any 1 know how i can trace my family tree?

Answer 1

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 best way to get started is to ask your oldest living relatives about themselves and their parents. You may find great-grandpa's death date and burial place on the web, but only his children, your grandfather and grandaunt, can tell you what sort of man he was.

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 2

Get one of the Family History magazines for a few months.
This will give you a feel for what's going and what isn't.

Start by getting all the info you can from living relatives. Make sure you know who it is on old photos, (Don't write on the back, good way to ruin them).

Then use Family Search, that's the Mormon site.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

It's free and has the 1881 Census on it. That's pretty accurate, but double check all other entries on Family Search, baptisms, marriages, etc.

That's a start anyway. Once you get so far with this hobby, prepare to have to pay out, Birth certs, Search Credits on website, etc

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can get a family tree cd which i have herd its very good, try going to whsmiths or try amazon and search family tree

Answer 5

I'm offering free census look ups for anyone interested in tracing their family tree, please feel free to contact me anytime.

Answer 6

Try ancestry.com also try online Ellis Island ship manafests, also try your local mormon church. They have awesome records I have traced mine back to to early prusha using these. Good luck

Answer 7

http://www.Ancestry.co.uk is the best at the moment. You can get a 14 day free trail, and the searcches are great. I tried genesreunited, but it's not much cop, and they charge through the roof for searches.

Answer 8

Lots of free info on my favourite site to get you started.

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

Be wary of info you find and do not take it as gospel. Always cross check anything you find out with other sites.

Good luck.

Answer 9

start at www.rootweb.com, there's some blank family tree forms there, you can start filling them, beginning with yourself and then your parents and so forth...

Answer 10

your local public records office.