What is a good website for looking up genealogy? for little or no money?

Answer 1

www.rootsweb.com
www.familysearch.org

Just be careful because often times people make mistakes in the info, always double check sources to make sure it's accurate.....

Answer 2

These are the 3 free sites I use. Rootsweb has about the same info as Ancestry (which costs a month to use). Rootsweb has other researchers who has post their family info and the message board is where researchers post what they have found such as obits and bible records. Usgenweb is state and county search. Lds is the Latter Day Saints which has loads of info for the United States and other countries.
If your library in your area has a genealogy department, they may have a subscription to Ancestry and HeritageQuest. These you can access every census free of charge, as long as you have a library card. My library has books of cemetery records, marriages, births, and microfilm of land grants, birth and death records, newspapers, and alot of info microfilmed.

Answer 3

I save this and paste it because people ask the same question 1 - 4 times a day:

What are good free sites for genealogy?
or
Does anyone know about the {surname} family?
or
How can I trace my family tree, for free?

Sometimes thay ask in the genealogy category,
Arts & Humanities -> Genealogy
sometimes they don't. If you search or browse the resolved questions in the Genealogy category, you can find more links from other people.

Here are some large free sites.

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, some excellent, some bad, most in between)
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
Surname meanings and origins; no specific individuals, but fun.

These are for the USA only:

http://www.usgenweb.net/
(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)
(Canada has a Canadian Gen Web, with sites for each 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)

These two are for the UK & Ireland only:
http://www.genuki.org.uk
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

If you get serious, you should probably buy a genealogy program. I like Roots Magic. Family Tree Maker is very popular. Both are $29 in the USA, but you can sometimes find old versions in discount bins at software stores.

http://www.tedpack.org/begingen.html
has some tips for beginners.


I used to suggest people who were in favor of free data volunteer to ADD to it, instead of just taking it, but I gave that up as a lost cause. If you are interested, write to me via my profile.

Answer 4

Ancestry.com. I spoke to them and discussed their ability to do research and found they actually have a larger data base than the Mormons. I used them to find out a lot about my own ancestors. They show you how to use various methods to do your research. It was fascinating stuff.

Answer 5

Familysearch.org

it's free

Answer 6

Dottie has given you a good answer.

Answer 7

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/mormon_church_records.htm

One of the largest and best researched. Part of their charter. Try it.

Answer 8

http://www.Geneology.com/poor.html