Genealogical research requests.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 8

(a) (b) (c) (1) Full name (including variant spellings of the name and/or aliases, if any). (2) Date of birth, at least as specific as a year. (3) Place of birth, at least as specific as a country and preferably the country name at the time of the individual's immigration or naturalization. (d) (1) Date of arrival in the United States. (2) Residence address at time of naturalization. (3) Names of parents, spouse, and children if applicable and available. (e) (1) Identify the record by number or other specific data used by the Genealogy Program Office to retrieve the record as follows: (i) C-Files must be identified by a naturalization certificate number. (ii) Forms AR-2 and A-Files numbered below 8 million must be identified by Alien Registration Number. (iii) Visa Files must be identified by the Visa File Number. Registry Files must be identified by the Registry File Number (for example, R-12345). (2) [Reserved] (f) (2) Search subjects will be presumed deceased if their birth dates are more than 100 years before the date of the request. In other cases, the subject is presumed to be living until the requestor establishes to the satisfaction of USCIS that the subject is deceased. (3) Documentary evidence of the subject's death is required (including but not limited to death records, published obituaries or eulogies, published death notices, church or bible records, photographs of gravestones, and/or copies of official documents relating to payment of death benefits). (g) (h)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 8:§ 103.40