Coy Tapley: Start with you, then list everyone on your mother's side of the family, then list everyone on your father's side of the family. There are also several organizations who can assist you in your quest.
Jimmie Doerfler: See -- https://backgroundreports.im/ancestry
Gene Debell: www.ancestry.comIt costs money, but it's an incredible resource for researching your family tree.
Inge Mclaurine: You might be. The easiest way is to get elected President. If you don't take that route, it is a research project. It isn't rocket science - anyone who can get a "B" in high school history has enough skill - but it does take time. If you are a non-Hispanic white American, you can probably get back to people alive in 1850 with 100 - 300 hours of work, spread out over as many nights and weekends as you choose.You usually dead end with people alive in 1870 if you are black, and with the people who immigrated if you are Hispanic.You have some excellent answers with ! links already....Show more
Nicolas Cooley: 1) Talk to family Parents, Grand Parents, Aunts & Uncles and Cousins etc,2) Gather any Paper Work Certificates of Birth Death and Marriage, Diary's etc 3) Draw a rough tree just so you know who's whoThen you can work back one Generation at a time.The following web sites might helphttp://www.ancestry.com (subscription)http://labs.familysearch.orghttp://www.familysearch.organdhttp://www.rootsweb.comthe last 3 are free to useGood luck and good hunting...Show more
Alisa Kaleiwahea: Many libraries have genealogy departments, and allow patrons free access to genealogy.com or one of the others.Here is my short list:You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department. Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc. Our public library has both www.an! cestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (n! o library card required).Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers. They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).A third option is one of the following websites:http://www.searchforancestors.com/... http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739... www dot usgenweb dot com/ www dot census dot gov/ http://www.rootsweb.com/ www dot ukgenweb dot com/ www dot archives dot gov/ http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.accessgenealogy.com/... http://www.cyndislist.com/ www dot geni dot com/Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.Good luck and have fun!Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:www dot associatedcontent dot com/article...Then there is the DNA test; if! you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program.As to "I might be related to some royalty or something", the answer is yes. Why do I say that? If you read a good history book, you know that many peasants starved to death before their children could grow up; their sons died in battles waged between kings; disease was rampant because most people lived in their own excrement.Meaning that while perhalfs half of the king's children might survive to reproduce, for the peasants it was a small percentage. And who did the king's offspring have to marry?So, yes, you have royal ancestors, because t! hey were the ones who survived....Show more
Marvella Benward: My ! answer is lengthy and I apologize for that but I want to warn you of the advantages and the pitfalls of genealogy on the internet.Websites that only have family trees are not worth a plug nickel unless you are willing to verify the information with documents/records. They are subscriber submitted, very seldom documented and if they are they are poorly documented. You frequently will see the different info on the same people from different subscribers. Then you will see the absolute same info on the same people from different subscribers but you would be very foolish if you thought for one moment that that means it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying. The information can be useful as clues only as to where to get the documentation.I recently found I was dead. So was my sister and my brother-in-law. We died in New Jersey. Since the only time my sister and I were ever in New Jersey is when our family drove through it coming from New York in 1956. Hey! we've been! dead for 52 years. It says so on the internet. It has to be right if it is on the internet!I found out that family on both sides married and died in New Jersey. Since my ancestry is mostly southern American colonial with some exceptions and those exceptions came in through southern ports, I was surprised.This tree would have been accepted by any genealogy website. You can make up an entirely fictitious family tree and it will be accepted. You disagree with something someone has on one of your family members, the websites will tell you that it is between you and the other subscriber.Now the best for the total amount of records online isn't free but your public library might have a subscription to it. That is Ancestry.Com. Still be careful about the information in their family trees. Cyndi'sList.com is a website with links to many other websites, some free and some not. Many people involved in genealogy find it helpful. Not all records are online but the ones you will find w! ill save you time and money traveling to courthouses, libraries etc.How! ever your first free source is your own family. Get information from them. Tape your senior members if they will let you. People who do this state they go back and listen to the tape again after doing research and hear things they didn't hear the first time around. I am not saying they won't be confused or wrong on some things.Find out if anybody in your family has any old family bibles. Ask to see and make copies of birth, marriage and death certificates. Depending on the religious faith, baptismal, first communion, confirmation and marriage certificates from their church can be helpful. A good free source 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 FHCs can order microfilm for you to view at a nominal fee. They won't try to convert you, at least they haven't done so to me or anyone else that I know....Show ! more
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