My dads family is Arab and My moms family is Bolivian but I am White. I mean in comparison to everyone else in my family I look white. Now my grandmother on my moms side is white as well so I have been searching using our last names but I cannot find anything. It is way to difficult to even find anything. I thought it should be simple to do with the internet and all but its not.
From what I know my fathers mother is from Greece and that could be why I am lighter skinned than everyone else. Also I have a suspicion that my moms mother is German. So how would I go about confirming these? How can I find my Ancestors???
My last name is Bahu. My moms family's last name is Vacaflor and her moms maiden name is Herrera.
Can anyone give me advice on how I can find my Ancestors??
2007-12-12 10:27:29 · 3 answers · asked by Michael B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
ancestry.com is a joke because they make you pay.
2007-12-12 11:02:07 · update #1
ancestry.com
2007-12-12 10:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by Savage Lady 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>> ancestry.com is a joke because they make you pay.
HBO makes you pay for movies, too, sport. It is not a joke; it is a business. If your roots are in the USA and you are a serious amateur, it is a bargain. They have a lot less about Greece, Bolivia and the Arab countries, though, so you probably wouldn't benefit from it.
The resolved questions are full of links and tips, but you'd have to get back to people born before 1930 on your own.
2007-12-12 11:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you'd put in some first names and dates, it would be easier to find them. Also, www.cyndislist.com has a HUGE database of just about any ethnic group you'd want.
www.rootsweb.com had these listings for your mom's family name in the Social Security Death Index:
EDGAR VACAFLOR --b. 04 Sep 1932; d. Feb 1966; SSN
058-36-8409 issued in New York
BERTHA VACAFLOR --b. 25 Apr 1925; d. Aug 1982; Last residence--Los Angeles, ; SSN 530-54-7461 issued in Nevada.
LUISA Y VACAFLOR --b. 07 Feb 1967; d. 02 Feb 2003 ; Last residence--San Fernando, Calif.; SSN 568-90-4115 issued in California.
MARIA E VACAFLOR --b. 05 Jul 1926; d. 24 Dec 2004; Last residence--Gardena, Calif.; SSN 568-90-4115 issued in California.
California Death Records:
Last Name-- First Name- Middle- Birth Date -Mother Maiden
VACAFLOR BERTHA M 04/26/1925 PRUDENCIO
Father Last----Death Date----Age
MONTALVO --08/26/1982 --57 yrs
VACAFLOR EDUARDO --02/03/1907 --07/25/1997 --90 yrs
View 101 additional hits for VACAFLOR at Ancestry.com
Also at www.rootsweb.com for HERRERA:
World Connect 10,569 listings
Social Security Death Index 11,468 listings
Vital Records Matches :
California Death Index --3,854
Texas Death Index-- 2,719
Kentucky Death Index-- 4
Kentucky Marriage Index-- Husband ---30
Kentucky Marriage Index-- Wife --23
Maine Death Index --2
World War One Draft Index --130
Early Death Records --12
Pre-1920 Marriages --48
Pre-1920 Births --1
Other Searches Matches :
Alumni Lists-- 20
Cemetery Listings-- 28
Census Records --23
BLM/GRO Land Records --23
Naturalization Records-- 1
Obituaries --87
POW/MIA Records-- 3
Military Records --4
One-Name Studies --1
Tax and Voter Lists-- 1
Obituary Daily Times --1,921
View 823,095 additional hits for HERRERA at Ancestry.com .
For your surname BAHU at rootsweb:
Featured Databases Matches
World Connect --7
Social Security Death Index-- 8
Vital Records Matches
California Death Index-- 6
Pre-1920 Marriages-- 3
Other Searches Matches
Alumni Lists --1
Obituaries-- 2
Newspaper Indexes-- 1
Obituary Daily Times-- 2
View 946 additional hits for BAHU at Ancestry.com
Now at www.familysearch.org, for VACAFLOR, there are
IGI/South America - over 14
• IGI/Sweden - 1
• IGI/World Misc. - 1
• Pedigree Resource File - 1
• U.S. Social Security Death Index - 4
For HERRERA:
Ancestral File - over 25
• Census/1880 US Census - over 25
• Census/1881 British Census - 3
• IGI/Africa - 4
• IGI/Asia - over 17
• IGI/British Isles - over 25
• IGI/Caribbean Islands - over 17
• IGI/Central America - over 22
• IGI/Continental Europe - over 16
• IGI/Germany - 16
• IGI/Mexico - over 20
• IGI/North America - over 20
• IGI/Ocean Islands - 2
IGI/South America - over 25
• IGI/Southwest Europe - over 21
• IGI/Southwest Pacific - 4
• IGI/Sweden - 1
• IGI/World Misc. - over 14
• Pedigree Resource File - over 25
• U.S. Social Security Death Index - over 25
• VRI/Mexico - over 25
(on this site, if it says "over 25", it could mean 50 or it could mean 2,000 dating back to , for instance, the 1500's)
For BAHU:
Ancestral File - 1
• IGI/Continental Europe - over 25
• IGI/North America - 4
• IGI/South America - 2
• IGI/Southwest Europe - 2
• IGI/Southwest Pacific - 1
• IGI/World Misc. - 2
• Pedigree Resource File - over 25
• U.S. Social Security Death Index - 8
• VRI/Denmark - 1
They are out there--you just need names and dates. :)
2007-12-13 20:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋