i know thier names and thats bout it.
oh and birthdays
2007-05-10 07:29:57 · 7 answers · asked by liz's momma 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
The first rule of genealogy is "start with what you know." So, you've got your start. If your grandparents are still alive and coherent, ask them for further info. If they're not, start using the web. www.familysearch.org is free. There is a lot of info there.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has small family history libraries in many of their church buildings around the world. They are staffed by volunteers who would be glad to help you get started and can look at what you've got and give you advice of where to go next. You do not have to be a member of the church to use the libraries, as a matter of fact, the last one I went to said that 95% of the users were not members of the LDS church.
Specifically, since it sounds like contacting your grandparents is not an option, but you do know their birthdays, I'd check the Social Security Death Index. (SSDI) (Available either on family search or ancestry's websites) You can match up your grand parents names with birth/death information and, if you find a match, you can order their application information. This will show their parents and other information.
Another possibility is, if your grandparents are old enough to have been children on one of the available census (they are made public after 70 years) then you may be able to find them listed as a child -- try searching first in the area where your parents grew up if you don't have any better location information for your grandparents. A hit on the SSDI may also give you some possible locality information.
Also, 2 helpful genealogical programs. The LDS church offerss its genealogical storage program (PAF) free and it's downloadable. There are links from familysearch.org. Get it, and enter the information you have. Then, get a program called GenSmarts. It works with the PAF, analizes the information you have and suggests where to go next. You can get a free trial at their website: www.gensmarts.com
Warning: Genealogy is addictive. Have fun!
2007-05-10 08:20:40 · answer #1 · answered by Serenity 4 · 12⤊ 0⤋
Talk to everyone in your family that is older than you. They may not think they know much but you'd be surprised how far a little information will go. There may be family members you haven't been in touch with for a long time or maybe never and they might have more information. There's generally someone in every family who knows a lot about the families history. However, when talking to older people, keep in mind that some times there are skeletons they don't want out of the closet and so you need to be sensitive to that. You can print forms off at familysearch.org. Print out family group sheets and record all of the information you get on those :-) It's a WONDERFUL adventure!
2007-05-10 09:55:27 · answer #2 · answered by chillami 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can order death certificates on your grandparents. They usually give the deceased's parents names inlcuding mother's maiden name and the place of birth. Also if any were on social security or had a social security number, the social security number application is even better because it is information given by the person themselves. You can locate their social security number on the social security death index. They usually will be on there if they were drawing social security at time of death and on their own social security number.
Ancestry.Com has lot of records. Be careful about taking as fact information in the family trees that subscribers have submitted. Most of the information is not documented and even if you see the same information over and over by different subscribers there is a lot of copying going on. Take the information as clues as to where to look not as fact.
2007-05-10 11:25:21 · answer #3 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first thing to do is to talk to your parents, as well as aunts, uncles, and other older family members. They'll probably know at least to their own grandparents.
After that, going to a genealogy site such as ancestry.com is a good idea. You can probably also find books in your local library or bookstore which will have lots of useful tips for starting research into your family.
2007-05-10 07:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tree is a public tree and has merely his start 6/13/1913 in Seward Alaska and dying 12/13/1992 in Anchorage, Alaska, no dad and mom, no significant different and one living toddler. No materials and no documentation.
2017-01-09 14:41:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to ancestry.com
you will learn a lot just by typing in first and last names, look under the historical catagory that covers birth,marriage, and death records. You may have to register for a 3 day trial which is SHORT and FREE. As a matter of fact, it let me re-register agian for free after that. Check it out and good luck!
2007-05-10 07:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Census is a good place to start.I belong to ancestry.com and their great.I`ve found lots of family descendants.Roots web is free and you could start there if you don`t want to pay for your search.But I will say usually when you find something and you dig deeper it ends up at a stand still if you don`t belong to a genealogy program.Good luck.
I want to thank Shirly,I`m looking for some folks I haven`t been able to find their parents.Death certificates is a good idea.
2007-05-10 15:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋