I see one member here had records back to 100AD!
I thought I was doing well with 1758.
2007-09-02 06:27:35 · 9 answers · asked by ditdit 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
I cannot afford to pay so I go to the local library that has a subscription to Ancestry.com. And I can print out things from there. I also take copious notes there ( feel guilty about all the PAPER). Have the free soft ware they offered years ago- don't think they have that anymore- but you can post your tree entries on their site.
Also helps to get birth certificate from States if you know dates etc- but it can get expensive- $10.00 a copy. Have one family memeber right now that has me totally stumped.
2007-09-02 06:37:53 · update #1
Here are some free resources:
You can build your tree for free on:
http://www.tribalpages.com/
You might get lucky and others may have done some work on your family tree. Google family members names i.e. "Mary Smith" + "family tree"
Free sites:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/
http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=27399&o_lid=27399
http://www.usgenweb.com/
http://www.census.gov/
http://www.rootsweb.com/
http://www.ukgenweb.com/
http://www.archives.gov/
http://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/
http://www.cyndislist.com/
I do have ancestors as far back as 120 ad on my tree but I don't have historical records to back it up. The information was glened from other peoples family tree's online.
The farthest I can go back with my ancestors with historical records attached is 1738.
I would say you have done a Great job! Keep up the good work!
2007-09-02 08:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by DrMichael 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
You may or may not believe this as you will, but one side of my family has been traced back to Adam and Eve, back thru the linage of Noah, father Abraham, to the beginning, I am on ancestory,com. it is an amazing site with so much to offer. However on the other side of the family I can only go back a few generations, seems that courthouses burn and family bibles get lost, it sure is a trip tho' to find out who your ancestors are, not that it makes a big difference in your life, other than a feeling of "roots" and that the awareness that there were so many before you that somehow helped shape your life long before you even came into this world
2007-09-02 06:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by sandi c 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My Grandparents were born before the Civil War; their grandparents were born before the Revolutionary War, so going far back was easy.
Of course, the further back I go, generation by generation, the more gaps, but I traced, by 3 different sources, back to Charlemagne, back to some of the Caesars (lots of kings, queens, bishops, all that good stuff), Israel, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Egypt...(Mesopotamia, etc.).
While the most verifiable goes back several centuries B.C., one of the sites claims to go all the way back to Adam & Eve!
I also got a DNA test; my ancestors (through DNA) cover Europe, the Middle East, several countries in Africa, Australia, North and South America and Asia, including the Canary Isles, Jamaica, Isle of Mann, Polynesian Islands...
2007-09-02 08:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please be very careful in your research and your paper trail you create to prove your lines. Make sure it is research that is provable, traceable, logical, and ethical. On some lines you may get back really far, and on others not so far. Regardless, just have fun with it. It is a life-long hobby. You can not do really good reasearch over night or in a few weeks. So, take your time with it and keep pushing on. You will get further back eventually. 1758 is a real good start. Don't give up.
In response to Sandi C, I am interested in how you traced your roots back to Adam and Eve. And I don't mean the Bible. I mean real, legally documented paper trail, such as birth, marriage, death, census, land, wills, and court records.
First, if you are just taking what others posted on ancestry.com as authentic, factual research, then that is careless genealogy. If you are posting that on those sites for others to tie their family tree into, then that is extremely reckless and erroneous, and will cause those who connect to your tree great distress in trying to prove or disprove the lines you claim.
Second, it is ALWAYS careless and unethical to show genealogy links to biblical people that have not been proven to have even existed. Where is your paper trail? Where is your proof other than the Bible? How can people honestly and accurately trace roots to some biblical people when the Bible is the only written record of certain people............And the Bible was written hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of years after certain people supposedly lived. Adam and Eve, and some others, did not go around creating written history and documentation of births, marriages, and deaths. Any one who claims to be able to prove this lineage is foolish at the very least.
Don't get me wrong. I am a believer in God and Jesus. I am a spiritual person. But I am not foolish enough to believe that people can accurately trace lines back to Biblical people if there is no OTHER source of record of these individuals. I mean, be for real now. I have seen on some of my lines where others traced us back to mythical people such as Athena, the Goddess of civilization, specifically wisdom, weaving, crafts, and war. Really! I'd like to see their paper trail! I know better than to believe that! Come on now! Where is your common sense?
And, I am not saying that Adam and Eve did not exist one way or another. I am saying that if they did, we can ALL be traced back to them, but NO ONE can truly come up with a legally documented paper trail for it.
And, if they did not exist in the way the Bible tells it, then, that still cannot be legally documented in any paper trial. No one today could ever really prove or disprove it.
I have seen where others show my lines go back to Adam and Eve as well. I also have seen where others show my lines go back to Jesus and Mary Magdaline. I take it all with a grain of salt.
2007-09-03 01:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by Annabelle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi...I have been working on my genealogy on my dad's side of the family. I have gone all the way back to the 1600's in England before they came to America on the Mayflower. I was excited! Good luck with yours. have a great weekend!
2007-09-02 06:36:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My husband's mom went back to 834 AD. I don't think I would have the time or will power to do that. And this was BEFORE the internet. She did all of that by traveling and by searching public records....wow!!
2007-09-02 06:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1725 with a paper trail and feel confident about the accuracy of the information. 1570 if you count the stuff I'm not so sure about.
2007-09-02 11:46:14 · answer #7 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i haven't paid for any sites but the furthest i've seen was 1803 :] i need to get a good website. what do you use? or what free ones would you recommend?
2007-09-02 06:31:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1872.... pretty wild when you sit down and think about stuff like that. I would like to have the time to go in depth into it.
2007-09-02 12:51:26 · answer #9 · answered by Zipperhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋