Family history/genealogy websites?

Question

I would like to research more about my family. Are online sites any good? If so, are there any free ones? Each one I've visited is really pricey... If not the internet, where else could I do that kind of research?

Answer 1

This site helped me a lot Ash, it can be really interesting researching your families history. Good Luck!

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/

Answer 2

Talk to your parents,  find out where they grew up,  birth & death places /dates and siblings names  of both their mother and father, grandmothers maiden names.  Any other information such as year/date of immigration, religion, etc.  will be useful.  Keep in mind that most records that you will be able to access will be early 1900's and earlier.  Once you have your infomation you can start your family tree.

These free sites are very useful:

The Mormon churches vast collection of family history, Social Security Death Index and US (1880), Canada & UK (1881) Census records. They also offer free family tree software (.PAF5).

http://www.familysearch.org/ (for records search)

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/home/wel... (for software download)

Rootsweb has family trees with over 250 million names and links to useful volunteer-run projects. http://www.rootsweb.com/

Cyndislist is a popular site with extensive links for specific countries and ethnic groups.

http://www.cyndislist.com/

Ancestry.com charges a fee for full access to most of their records however, their free databases are available at this link.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.d...

Ted Pack's website is really helpful for people who are getting started in their research.  He gives great advise and links to the most popular free sites.

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

Good Luck

Answer 3

major libraries have huge books of ancestry!

my friend did it once and she said its better than paying for it