How can i research my family tree?

Question

How can i research my family tree?

Answer 1

Well, you could go to your local library, I know mine has services like that.

Answer 2

froogle it

Answer 3

Before anything else, start by setting time aside regularly to get information about everyone still alive in your family if you haven't already done so. Next, ask those relatives about their parents grands, aunts uncles cousins, second cousins, etc... most people can find three generations back so easily if they ask everyone alive... and almost every family has a member hiding out almost, with an unknown family tree record that is very thorough. One of the first people to check with are those in charge of planning family reunions, if your family does that. (or did) There are Genealogy centers available for public use in every Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Don't worry, no one will bug you there !!! Consult your telephone book for the closest one. There are people assigned to be there several days a week if not every night...I guess it depends on the individual ward size and the specialist in charge of operating it. They will have many records of their own and also tons of information and charts for locating and recording all you learn. This is better than any library geneological set up I have ever seen. Good luck to you !!!

Answer 4

Go type family trees & alot of things will come up, just type all the info you ask for & it will search for your family tree. I did it for school, and the websites are actually really interesting.

Answer 5

Get as much information as possible about your family, from any living relatives . Go to a genealogy site and look up each of these relatives and continue from there.

Answer 6

Sit down with a piece of paper and write down everything you know, starting with yourself, your parents, any brothers and sisters you have, aunts, uncles and grandparents on both your mother and fathers side.  Get your dates right.  If you're not sure on a name or maiden name then ask a member of the older generation in your family who will know.  Someone in the extended family usually keeps granny's old tin of photos or grandads old WW2 ration card, it's just a matter of finding out who and starting to ask questions, especially while Great Aunt Hilda is still alive and has all her marbles.  Only when you have exhausted all lines of enquiry with living people should you try and venture online to one of the hundreds of websites out there and try to break through into the 19th century - beyond living memory.  It is at this point that the hobby can become expensive and time-consuming, as it is usually where you need to find and order the approprriate birth marriage and death certificates to get you further back in your quest.  How you do that, depends on where you are in the world and where in the world you are researching.  Very few people are lucky enough to have their ancestors all living within a 50 mile radius of their homes, especially the further back you get.  It won't be long before the tentacles of your tree start spreading out all across the country or even the world, and this can make research quite difficult, as contrary to some peoples opinions, you cannot do everything online from the comfort of your chair, and every so often you need to get up and visit a library or record office which more often than not is hundreds of miles from home or in a different country.

Even though you might think you have logged in to Yahoo UK or Yahoo USA or even Yahoo Australia, all of the English-speaking questions on this site get lumped into one giant pot and can be seen by everyone in the world who speaks English (and quite a few who can't), and since rules and laws vary by country (and even within countries, such as individual states of the USA or the different laws between England and Scotland), it is always a good idea to indicate in any future questions exactly where in the world you are and what part of the world you are trying to search in.  Different readers of these genealogy pages have different areas of expertise.  Help us to help you.   Provide better information.

Answer 7

ask you parents look at old photo albums and if your family is some way famous google it

Answer 8

http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/

http://www.findyourfamilytree.com/

Answer 9

First job is to talk to your family, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins etc,

Second job is to gather any paper work you might have, that would be Certificates of birth death and marriage, Baptism certificates, letters Diary's and any military papers.

third Job draw a rough tree just so you know who's who,

Be organised you will get a lot data very quickly.

Work backwards from what you know

Once you have hit the 1901 census you should be able to run back to 1841 then you need to use Baptisms, try using the web site below.

Good luck and good hunting