what is the best free internet site for your family tree?

Answer 1

heritagequest.com

Answer 2

I'm researching my family tree too. the later day saints website is the largest. i think its www.lds.com but I'm not sure, your probably best to google it. all the information on there is free, unlike most other sites which let you search for a person, but then you have to pay to find out more. if you go to your local library, they usually have books to help you too. Some even have trained genealogists to help you! I hope that helps - good luck researching! :D

Answer 3

The best to begin with is LDS is goes under www.familysearch.org put geneaolgy in your search up will come plenty of sites, you'll have to sift through. Some of the sites give you a free trial.

Answer 4

the best site for finding your family tree is guenes reunited or ancestory.co.uk they have a fourteen day free trial but you have to entr your credit card number to get deeper into what you want. goo luck

Answer 5

Before I paste my stock answer, note:
There are 250,000+ web sites devoted to genealogy. The "Best" one depends. If your ancestors came to Massachusetts in 1620 and stayed in New England, you have a really good chance of tracing back to Charlemange, b. 722, and the best one would be the members section of Mayflower Society's site.

If you are Kenyan, ask the oldest man in your village, because that's all you are going to get. There isn't a lot of Masai genealogy on the net.

If you are Jewish, you are out of luck too, because Hitler's hordes burned most of the synagogues and their records.

Blacks in the USA were not even allowed last names until 1865, so their heritage is lost too. If your lines go back to a country whose language you don't read, your row will be hard to hoe.

Here is my stock answer.

Someone asks a question like yours 1 - 4 times a day, sometimes in the Family category, sometimes in the Genealogy category, sometimes elsewhere:
Where can I find my family tree for free?
Does anyone know the {Surname} family?
What are good sites for ancestors / genealogy?

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)

Notes:

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.

Since you are in favor of free data, give some thought to helping others. You can look up obituaries in your town for people who post requests for them on bulletin boards, for instance. Another of my pages tells you how to ask for and look up obits:
http://www.tedpack.org/obit.html

Answer 6

Look on Cindi's list

Answer 7

http://www.ancestry.com/

Answer 8

www.focusmm.co.uk