Does anyone know of any sites where i could track down my ancestors for free?

Question

i've been on sites that say they are free,then say £5 a month ect. I'm from England,but my family is very mixed race wise.

Answer 1

It depends what information you need and what you already have.  If you are starting from scratch you'll find it hard without any cost at all.

Most sites have spent money paying people to transcribe the information so it's understandable that they then charge you to access the information.  Not much is free nowadays.

However, free sites include;

http://www.freebmd.org.uk (births, marriages and deaths 1837 - around 1920 - these give you the index reference and you then need to pay £7 for each certificate you choose to order through the GRO).

http://www.freecen.org.uk (censuses from 1841-1901 - not fully transcribed).

The 1881 census is available free of charge at:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...

A fairly comprehensive list of Parish registers (pre-1850 generally) is available at:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...

If you are mixed race as in from all over the world you will find it very, very difficult to get far for free.

This is not a cheap hobby, I have spent literally thousands over the years on travelling / certificates / memberships etc etc.

Most hobbies are not free.  You get what you pay for I'm afraid.

Answer 2

Try the Mormons. Seriously, they are busy recording everyone who ever lived that may have been related to one of them so they can all meet up in heaven...glad I won't be there.

Answer 3

Ancestry offers a 14 day free trial.  You have to give them a credit card number but it is genuinely free so long as you remember to cancel within the time limit you're given.  

I've done this and it was really good.  You need to do it when you've time to use the 14 days well as it really is a good opportunity to look at stuff you can't look at it with a £6-for-12 views odd one-off payment (other people's public trees for a start).

There's some good connections with the Windward passenger lists etc.

Answer 4

www.goldenmemoriescharts.co.uk

Answer 5

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