Want to obtain records of family history, but most web sites I have found promise a lot, want fees, and don't know if any reliable....anyone know a good place to start...geneology.
2007-01-02 08:26:27 · 8 answers · asked by jaxncvarmit 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hey Jax...,
Here are some place you can look:
2007-01-02 08:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sites listed in other answers are good ones I also use gencircles.com which is basically another data base of family trees... I must admit I have received most valuable information from familysearch.org (the LDS site ) and rootsweb.com ( a part of ancestry.com but no fees ) where I have found numerous distant family members with scores of information....
2007-01-04 00:50:39 · answer #2 · answered by CAT65 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visit your local library - most have geneaology departments, resources and volunteer researchers. Here at the San Diego Public Library, we subscribe to several online geneaology databases but you have to be a member of the SDPL system to use it.
However, most big city libraries have access to these databases.
Another important service offered by your local library is Interlibrary Loan. Here at the SDPL's ILL department, I routinely locate and request microfilm reels from other libraries for our patrons who are doing geneaological research.
2007-01-02 10:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start tracking them yourself. Sometimes the local community college offers night classes about genealogy. Or you can try on line bookstores such as www.ancestry.com and www.heritagebooks.com for books on how to start doing your own search.
Tracking family isn't hard....it just takes time and some patience.
2007-01-02 15:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by geglefty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do it on your own by going down to City Hall/Records in the place he/she died or was born in.
You only need to pay for the copies of the documents...usually not much at all.
Or yes you can hire someone to do it...but why not save that couple of hundred dollars?
2007-01-02 08:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by mailjunkie123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best sites that are free are
www.familysearch.org
www.rootsweb.com
I use them all the time.
The key to remember is that everything is submitted by other amatuer genealogists so its always important to verify and info you come across that goes for a pay site as well as a free site
2007-01-02 13:33:48 · answer #6 · answered by HistoryFanatic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try geneology.com
or familytree.com
or start by talking to the elders in your family, they may have a family tree that is old.
2007-01-02 10:13:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mormans have tons of free info to get you started
2007-01-02 08:29:13 · answer #8 · answered by furmanator1957 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋