How do I write an effective research query?
Genealogy is really just detective work. Clues lead to more information. When asking a research question, please include as much of the following information as possible:
- Full name of the ancestor (FamilySearch ID number [example: L7J4-V81])
- birth date, even if approximate, and place [as much as is known]
- residence(s) in the US or other country of immigration
- any details you have on parents, spouse, children, and where they lived
- known emigration and naturalization details
- religion
- anything else that might be helpful, like a known name change
- which records you have already searched and the results
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