2006-06-27 02:03:52 · 10 answers · asked by Eric W 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
These may help get you started.
http://www.cyndislist.com/
(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed.)
http://www.familysearch.com
(Mormon's mega-site)
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
(450,000,000+ entries, of varying quality)
http://www.usgenweb.net/
(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
(Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced".)
http://find.person.superpages.com/
(US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins)
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
Surname meanings and origins
Three warnings:
There isn't a magic site that will take your name in and give you a 12-generation pedigree. Genealogy takes time.
You won't find living people on any of the sites except the phone book one. You will have to find your grandparents' or great grandparents' birth dates and maiden names somewhere besides the Internet.
The free sites are supported by advertising, just like TV. You can't watch the Super Bowl without seeing a beer commercial, and you can't surf for dead relatives without seeing an Ancestry advertisement. Don't complain about advertisements. They bring you the "free" sites. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
2006-06-27 02:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart King 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Three free sites. All have loads of info.
Rootsweb has databases of Worldconnect, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries, Military, Births, etc.
Usgenweb is state and county search.
Lds is the Latter Day Saints has been keeping records for years, I have found marriages back in the 1700s so far in my research.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!!
2006-06-27 12:52:46 · answer #2 · answered by Dottie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there is it is call the paf and you can go to an genealogy library and use it or you can do a search and find it on the web
2006-06-28 05:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by brandy c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In your search space key in Cyndi's Genealogy. She has tons of genealogy sites listed; many of them are free. Also, you can find lots of info on rootsweb.com.
2006-06-28 02:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by grandma jj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google Rootsweb and also Cyndi's List. You have to do the work but they give you all the tools.
2006-06-28 17:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by Baachan Linda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try google that might work and type in free geneaology or sumtin
2006-06-27 02:06:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once I used ellisisland.com and it helped me a lot.
2006-06-27 06:11:41 · answer #7 · answered by Chiquip 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont think so. i had to pay a tenner for genesreunited.com, but it was worth it though.
2006-06-27 02:06:50 · answer #8 · answered by need2know 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try your local state government.
2006-06-27 02:06:21 · answer #9 · answered by Samantha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they all want $$ in the end!
2006-06-27 02:06:57 · answer #10 · answered by classic_tigger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋