I'm planning on tracing relatives that I may have. I'm wondering if there is a program that will help me do it easier.

Thanks for the help.

There are genealogy programs that help organize your research. They are to genealogy what "Word" is to creative writing.

PAF, from the Mormons, is free.

Family Tree Maker ($39 and up, depending on what you buy bundled with it) is the market leader in the USA.

Roots Magic ($29) is better than either, in my opinion. I was a computer programmer for 34 years. I have helped design data bases. RM's data base design is top-notch.

Reunion is the only one I know of that runs on a Mac.

You still have to do the research. You enter names, dates, places, relationships. The program records them. Every once in a while you run a problem report, just like you spell check in Word after you finish each chapter of your novel. The program will tell you what errors it finds; for instance, someone born after they died. That is an easy mistake to make. I have muffed the century on someone born in 1870 and died in 1945. I have had two people and put #1's date in for #2. I have made typos; "1045" for the death instead of "1945".

You can Google "Genealogy software comparisons" to get professioanl reviewer's ratings on programs.

Just as "Word" makes it easier to revise one paragraph without having to re-type the whole chapter, a genealogy program makes it easy to revise a family tree when you discover the Michael Jablonski you thought was Joseph's brother is really his uncle.

I would like to know which is the cheapest and most accurate – any suggestions would be wonderful!!!

"Best" is subjective – what do you need at the moment?

ancestry.com can be BEST, so the annual subscription is worth it. Censuses are historical documents, as are military records, draft cards, what have you. Others' family tree research accuracy varies. Even mine have been found to have typos.

rootsweb's resources are free to the user, excellent. Local histories and biographies are not always accurate but for the greatest part they're meant to be. The message boards are searchable, as are the email list archives.

familysearch.org. The collection of filmed historical documents is excellent and if found online, still free. I understand that will be changing in some cases. The user-submitted family history databases can be gems, or rife with outlandish errors – caveat freebie.

Well I am doing this research project for my youth group and i need to find the genealogy of the apostle Peter. Can anyone tell me it or where to find it….or…..you can tell me where it is in the bible!

Simon (or Symon) "Cephas" (tr. Rocky), son of Jonah (Born about AD 1 in Bethesda, Israel, a town most probably located on the north end of the Sea of Galilee [John 1:14].

Brother: Andrew [John 1:35-42 states that Andrew, originally a disciple of John the Baptist, upon hearing John describe Jesus as the "Lamb of God" brought Peter to Jesus].

Married: the Synoptic Gospels relate how Peter's mother-in-law was healed when Peter was living in Capernaum [Matthew 8:14, Mark 1:29-31, Luke 4:38; see also I Corinthians 9:15]. Clement of Alexandra states that Peter was a father and that his wife also suffered martyrdom.

Occupation: Fisherman [Luke 5:3 states Peter owned his own boat]. Both Peter and Andrew were fishermen [Matthew 4:18-19; Mark 1:16-17].

Later, Peter was a missionary and head of the Church.

Writings: Ist and 2nd Peter in the New Testament.

Death: Rome, Italy, between AD 64 and 67; Margherita Guarducci theorizes that Peter was martyred after the Great Fire of Rome on 13 October AD 64. Tradition holds that he was crucified upside down.

Burial: Beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy.

Keep in mind that "deep ancestry" and the Genographic Project have nothing whatever to do with genealogy. That is so far back it's about hunter-gatherers armed with rocks roaming the planet, displacing one another geographically whether by force or sometimes a more attractive culture, and exchanging genes — but not keeping genealogically useful records, only at best the fossil record.
Off Topic — hey it's not me you're disagreeing with it is governments, the genealogy community and genealogy professionals. Have you not noticed that censuses aren't available for most living persons and that living persons are not presented on reputable online gedcoms? It is unethical and now you know.

Back to our regular scheduled program.

The trick, in my opinion, is understanding both the possibilities and the limitations.
On one of my lines, it HAS been of absolute value/use. There were 2 distinct lines/ possible grandfathers. Solid paper trails exist for 3 of 5 sons, but not for the other 2. My line comes from an apparent grandson. This cooperative project compared a number of proven lines, with some unproven (or otherwise unprovable). The result absolutely grouped "my" line with those who were already proven, and absolutely removed the 2nd line as a possibility.
Since many early American genealogies have been circulated and accepted, and later found to be inaccurate, this can also help. This happens to be true with this family.. that certain men (of the same first name) were often confused, by lack of finding all the possible records, or persons "jumping" to conclusions. Thus, it can be verified that William (of this county) does NOT match the lineage he had previously been believed to be..while William (of another county) does match.
Obviously, many new persons are not aware of the distinctions, and look for something out of testing, that it does not promise… ie, showing ancestry without comparative projects, using already available records.
For some… the broader view is what they are interested in, and they fully understand what it represents. How they apply it to themselves is a matter of choice, so long as they know what it involves, and what they want to know. People define "heritage" in different terms.
(hope you and yours have managed well through recent rain issues, by the way)

I would like to do a family genealogy, unfortunately my present financial situation does not allow me to afford websites that charge monthly fees to locate your family history. Are there any reliable Free websites out there?

http://www.failysearch.org
http://www.rootsweb.com. a Q&A forum, where you can post a query, concerning deceased family members.

What is the best genealogical resource available? It DOES NOT have to be a free site/resource. The Mormon Family Search site has only limited information. I would like it to have as much information as possible such as census, marriage, death, military, criminal, baptismal, foreign, medical, immigration, naturalization or as many other records as possible.

Not only does the Mormon site have limited information, it is also erroneous in some cases. Try going to ancestry.com or rootsweb.com. Both have family boards, I believe. There, members of the same family from across the country post their inquiries, and their own information, which can be accessed by other family members. I personally got tons of information dating back about three centuries about my father’s family from one communication posted by a family member who I didn’t even know. Good luck with your search.

And not easily transferrable. Cost isn't a factor, I just want a program that will do a supreme job of organizing and displaying.

Serious geneaology only, not freebie stuff.
Thanks for any tips!

I use Generations for my tree and custodian 3 for keeping my index's.

What is the best site to post a genealogy question re my Great uncle Josef (Jozsef) Kiraly born Hungary or Romania around 1900
Thanks
sam

Genforum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/

and Ancestry
http://boards.ancestry.com/

both have query boards devoted to regions, and to surnames. GenForum tends to have a few big ones and Ancestry lots of little ones; where Clark and Clarke might be served by the same board on GenForum, they would be two separate ones on Ancestry. (I'm using "Clark" as an example; they may be separated on GF as well.)

You could try the country boards, the county boards if he came to the USA and died here, and the surname boards.

I know that Ben Brown was born in Austria. He married Margaret Dalton of Davenport, Iowa, USA. They had a child Benjamin Brown in 1880. I do not have a date of birth for Ben Brown. Since his son was born in 1880, I am placing his birth on a timeline of 1840 to 1865, but this is just a guess.
Ben Brown's son Benjamin was born in La Malbai, Ontario, Canada.

Hi, could you provide us his approximate birth date, and any immigration information you may have?

With a common name like Ben Brown, unfortunately, you haven’t provided us a lot to work with.

I did a quick search for Ben Brown from Austria [exact matches only] on Ancestry, and I found 4,035 “matched records” from All Categories.

If you could post a few more facts, we could help more…

Meanwhile, you might check out the Cyndi’s List sites for Austria: http://www.cyndislist.com/austria.htm

Hope that helps!

Im 30 years old, and dont know anything past my grandparents. I'de like to know who my ancestors are as far back as they can find them. I'm also not trying to spend too much money! Help!

my suggestion is that you get a book called unpuzzling your past by Emily Croom. It will take you step by step and cost about $20. I have used my copy for years.

I am a firm believer in only using the internet as a tool as there is so much bad info out there. I always document with birth, death, marriage certificates, obits, cemetery records, etc. These are your proof that you are on the right line.

Census records are great. If your library subscribes to Heritagequest you can use it from home with your library card for free. You will find your family along with their siblings listed. Great info

Good luck in your quest. If I can be of further help please feel free to email me