5 Responses for "What are some sites that I can search along my family tree for free…?"

1. hellokello3295 December 29th, 2008 at 11:29 pm 1

   ansecorty.com
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2. faithless December 30th, 2008 at 12:19 am 2

   Unless someone related to your great grandfather has made a family tree and put it on line somewhere you are not going to be able to type in a name and get an instant family tree.

   Ancestry.com is a site where you may find a tree if someone has made one or there are many useful records to research your family yourself – it does cost money though.

   familysearch.org is a free site with a great number of transcribed records and defiantly worth a look.

   cyndislist.com has links to genealogical sites all over the world.

   If you post here where and who (assuming they are dead) you are researching somebody may be able to help you further.
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3. Ted Pack December 30th, 2008 at 1:08 am 3

   This is a text file I paste to questions like yours. People ask similar questions 3 – 14 times a day here. By pasting, you get a long, detailed answer, but I don't get finger cramps. It is long because there are over 400,000 free genealogy sites.

   It is also long because researching your family tree is as hard as writing a term paper in a History class. You don't have to be a rocket scientist, but you won't do it with five clicks. I could tell you everything I know in 30 minutes, but not 3. The fact you have to do research stops nine out of ten teens and many adults.

   If you didn't mention a country, we can't tell if you are in the USA, UK, Canada or Australia. I'm in the USA and my links are for it. If you are not, please edit your question to add a country. Or, better yet, delete it and ask again, this time putting inthe country. Genealogists from the UK answer posts here too. They are more experienced and more intelligent than I am. I'm better looking and my jokes are better.

   The really good stuff is in your parents' and grandparents' memories. No web site is going to tell you how your great grandparents decorated the Christmas tree with ornaments cut from tin foil during the depression, how Great Uncle Elmer wooed his wife with a banjo, or how Uncle John paid his way through college in the 1960's by smuggling herbs. Talk to your living relatives before it is too late.

   You won't find living people on genealogy sites. Don't look for yourself or your parents. Crooks can use your birth date and your mother's maiden name to steal your identity. If your parents were married in June and your oldest brother was born 4 months later, it isn't anyone's business, which is another reason living people's dates are not on public sites.

   So much for the warnings. Here are some links. These are large and free. Many of them have subtle ads for Ancestry.com in them – ads that ask for a name, then offer a trial subscription. Watch out for those advertisements.

   If you try the links and don't find anyone, go to

   http://www.tedpack.org/yagenlinks.html

   It repeats each link, but it has a whole paragraph of tips and instructions for each one.

   http://www.cyndislist.com
   Cyndi's List has over 250,000 sites.

   http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
   The Mormon's mega-site.

   http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
   RootsWeb World Connect. The links at the top are advertisements. They mislead beginners. Ignore them and scroll down.

   http://www.rootsweb.com/
   RootsWeb Home.
   This is the biggest free (genealogy) site in the world.

   http://www.ancestry.com
   Ancestry has some free data and some you have to pay for.

   http://www.usgenweb.net
   US Gen Web. Click on a state. Find a link that says "County".

   http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?
   Surname meanings and origins, one of Ancestry's free pages.

   http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi"
   Social Security Death Index. Click on "Advanced". Women are under their married names. They are under their maiden names in most other sites.

   http://find.person.superpages.com/
   USA Phone book, for looking up distant cousins.

   http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
   California Death Index, 1940 – 1997.

   http://www.genforum.com
   GenForum has surname, state and county boards.

   http://boards.ancestry.com/
   Ancestry has surname, state and county boards too. They are free.

   Read
   http://www.tedpack.org/goodpost.html
   before you post on either one.

   Read the paragraphs about query boards on
   http://www.tedpack.org/yagenlinks.html
   before you search them.

   http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
   Roots Web Mailing List Archives.

   Read
   http://www.tedpack.org/maillist.html
   if genealogy mailing lists are new to you.

   Off the Internet, some public libraries have census image subscriptions. Many Family History Centers do too. FHC's are small rooms in Mormon churches. They welcome anyone interested in genealogy, not just fellow Mormons. They have resources on CD's and volunteers who are friendly. They don't try to convert you; in fact, they don't mention their religion unless you ask a question about it.
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4. kpfrombc December 30th, 2008 at 1:26 am 4

   You could try this link. Its a popular one and its free.

   http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/

   Good Luck!
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5. starshadow7@sbcglobal.net December 30th, 2008 at 2:03 am 5

   Most geneologists block living family members from showing up on their sites. You really need a family member to give you as much information as possible, names, birth & death dates, marriages, maiden names, brothers & sisters. The more information you have to start with theeasier it will be. Having said that, I am including links to some of the free sites that I have found useful. I have also just typed in the first & last name, in quotes, of a person I am looking for plus the state if I know it, in my Yahoo! search bar. Your family name can show up in different state histories and records.

   Good Luck
   http://www.rootsweb.com/
   http://ancestorguide.com/
   http://www.tribalpages.com/
   http://www.familytreecircles.com/
   http://www.genealogysearch.com/wwwboard-...
   http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/s...
   http://www.genealogy.com/index_a.html

   Don't be afraid to get in to some of the geneology forums for your family name. Sometimes that can be very helpful as well.
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