Comments on: How do I find my ancestors? http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html A rewarding hobby that connects you with your past. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: rustskipper http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-948 rustskipper Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-948 Hey dmitriy_r..., Here are some free sites. Included is the Family Search Software for free! The best place to start is with your closest living relatives. Parents, Grandparents etc. Get clues from them, take notes on dates, events, names, etc. Work your way backward in time, being careful to document each person, maiden sides also. Vital Records do cost money unless someone already has them, birth certificates, etc. Get Obits for free on line, or from the library in the town where someone died. Good luck with the project! Hey dmitriy_r…,

Here are some free sites. Included is the Family Search Software for free!

The best place to start is with your closest living relatives. Parents, Grandparents etc. Get clues from them, take notes on dates, events, names, etc. Work your way backward in time, being careful to document each person, maiden sides also.

Vital Records do cost money unless someone already has them, birth certificates, etc. Get Obits for free on line, or from the library in the town where someone died.
Good luck with the project!

]]> By: doctor_johnnie_jointroller http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-949 doctor_johnnie_jointroller Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-949 Get a shovel. Get a shovel.

]]> By: black_lovely_poet http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-950 black_lovely_poet Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-950 Try ancestry.com or ourstory.com, I'm not sure if you have to pay or not. But if you know the name of your great-great-great-great granparents first or last name, you can google it. That's if nothing else works. Try ancestry.com or ourstory.com, I’m not sure if you have to pay or not. But if you know the name of your great-great-great-great granparents first or last name, you can google it. That’s if nothing else works.

]]> By: J J http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-951 J J Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-951 familysearch.org familysearch.org

]]> By: winksnoop http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-952 winksnoop Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-952 Go to cemetary. Go to cemetary.

]]> By: Joel A http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-953 Joel A Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-953 Go to your local library, ask the librarian behind the reference desk, and she'll be able to point you to good, free sources. Ancestry.com does offer some stuff for free, and so does familysearch.org, which is run by the Mormon church. Go to your local library, ask the librarian behind the reference desk, and she’ll be able to point you to good, free sources.

Ancestry.com does offer some stuff for free, and so does familysearch.org, which is run by the Mormon church.

]]> By: stallion1948_lloyd http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-954 stallion1948_lloyd Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-954 the library is a good place to start,and its free. the library is a good place to start,and its free.

]]> By: eldoradoreefgold http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-955 eldoradoreefgold Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-955 GIVE ME YOUR FAMILY NAME AND THE NAMES OF YOUR GRANDPARENTS AND THE NEAREST COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF!!! GIVE ME YOUR FAMILY NAME AND THE NAMES OF YOUR GRANDPARENTS AND THE NEAREST COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF!!!

]]> By: Ted Pack http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-956 Ted Pack Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-956 Look just 6 Q down from yours, "Is there any reputable AND FREE web sites to trace my genealogy?" and see lots of answers. That line about "Learn something" means it. Since it is for school, the meaning and origin of your surname should get you started. Make up something reasonable for your grandparents, using the SSDI (link in answer above). Figure 33 years per generation, average. When you get to great grandparents, say no one knows and your parents wished they had ased more questions when the GGP's were alive. Your teacher can't check. A decent genealogy - back to the 30 to 32 GGGP's - would take you a month. My nephew landed an assignment like yours. I have been doing genealogy for 20 years, so I sent him a report. It came out 165 pages, back to Charlemagne. You probably don't have 32 GGGP's because someone married a cousin. Look just 6 Q down from yours,

"Is there any reputable AND FREE web sites to trace my genealogy?"

and see lots of answers. That line about "Learn something" means it.

Since it is for school, the meaning and origin of your surname should get you started. Make up something reasonable for your grandparents, using the SSDI (link in answer above). Figure 33 years per generation, average. When you get to great grandparents, say no one knows and your parents wished they had ased more questions when the GGP’s were alive. Your teacher can’t check. A decent genealogy - back to the 30 to 32 GGGP’s - would take you a month. My nephew landed an assignment like yours. I have been doing genealogy for 20 years, so I sent him a report. It came out 165 pages, back to Charlemagne.

You probably don’t have 32 GGGP’s because someone married a cousin.

]]> By: Gatherer http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html/comment-page-1#comment-957 Gatherer Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000 http://www.howtomakefamilytrees.com/how-do-i-find-my-ancestors.html#comment-957 Try talking to your parents, grandparents etc. You might be surprised the information they can tell you. Try talking to your parents, grandparents etc. You might be surprised the information they can tell you.

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