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A website maybe?

2007-05-15 17:44:37 · 10 answers · asked by Britney 2 in Arts & Humanities Genealogy

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Probably not.

Rootsweb and Familysearch.org are free but information you see in the family trees submitted are not documented. Even if you see the same information submitted over and over, there is a lot of copying going on. You should use the information as clues as to where to loock.

Get as much as you can from your family, particularly your senior members. Visit LDS (Mormon Church) data center, They have records of people all over the world, not necessarily Mormon.

2007-05-15 17:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 1 0

??!!
I have been tracing family over 25 yrs, and never paid on a website. Everyone seems to run into the "pay" sites first, probably because they are looking to find an entire family history.
Try www.cyndislist.com
she has thousands of resources for research (including beginner tutorials), most are free.
Think in small bites... one person at a time, and linking them together. It is out there.

2007-05-16 01:48:34 · answer #2 · answered by wendy c 7 · 0 0

You can get started with web searches for free but you will eventually have to spend some money. The LDS Church has family history centers throughout the world that can offer help to anyone who wants it. The familysearch.org is their genealogy website with great resources. Some of the ancestry.com archives are available as well. I like to start with the census records and the birth and death records. Then I insert those names into the familysearch.org website to see if anybody else has submitted information on that name. When I did this with my own family, I found information taking me back well into the dark ages. One line went clear back to 6 a.d. I can't verify that information but it was already on the web site so somebody else found it and put it there.
Happy hunting.

2007-05-16 12:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by rac 7 · 0 0

Ok, yes but it can be a little tough. How much do you know about your family name and ancestry. I knew that my grand parents came in through Ellis Island and gave the name to some one who knows names in Italy and she has them looking into it but so far he has told me as much as a google search about the name. The Ellis island website is free and I did find my Grandfather and uncle listed.

Check birthday and obituaries in the newspaper micro film and get as many facts from your parents that you can.

2007-05-16 02:33:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mark M 3 · 0 0

the local city hall and records offices always have the hard copies on hand; if your willing to do the hard work you can figure it out; it will probably take a while though.

2007-05-16 00:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by amandamoose 3 · 0 0

i'm pretty sure that all websites cost moola, but many families have a book of ancestry, FIND IT!

2007-05-16 00:47:05 · answer #6 · answered by lovely lovely 3 · 0 1

my church has a genelogy center and it is open to everyone not just members. and i am sure there is one near you that you could contact them and find out the night or afternoon they are open and someone will be there to help you get started. so find a church of jesus christ of latterday saints near you and there you go.

2007-05-16 00:55:31 · answer #7 · answered by m&d01 2 · 1 0

Not that I know of, however you can start by asking all of your relitives for every name they know- their parents, and their parents names, as well as siblings, get that all lined out and see what that yields.

2007-05-16 00:47:39 · answer #8 · answered by Harmon 4 · 0 0

www.familysearch.org/ the Mormons site it's excellent and completely free.

2007-05-16 00:48:15 · answer #9 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 0 0

http://www.ancesterhelper.com

2007-05-16 00:46:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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