can someone help me find my family history?

Answer 1

You can try ancestry.com for free for a while, and be able to access many sites for your family name. There is also a site called myfamily.com you can check out. Also, just try typing in your name in the search bar, and see what comes up .. maybe something will show up that will help you out.
Another idea .. begin a family tree, beginning with your immediate family and ask them the names of their parents and then their parents (children included) and go from there.

Answer 2

These sites are free. Rootsweb is where other researchers have posted families and the message board has loads of info such as obits and bible records. The usgenweb is state and county search. The lds is Latter Day Saints which has loads of info not only for the United States, but also for other countries.

Answer 3

Someone asks a question like yours 1 - 4 times a day, sometimes in the Family category, sometimes in the Genealogy category, sometimes elsewhere. I paste this answer in. It is long and general. Not all the links and paragraphs will apply to everyone.

If you want to type in your name somewhere and get a 12-generation tree, skip the rest of this. I can show you where to dig, but you'll have to buy your own shovel and do the work yourself.

Buying a shovel: If you get serious you'll need a genealogy program. Trying to do family research without a genealogy program is like trying to write a novel with a pencil and yellow pad, instead of a word processor. I like Roots Magic. Family Tree Maker is the market leader. Both cost around $29. The Mormons will let you download PAF for free. It is clunky, but it is free. You can sometimes find old versions of FTM or Family Origins (FO is the predecessor of RM) in bargin bins at CostCo.

These may help get you started. They are large and free.

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
(460,000,000+ entries, of varying quality)

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
Surname meanings and origins

http://www.tedpack.org/begingen.html
My own site: "How to Begin"


United States only:

http://www.usgenweb.net/
(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)
(The Canadians have Canadian Gen Web, by province)

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)


United Kingdom Only:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/
(Biggest site for United Kingdom & Ireland)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
(Free Birth, Marriage & Death Records)

Note:

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.

Answer 4

Try www.worldconnect.com; ancestry.com is good, but a bit pricey. The Church of Latter Day Saints ("Mormon" church) offers very inexpensive genealogy software (something like $7 or 8); they have a massive database that you can access as well (family history is a part of their religion in some fashion), and they have never bothered me in terms of trying to get me to participate in their church (I'm Jewish).

Answer 5

Do a search in Goggle for Geneology and that should help.

Answer 6

you can go to the library they have a lot of genealogy information. there are also other resorces:
http://www.ancestory.com
http://www.knidredkonnections.com
http://www.usgenweb.com
good luck

Answer 7

yeah! ask your parents!!