Does anybody know a site similar to ancestry.com?

Question

only its for free. and you can look up old year bookds and info about people.

Answer 1

Please be smarter.

If anyone could get a 3-course meal delivered to their home for free, all the restaurants in town would go out of business. If movies played without commercials on TV the day they came out in theaters, theaters would go out of business.

Ancestry is in business because they have data people are willing to pay for. If there was a site "just like them" but free, they would go out of business.

We who subscribe to Ancestry aren't stupid. We are interested enough in genealogy that we are willing to pay for data, just like people who like movies are willing to pay for HBO - or theater tickets.

Answer 2

familysearch.org

gencircles.com

Answer 3

I like Genweb.  Here is a link to it:  http://usgenweb.org/

Answer 4

Yes Genes reunited it is great and free. you will love it.

Answer 5

The only two free sites that have real merit are http://www.usgenweb.org and http://www.genealogy.com

One suggestion that I can make is that you call your local library and see if they have a public access subscription to Ancestry.com. I know some libraries only pay for the basics, but most pay for the full access subscription. The other library alternative is Heritage Quest. In either case, the library use is free and you can get started on your search. Once you figure out what you need, you can look for alternative sources (like reference books in your library) that will give you free access to comprehensive records.

A lot of people play with the LDS website, but it's becoming increasingly polluted with bad research and its records aren't that reliable anymore. But you can play with it, just know that you can't take most of its records at face value. http://www.familysearch.org

Answer 6

You can go to Classmates.com or Reunion.com and the first search is free.

Answer 7

http://www.cyndislist.com/

This is an encylopedia of genealogy resources.. thousands of them.  No offense.. but your question is so broad, it is not answerable.  Any website on the internet can have "info about people".. you need to define if you are wanting info about friends from school (try myspace), phone listings, cemetery records for ancestors, history about a town in Virginia, etc.

If you are just wanting general info, that is completely different from researching ancestry.

edit- Ted's answer is absolutely and completely ACCURATE.   thumbs down is not for answers that are simply what persons don't like to hear, but bad information.