What web site can you go on to find history on your family?

Question

family tree

Answer 1

I am assuming your family is in the U.S. If it isn't then disregard my answer.

First, ancestry.com does have a 14 day free trial-BUT you must cancel before the end of 14 days or they will charge your credit card. Also, don't be suprised if they ask you to put your cancellation in writing and fax it to them. I have had friends tell me that they had to do it this way to cancel.

Here is a list of some of the free ones.

www.rootsweb.com -This is a good one that is free. It is run by Ancestry.com but shouldn't be confused with Ancestry.com- the pay site.

www.cyndislist.com

www.familysearch.org website for the Church of the Later Day Saints.

www.genforum.com This is a site that is full of individual message boards. You can search and post by last name, state, country, or county. This is a great one. Simply post your question on the respective board, and when people answer you will get a notification on your E-mail. I have had a LOT of success on GenForum.

I must say, however, that a good genealogy query, doesn't just say. " I need information on John Smith" Try to provide as many dates, places, and details as possible. One little thing can make the difference as to the answer you get.

a good query has

1) the persons name
2) all of the biographical information you know to date and
3) asks a specific question

The reason it is so specific is because people won't waste your time and theirs telling you what you already know. Also, by providing ALL of your known information (for example, the childrens names) it gives people alternate people to research to help arrive at your answer.

http://www.usgenweb.org/ -When you get to the main page, you can get to the state and individual locality pages by clicking on the appropriate links. Keep in mind that some towns are going to have more information than some smaller obscure towns. It all depends on what kinds of volunteers contribute information to their sites. Genealogy is very much a hobby that depends on people.

Check your LOCAL LIBRARY. Many libraries have subscriptions to Ancestry.com or hertiage quest that you can Access from home with your library card number. Heritage Quest is geared mostly toward the US records.

www.interment.net or www.findagrave.com These are cemetery sites that have grown by leaps and bounds.

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-b...

This is the link to the Social Security Death index. This is a very helpful resource to finding death dates of people who died in recent years (since about the 60's)

If your family immigrated to the US in the last 100-125 years you can try
www.ellisisland.org
This one is cool because you can actually have a look at the ships manifests!!

Good luck in your search. It is a satisfying and rewarding hobby with lots of twist and turns. Remember, you are not going to just find your entire genealogy in one search. It is an ongoing puzzle. I tell people, if you can find one thing every time you are searching, you are doing GREAT. If you find any more than that at any given time you are LUCKY!! Blessings.

Answer 2

there are varied - family members seek for as somebody has already suggested. loose BMD (Births Marriages and Deaths). There additionally are some web pages that are run by using volunteers. It relies upon on your county, as an social amassing in Lancashire there is Lancashire BMD and Lancashire online Parish Clerks. in case you attempt those 2 and bypass finding the region it could desire to have links to others that could desire to contain your county.

Answer 3

Most of the web sites are money making operations involving a reasonable subscription fee. Some of them include genealogy.com, onegreatfamily.com, ancestry.com, and allfamilytree.com.

Your local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) will have some free advice and resources. Their main site is: familysearch.org.

Answer 4

My reccomendation is www.cyndislist.com
She has been collecting genealogy resources for over 10 yrs. Browsing there gives you an idea of the thousands of places you can use.
And I think it includes a section for beginner tutorials. Not everything is online. The more sources you use, the better off you are.

Answer 5

This site has a wealth of information on it. I used it myself to research my family :
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/WebSites/frameset_websites.asp

Answer 6

Why don't you try to explore the LDS Mormon database at : http://www.ancestorhunt.com/mormon_church_records.htm ?

Answer 7

www.ancestry.com