Where can I get free family search for roots, ancestors and gyneology?

Question

I would really like to find some places to search for free that is easy and free.

I know about ancestry.com and ancestor.com. I am looking for something I can do ongoing.

Answer 1

The first thing you should do is visit with your eldest family members.You would be surprised at the memories of your eldery relatives. Most are more then happy to talk about thier childhood and what it was like "back then" .They are a wealth of information.
Always take a tape recorder or pen and paper to record details and be very sentitive to their feelings about certain subjects ( wars,illigetimate chilldren, common-law marriages etc.) Be sure to thank them and say how much you apprecitate thier time...good luck!

Answer 2

I started work on my family tree in about 1980 long before the Internet made genealogy accessible at the click of a mouse. At that point in time, most family historians in the United States 1) listened to oral accounts of family life, 2) wrote to County Clerks' offices for primary source documents, such as marriage licenses, 3) contacted distant relatives to look at family Bibles, 4) and then went to the government document section of the public library to take a look at Federal census records whereupon they compared the names and ages in these documents to dates and names provided by family members. That's still a good starting place--US Census records are now available free-of-charge on line from 1790 to 1930, although they only start listing all the family members by age in 1850. Most states also make birth and marriage records available on line; however, local entities, such as counties, usually charge a nominal fee for looking up information. Similarly, British census records (in both England and Wales and Scotland) are also available on line for the 19th-century.

Of course, once most researchers make it past about the mid 19th-century, sources like Ancestry.com can be of some help. However, if the researcher runs across unusual last names, sometimes the researcher can google them and be fairly certain of finding accurate and intriguing information on the Web. Many families also have Web-based discussion groups that don't charge a fee. Of course, this approach doesn't always work with a common family name, such as Smith or Williams.

Answer 3

Freefamilysearch.org

Answer 4

Take any information you see on the Family trees on any website as clues not as fact. Most is not documented and even if you see the same information over and over, there is a lot of copying going on.

Answer 5

Try FamilySearch.com-it is records kept by the Mormons and I believe is still free.

Answer 6

Try family search.com or the link at LDS.org

Answer 7

Lots of leads and helpful links at this website ==>http://www.ampheek.com/ancestor.htm

Answer 8

http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.rootsweb.com/

These sites are free. Good Luck with your research.

Answer 9

is that a womans problem gyneology..lol

Answer 10

um, yah. Go back to 4th grade.