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2007-10-21 11:14:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Genealogy

I'm sorry, but I don't remember asking if there are resolved questions about this.

2007-10-21 15:10:15 · update #1

6 answers

Try the web sites below they may help, the first two are free but the best one is a subscription service.

ONE GOLDEN RULE

always check the original source when ever possible.

Good luck and good hunting,

PS when stuck come back here there is a lot of knowledge here free to use, use it.

2007-10-21 11:23:26 · answer #1 · answered by Benthebus 6 · 0 0

This is a question that is asked over and over. If you will check the resolved questions you will find tons of sites that we have put out there for you folks.

Just remember the net is a tool. there is a lot of bad info out there so make sure you document with birth, death, marriage certificates, obits and cemetery records. If you find someone who had wored on your line and put it online, contact them and ask if they would send you copies of the documents they have. Then you can match it up with your info. This will save you some money. Just don't believe everything you find online until you have documents.

2007-10-21 12:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Holly N 4 · 1 0

If you are not willing to do a quick search to see that this question has been asked and answered about 850 times in the last month alone, then you do not have the intestinal fortitude to do genealogy research. You can not go on some website, type in your name and have it all fall into your lap. YOU have to do the work for it. If you cannot do what it takes to find the answer to this question, then how are you going to have what it takes to do your genealogy?

2007-10-21 13:00:46 · answer #3 · answered by Annabelle 6 · 0 1

As they say, there are so many of them. Try these:

The biggest expense will be TIME; I have spent hundreds of hours and have so much left to compile.
Remember, no matter where you obtain the information, there are mistakes (yes, I include "official" documents, such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates, whatever). My maternal grandmother's tombstone doesn't even have her name correct!
Anyhew, as to searching, try these:
Free sites: 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/

Assuming they emigrated from Europe, start with Ellis Island and the Battery Conservancy sites:
http://www.ellisisland.org
http://www.castlegarden.org
For those with native American ancestry, try:
http://www.tribalpages.com/

For a fee, try a DNA test:
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/geno...
For Jewish ancestry, try:
www.israelgenealogy.com
Have a look at these sites these are South African ones,
http://genealogy.about.com/od/south_afri...
http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/page2.html....
http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/website...
http://southafricanfamilyhistory.wordpre...

Meaning of names:
http://www.winslowtree.com/surname-meani...

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/f...

Finding live people:
Two good places I use are www.zabasearch.com and www.peoplefinder.com

Don't forget, use your local library. Ours (a small one, yet) has www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com, as well as periodicals, books and guidance from an experienced genealogist.

Keep good notes on where you find what: sources are very important.

Good luck!

2007-10-21 14:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0 0

Ancestry.com

2007-10-21 11:21:58 · answer #5 · answered by graciouswolfe 5 · 0 0

www.familyhistory.org free/www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/
www.ancestry.com $/http://www.us-census.org/search.html
www.mytree.com $
www.census-online.com/links/ free census site
www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsearch.htm free
www.idreamof.com/marriage.html free
www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/index.html

2007-10-21 13:03:38 · answer #6 · answered by d r 1 · 0 0

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