.record.isGhostable(msgIDs[7], mootID), false) // field root
+})
+
 test('Record receives old branched update', async (t) => {
   const moot = MsgV3.createMoot(aliceID, 'record_v1__profile', aliceKeypair)
   const mootID = MsgV3.getMsgID(moot)