The phrase "able to trace some" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capability to follow or identify certain elements, paths, or origins in a context such as research or investigation.
Example: "The researchers were able to trace some of the historical documents back to the original source."
Alternatives: "capable of tracking some" or "able to follow some".
And she estimates, with three-quarters of the world's Jews able to trace some ancestry to Poland, it is a fertile field.
Turkish investigators reportedly have been able to trace some of the attackers' activities.
We have also been able to trace some records that were not included by Gibbons et al. [40], such as additions to the Ciliophora, Dinozoa, Myxozoa, Phoronida, Platyhelminthes, and Rotifera.
This study shows that for the period 2001 2010 Federal and State animal health officials were able to trace some domestic bovine TB cases identified at slaughter back to their herd of origin; however, sufficient gaps exist in the current bovine TB surveillance that impair the ability for officials to trace all domestic bovine TB cases.
Lunar geologists have been able to trace only some of its adventures since it finished crystallizing out of molten magna back at the Moon's beginning.
And since her father, A. C. Lee, was a lawyer, newspaper editor and politician, Mr. Shields is able to trace the way some of his more hidebound opinions ("Get off the 'social justice' and get back on the Gospel," he once said) gave way to the crusading morality that would make Atticus Finch, his fictional alter ego, a character for the ages.
The cellphone's chip had been destroyed, the police said, but they said they were able to trace its calls, including some to Pakistan and Spain before the attack.
The authorities have been able to trace funds with the cooperation of some vendors, who have opened their books to investigators, and numerous banks that provided copies of canceled checks because many of the district's records have been destroyed or never existed.
I'm sure that some of them were able to trace every song to its record and to connect it to a dramatic moment in their lives.
"There are some similarities that we are able to trace or connect the dots between the Lion Air accident and our accident," he said.
But as long as there are quality and safety concerns in Asia, being able to trace products back to their source may give consumers some sense of control.
