- If you have an ancestor whom you would like to know more about, press the "New Article" button.
- Enter your name and email address in the spaces provided (required fields).
- In the subject line, enter the full name of the person you are seeking information about. Follow this by their year of birth (or approximate year, e.g. ~1830) and their place of birth (or last known residence). Keep concise, as only the first 40 characters will be viewable. Note: Your inquiries should be limited to persons whose birth surname was O'Sullivan or Sullivan.
- In the New Message box enter any information you may have on the person such as names of siblings or children, occupation and location, to whom married, date of marriage, year emigrated, port of emigration or immigration, place and date of death, etc.
- After you add the information, enter Query: and a summary of the requested information.
- Press the "Submit" button.
After you have posted a query, be sure to check the website frequently (at least weekly) to see whether your query has received any answers. Your queries will now stay on the site for an indefinite period, unless you ask the administrator to delete it earlier.
Replies:
- If you have information that will assist someone with resolving their query, press the "Reply" button located to the right of their query heading.
- Enter your name and email address in the spaces provided (required fields)
- In the New Message box, enter any information that might help resolve the query. This could be a direct answer based on your own research, or reference to and location of specific documents that might contain the desired information.
- Press the "Submit " button when your response is completed.
Proceed to the Genealogical Queries page to review some samples. Then return to these "Guidelines" to review the instructions as necessary.
Press on "Genealogical Queries" above or below to proceed to the Genealogical Queries feature.
