The answer exists. Deep Research is what finds it.
Deep Research is AncestorIQ's autonomous research mode. You ask a hard question about an ancestor (a missing parent, an uncertain date, where the family went) and it comes back with a documented answer you can trust.
The questions that stall a family tree
Deep Research is built on the same evidence standard genealogists use. Every answer is traceable to its sources, so you're never asked to take its word for it.
- How do I find my great-grandmother's maiden name?
Found in the mother's-maiden-name field of a son's birth record.
Birth certificate, 1912 - Where did my family live before they immigrated?
The manifest's last-residence column names the home village.
Passenger manifest, 1904 - Who were the parents of someone born before official records existed?
Both parents named in a baptism entry predating civil records.
Parish baptism register, 1841 - Why do two records show different birth years for the same person?
Both years side by side: one self-reported, one contemporaneous.
Census, 1860 + baptism entry, 1848 - What happened to a relative who disappears after one census?
He reappears three states away under a shortened surname.
City directory, 1888 - Which ship did my ancestor arrive on, and when?
Matched to a named vessel and date on the port's manifest.
Arrival manifest, Ellis Island
Ask the question you're actually stuck on.
- Plain-language questions
Ask the way you'd ask a person: "Who were Rose's parents?" No search syntax, no filters.
- Answers, not link lists
Get a direct answer to your question, not a pile of results to sift through yourself.
- Knows when to keep looking
A dead end for you isn't a dead end for Deep Research: it keeps going where you'd have stopped.
Proof you can stand behind
- Cited every time
Every answer arrives with its sources attached, so you can see the evidence behind it.
- Conflicts made clear
When records disagree, Deep Research shows you both and explains the difference instead of guessing.
- Built for the standard
Findings are evidence-based, ready to hold up to the Genealogical Proof Standard.
Built for trust, flexibility, and speed
Sourced by default
Tap any answer and see the actual record it came from: the 1901 census page, the parish baptism entry, the ship's manifest.
Honest about conflicts
One record says 1847, another says 1849. Deep Research shows you both and where each came from, so you decide with the evidence in front of you.
No dead ends
When a name vanishes between censuses, it keeps going: alternate spellings, neighboring parishes, married names you hadn't thought to check.
FAQs
Always. Every answer arrives with the record it came from attached, so you can open the original and check it yourself before it goes on your tree.
Deep Research shows you both and explains the difference instead of guessing. You decide with the evidence in front of you.
No. Ask in plain language, the way you'd ask a person. Deep Research handles the search syntax, filters, and archives for you.
Yes. Your data is yours. Export everything or erase it completely, on your terms, at any time.
The record that answers it is out there.
Start your tree free, then hand Deep Research the question you're stuck on. Sourced answers, whenever you're ready.
No credit card needed. Your tree stays yours.
