I need to know a good free site for family ancestery. Or information on the Cameron family???

Question

I've been trying to find out more about my last name and I cant seem to find a site that doesnt want 400$ to look up family trees.. Does anyone know a free site for family heritage that would help me out??

Answer 1

Hey Heather,

LDS Family Search has 398 entries for Cameron. These may be ancestors, there may be reference to Disks with trees, etc. You need to check it.

There are 4 GENFORUM sites specific to Cameron. That is a popular name, so people start geographic subdivisions for the name. Go to the site below, and see the 4 forums. Talking directly to someone with a similar interest is always more helpful than a possible interest. You can post your questions there too, it is a valuable resource to find family branches, and distant cousins.

There are many other places to go. When starting, I looked at FAMILY TREE MAKER software, and it came with a free subscription to Ancestry.com for 3 months. I took all the matches in family trees, and downloaded them. 6 years later, those are still valuable as reference.

Here are a bunch of sites that can help, depending on your specific needs.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Try the following links. If you can't find help at one of these sites, you never will online.

Answer 4

These questions come up every day.

Where can I find my family tree for free?
Does anyone know the {Surname} family?
What are good sites for ancestors / genealogy?

They are all about tracing your family tree on the Internet. The fourth time I typed in my favorite beginner's links I realized I should save them in a text file and paste them in. This is long and general. Because it is general, not all the links will apply to every question or questioner.

These may help get you started. They are large and free. Many of them, however, have subtle ads for Ancestry.com in them - ads that ask for a name, then offer a trial subscription. Watch out for those advertisements.

http://www.cyndislist.com/
(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed. If you want Welsh or Pennsylvania Dutch or Oregon or any other region, ethnic group or surname, chances are she has links for it.)
http://www.familysearch.com
(Mormon's mega-site. Click on "Search")
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" You may find your grandparents.)
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)

(If you posted your question in Genealogy, ignore this paragraph. If you posted it in the "Family" category, read on.)
Tracing your family tree is called genealogy. YA has a category for genealogy,
Home > Arts & Humanities > Genealogy
There are hundreds of more links in the resolved answers there.


Notes:

You usually have to do some research. Sometimes you get lucky. Don't give up if your Great grandfather with your surname isn't there. Try all eight great-grandparents.

You won't find living people on any of the sites except the phone book one. You won't find many people born after 1920 on any of the sites except the SSDI one. Genealogists hide the birth dates, birth places and other facts of living people to protect their privacy. 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. Many people complain about advertisements. Please don't. They bring you the "free" sites. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

If you get serious you'll need a genealogy program. They are to family research what "Word" is to writing a novel. 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.

This is a general hint. Even though you go in through YA Canada, YA Australia, YA UK or YA USA, all of the questions go into one big "pot" and get read by everyone in the world who speaks English. Most of the people here are in the UK and USA, but you sometimes get questions and answers from people who worry about kangaroos eating their roses. So - put a nation, or, better yet, if you are asking about a specific individual, a nation and a state / province in all of your questions. It will help people help you.

Answer 5

I have Cameron relatives and a lot of information! I don't know if these are the Cameron's that you are looking for, but I'll open my email and you can send me what information you have, and we'll see if they link up!

Answer 6

Heather, try this one

http://free-genealogy-info.zoomshare.com/0.html

I stumbled on it by accident. Thank goodness I bookmarked it. It has been my online bible since. Hope you find what you are looking for.