Name Birth Death Last Residence Last Benefit SSN Issued
KATHERINE HARDER 07 Mar 1885 15 Apr 1966 (V) 61764 (Pontiac, Livingston, IL) (none specified) 321-24-0760 Illinois
KATHERINE HARDER 01 Dec 1895 Jan 1987 60070 (Prospect Heights, Cook, IL) (none specified) 349-28-3621 Illinois
KATHERINE HARDER 26 Nov 1879 Jan 1972 48720 (Bay Port, Huron, MI) (none specified) 364-54-6286 Michigan
KATHERINE HARDER 08 Oct 1889 Feb 1987 56763 (Warroad, Roseau, MN) (none specified) 474-60-3716 Minnesota
KATHERINE HARDER 17 Sep 1894 Feb 1987 64050 (Independence, Jackson, MO) (none specified) 492-38-8432 Missouri
KATHERINE HARDER 21 Sep 1899 Oct 1986 68801 (Grand Island, Hall, NE) (none specified) 506-72-9078 Nebraska
KATHERINE HARDER 08 Apr 1902 Nov 1985 93906 (Salinas, Monterey, CA) (none specified) 551-28-4315 California
KATHERINE HARDER 28 Apr 1894 Jan 1984 93618 (Dinuba, Tulare, CA) (none specified) 560-20-2636 California
KATHERINE HARDER 11 Aug 1902 Feb 1986 67156 (Winfield, Cowley, KS) (none specified) 564-24-0853 California
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This is a general hint: Even though you go in through YA Canada, YA Australia, YA UK or YA USA, all of the questions go into one big "pot" and get read by everyone in the world who speaks English. Most of the people here are in the UK and USA, but you sometimes get questions and answers from people who worry about kangaroos eating their roses. So, if you are asking about a specific individual, put a nation and a state / province. It will help people help you.
Here is another:
If you are now 16 and the result of a long line of teen-aged lovers,
You were born 16 years ago, in 1991
Your father was born 16 years before that, in 1975
Your grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1959
Your great grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1943.
If you are now 80 and the result of a long line of men who had a child by their second wife when they were 60,
You were born 80 years ago, in 1927
Your father was born 60 years before that, in 1867
Your grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1807
Your great grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1747.
Your great-grandfather born in 1943 could have been a 26-year old soldier in Viet Nam in 1969. When he got home in 1970 he went to a disco in a powder-blue double-knit polyester leisure suit.
Your GGF born in 1747 could have been a 29-year old soldier serving under George Washington in the American Revolution in 1776. When he got home in 1781, he danced a reel in a pair of silk knee breeches.
Both examples are extreme, both are physically possible, both show why a birth year or even a birth decade help more than the phrase "my (great) grandfather".
Grandmothers tend to be in a tigter range, because women can't have children at age 60, but she could be your paternal grandmother. If you are 80, your dad was 60 when you were born, and she was 40 when he was born, she was born 180 years ago. She could have been born 48 years ago, too. (See above.)
This is a long answer that I paste now and again to questions like yours.
The short answer to "How can I find my family tree?" is that if one of your great-aunts has spent 30 years researching it, AND has posted her research on the Internet, you'll find it. If not, you will have to do the research yourself. It is not difficult, but it takes time. Most young people do not want to spend a couple of hours a week doing research, because it is too much like homework. So, you may want to skip the rest of this answer. If not, read on.
If your line has been "done", chance are it is on one of these two sites. When you search, don't fill in all of the fields. Start with given name, surname and birth year. Use (+/-) 5 for the birth year. Expect to spend 15 - 45 minutes on each. Neither has any living people, so don't enter your own name.
http://www.familysearch.com
(Mormon's mega-site. Click on "Search", to start with, or "Advanced Search")
Roots Web
http://www.rootsweb.com
and in particular,
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
(Roots Web World Connect; 460,000,000+ entries, of varying quality)
Here are a few more. The resolved questions have lots of links and tips.
http://www.cyndislist.com/
(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed. If you want Welsh or Pennsylvania Dutch or Oregon or any other region, ethnic group or surname, chances are she has links for it.)
Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/
(which has free pages and FEE pages - so watch out)
and, in particular,
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
Surname meanings and origins
http://www.tedpack.org/begingen.html
My own site: "How to Begin"
United States only:
http://www.usgenweb.net/
(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)
(The Canadians have Canadian Gen Web, by province)
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi
(Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced". You may find your grandparents.)
http://find.person.superpages.com/
(US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins)
United Kingdom Only:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/
(Biggest site for United Kingdom & Ireland)
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
(Free Birth, Marriage & Death Records)
In the USA, some public libraries have census image subscriptions. Many Family History Centers do too.
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