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.
Ask the question you're actually stuck on
- Plain-language questions
Ask the way you'd ask a person: "Who were Maria'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.
From a loose end to a living branch
- Straight onto your tree
Confirm a finding and it lands on your tree, in place, sourced.
- Nothing lost
Every answer and its sources stay saved — yours, for good.
- Picks up where you left off
Come back anytime; Deep Research remembers the trail.
The searches that eat your unbillable hours
Deep Research is built on the same evidence standard professional genealogists use. Every answer is traceable to its sources — you're never asked to take its word for it.
- How do I find my great-grandmother's maiden name?
- Where did my family live before they immigrated?
- Who were the parents of someone born before official records existed?
- Why do two records show different birth years for the same person?
- What happened to a relative who disappears after one census?
- How do I find a birth record when I only know an approximate year?
- Which ship did my ancestor arrive on, and when?
- How do I confirm two people are actually the same person?
- Where can I find records for an ancestor who changed their name?
- How do I trace a family line past the 1800s?
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
Your family has been waiting a long time to be found.
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