any good sites to research your family tree free?

Answer 1

Free, as in someone else pays? For where in the world? familysearch.org, rootsweb.org, parts of ancestry.com, ellisisland.org, castlegarden.org, interment.net, the web's loaded with 'em.

The best deal you'll get is to ask your parents and grandparents for all they recall of their parents and grandparents' full names, dates and places of births, marriages and deaths.

Then you can't get far without access to census. Your taxpayer-funded local library may provide access to HeritageQuest Online resources, but better is spending about $100/year for ancestry.com's.

Answer 2

I'm in the U.S. but viewing a family tree online is not the way to make sure it is correct. Family Trees online are not submitted by some expert working for the websites but by the subscribers, folks like you and me. There are errors. You all too often will see different information on the same people from different subscribers. Then you will see the absolute same information on the same people from different subscribers, but that doesn't mean it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying. Maybe when you get a little older and have a job, you can do the research yourself but you want documents to back up what you come up with and someone else's family tree really isn't good documentation. Always look for documentation whether online or in a published book.

Answer 3

The absolutely best place to research your family tree is at the knee of your father, mother, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Get all you can from them now, because theirs is a resource that is expiring daily.

After you have all you can glean from them, then start working your way back up the descendancy tree by census information from Ancestry.com. At one time they offered a free 30-day trial. I got everything I needed in thirty days because I already had a basic tree to work with after talking with my family members.

Then you can start querying the web sites for more. Use the web 'forums' to solicit information from other, distant family members. Count on the fact that there your cousins are out there and they have the same interests about family as you do.

Answer 4

I have used the Mormon web site as their temple in Utah, has been very useful. Try the county records in most states are now online. Previously I have used the Clayton Library Branch
in Houston with many excellent records. The most interesting
was finding my ancestors in the U S Census records of 1880.
If you can find either birth or death records, they have lots of good information about the parents. Check your area for libraries with genealogical information. They are free, just pay for copies.

Answer 5

The US Census Bureau offers records on line from 1790 to 1930. Most states also offer birth and marriage records on line either at the state or county level. Similarly, both English and Scots census records are available on line. Researchers can also access family chat rooms, and this can prove invaluable.

Answer 6

Be careful, the famiy trees listed on any website are usually no documented. Use the information as clues not as fact. Even if you see the same information over and over by different submitters, there is a lot of copying going on.

Answer 7

doubt if you will find much for free, but www.genesconnected.co.uk is quite good..you can find others with the same name interests.

its the sister site of friends reunited..might be worth a try? its only around £8.00 a year..something like that. ancestry.com is expensive i think.

Answer 8

First, try to do all the research you can from your other relatives, which is essential before you start trying to find information from sites on the Internet.

Some good free sites include http://www.familysearch.org, http://www.ellsisland.org, http://www.cyndislist.com, http://www.rootsweb.com, http://genforum.genealogy.com, etc.

Once you exhaust the free resources, it may be helpful to eventually move up to something like http://www.ancestry.com.

Good luck,
Dave
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http://www.familypulse.org

Answer 9

Ancestry.com

Answer 10

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