Who can you have track down your family history? Does it cost a lot?

Question

I am curious to know where my family is from what they did so on
so if you know or you do this sort of thing help

and if you are not going to be serious or answer trughfully then dont answer

Answer 1

You can do it yourself. I'll paste my standard answer below. Professioanls cost $20 to $50 per hour, and the honest ones will not guarantee they will find anything. Most have a 12-hour minimum.

You might contact your local county genealogical society. They may have a member who would be willing to work for you in trade; you clean her house or cook her a gourmet meal or paint her spare bedroom for 12 hours, she digs into your family history for 12 hours. (80% of genealogists are women.) You might find a member willing to work for cash under the table in the $10 - $15 per hour range. Figure 40 hours for a 6-generation tree, on average.

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

What are good free sites for genealogy?
Does anyone know about the {surname} family?
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.

Two warnings - It takes time, and you can't start with yourself. Most of the genealogy data on the web is about people born before 1900, to protect living people's privacy. You'll have to find your grandparents (or great grandparents) off the web.

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. You will restore my faith in humanity.

Answer 2

I simply Googled Ottis Toole household tree and got here up with 3 exceptional units of father and mother for him so there may be definitely plenty of bulldust available in the market. Plus it isn't handy to uncover files of humans so lately residing on family tree web sites as there are privateness disorders- in particular if you're regarding this man. Anyway you'll simplest recognize if you're regarding him in the event you monitor your household tree first to look if there are any ancestors you're each regarding. So earlier than you do whatever else begin through asking your father and mother and grandparent approximately any understanding they have got to your household. Good good fortune, can not say it might be any one I might love to uncover I was once regarding, they sound like an excessively dysfunctional mob.

Answer 3

ancestory.com
It does cost for membership but should be well worth it.
my father actually tracked ours down by talking to family members and searching court documents.

Answer 4

There is a website called www.fhistory.com, but I'd use www.genealogyfam.com

Answer 5

you can also try familysearch.com