2007-03-12 17:07:16 · 4 answers · asked by lemes03 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
I don't know if it's still free, it was up to 2 months ago, ellisislandimmigrants.com. You put in your grandparents name- you will find the date, the boat they came over on, what they had with them- money wise, and who and where they were going to live in the US. Pretty cool, but if you have a common last name, you have a lot of hours of searching..........good luck.....it's a fun site anyway....they actually show the ship documents with their signatures..........
2007-03-12 17:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by mac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Talk to your family members and write down full names; birth, marriage, and death dates; and location information.
2) Focus on one name/family at a time and research online. Some of my favorite free sites are:
[Huge LDS Database] http://www.familysearch.org
[For English research] http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
[Social Security Death Index] http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
[Western States Marriages] http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm
Browse the message boards on ancestry.com and genealogy.com and even do searches on Yahoo or Google with your more unusual names in quotes (e.g., “Ebenezer Beetlejuice”). You will be surprised what you find!
3) Visit your library and ask them if they subscribe to ancestry.com or heritagequest.com and also visit a NARA (http://www.archives.gov/) office if you have one close by. You largest and most valuable source of information will be censuses.
2007-03-13 10:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by Gen•X•er (I love zombies!) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Rootsweb and Genweb as well. Good places to start.
www.rootsweb.com
www.genweb.com
2007-03-13 00:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by Angelique 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp
also try Censusdigging news.com
Genweb.com Rootsweb.com
2007-03-13 18:02:01 · answer #4 · answered by puddintain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋