my ancestors?

Question

where can i find the family tree of Bertolini, Setti, and McGee for FREE and also see all of the family records like where they came from and when they dies...maybe even pictures of some of them

Answer 1

Zoe, there are several to choose from. Start with:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

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/

You can also search for "Smith Family Genealogy", google the name, complete with birth/death dates, place of birth, etc. Then there are county, state, and historical sites that have genealogy websites, such as:
http://www.woodfordkyhistory.org/
or:
http://www.nps.gov/ande/ for the Andersonville Cemetery website.
Don't forget county courthouse records, libraries (for books and to use their subscription-based genealogy programs such as ancestry.com.
When you really want to know where your ancestors came from, try such sites as: www.familytreedna.com, dnatribes.com, dnaancestryproject.com, and, of course, the National Geographics Genotype program, https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/faqs_about.html
The problem is not so much where to look, but where do you get the time to do the reseach?
Because I have gone back more than 100 generations, I have abandoned all of the programs and merely type into a word document, with my Mom (another one for my Dad) being 1, her dad is 2, her mom is 3; for the 3rd generation, the dad of #2 is 4, his mom is 5; #3 goes to 6 & 7, and so forth. This gives a direct line of who is whose father, grandfather, etc. I type all info I have, name, birth, marriage, death dates and places, who the parents were, etc., then type in my sources, then list any children. One reason for doing it this way is the programs are not set up for people with no surnames (which go back to about 1400!) and are not set up for a father with one surname and each brother with a different surname (which happened when surnames were first used) nor do the programs allow for a couple that had 8 children, 3 of whom became ancestors, or for folks who married more than once and left ancestors from each of the spouses! This causes duplications, triplications, etc.
Also, by typing, all the info is available at a glance; with the programs, you must click, click, click different buttons to view all your info. (I have thousands of ancestors typed into 4 documents, each more than 100 pages; add to that the offspring and other relatives...The commercial programs cannot handle that much info!)

Answer 2

There is no guarantee you can find the family trees. Not every family tree is on line. Frequently people can find some of their family lines.

Now, you must be very careful about taking as fact everything you see in family trees on any website, free or paid. The information is submitted by folks like you and me, not necessarily by experts. Most of the information is not documented. You might see different information on the same person by different submitters. Then you will see repeatedly the same information by many different submitters. That doesn't guarantee that it is right. People are copying without verifying.

Use the information as clues as to where to get the documentation.

Rootsweb and FamilySearch.org(LDS site) both are free and have family trees but still be very cautious with the information.

On Rootsweb you can put a surname in the World Connect block and it will pull up the trees. If you see a name that interest you, probe it and it will take you to a screen which will give you the name and email address of the submitter.

Rootsweb, Ancestry.Com and Genealogy.Com have message boards. You can go under a surname or a location.
When you post a message on Rootsweb it will show up on Ancestry.Com's and vice versa. It will also show up on the Rootweb mailing list. I have gone under location a number of times and have frequently had good luck. Found distant cousins that way.

If you really are interested in finding your heritage, go to your local library and find out what resources they have. They might have a subscription to Ancestry.Com which has lots of records. They have all the U.S. censuses through 1930. The 1940 is not available to the public yet. They have U.K. censuses also.

Also another great resource is a Family History Center at a Latter Day Saints(Mormon) Church. They have records on people all over the world, not just Mormons.
In Salt Lake City, they have the world's largest genealogical collection. Their Family History Center can order microfilm for you to view.

They don't bring up their religion, and they won't send their missionaries by to ring your doorbell.

Also, the National Archives in Washington is a good way to get information on immigrant ancestors. I have a friend whose father came from Sicily and mother from Calabria. She frequently goes to D. C. to visit a niece and goes to the National Archives. She said when you first go there you have to go through some rigamarole to get registered and get a name tag, but after that it is very easy. She had a cousin that had gone to Italy to find family history. That cousin told her that she(my friend) found more information at the National Archives than what she(her cousin) found going to Italy.

Catholic church records are a great resource. Baptismal, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Death Records. Books are kept on all 5. In our diocese they send the books to the Chancery periodiclally to be microfilmed. Most of those records give the parents' name, including mother's maiden name.

Answer 3

On line from home, you may want to check records at Rootsweb.com and FamilySearch.org. If you do not wish to subscribe, you may be able to access Ancestry.com from your local library. You may want to call ahead and see if your library subscribes to this service.