re ancestors?

Question

is anyone else having trouble finding relatives ? I have almost given up ! am i wasting my time etc /

Answer 1

We all have dead ends.

If you caught a 14-pound trout every time you cast your fly, or shot a 250-pound mountain lion every time you took off your lens cap, the sports of fly-fishing and big-game photography would not be as exciting as they are. Part of the excitement of Genealogy is breaking through that brick wall; finding the will, baptism record or veteran's pension application that gives you six more people.

These are my standard links for beginners. If you've tried all of your dead ends on all of the sites, I apologize for taking your time. If not, try, try again - and try alternate spellings.

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".)

Answer 2

Do not give up on researching your ancestors, its difficult at first,i have been researching my ancestors for the past 5 yrs,i have had information from all over the world,it is so interesting,i have a really thick file and photographs on them so have heart don't give up.good luck.

Answer 3

try logging on to geneology forums
put your surname in and geneology forum and ask for help free
of charge ex( smith geneology forum )
good luck
i have found missing family through this site

Answer 4

don't give up..........i get stuck every so often then there is a break through.
have you got your tree on geneseunited ? they send you a list of 'hot matches' every 2 weeks of other people with the same names and dates in their trees.

Answer 5

I cant find my G Grandad he died when Nan was 8mths noone knows anything about him, any ideas

Answer 6

keep trying