I need help finding my family tree?

Question

my mom told me that we are related to abraham lincoln. and i want to see the bllodline or family tree or what ever. because i just really wanna know if its true. and i also wanna see who else im related to. if it helps at all my name is Katie Phillips. my dads name is kKenle Phillips and my moms name is Carrie Bisig (maiden name)

thanks for the help

Answer 1

u can go to a family tree website (ancestry.com if ur in the US) and it helps. thats cool ur retated to him. good luck lol

Answer 2

The only way you can find it is to research it starting with yourself and working back.

There are lots of websites with family trees.  You won't find information on living people on them as that is an invasion of privacy and can lead to identity theft.  

Also information in family trees on any website, free or not free, must be viewed as CLUES not as absolute fact. They are subscriber submitted and mostly not documented or poorly documented.  Even when you see the same information repeatedly by many different subscribers that is no guarantee at all it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying.

I feel for its records, Ancestry.Com is the best website.  They have all the U.S. censuses through 1930.  The 1940 and later are not available to the public yet.  They have military records, immigration records and many others. They also have indexes to the vital records of many states.

If you find it too price, your public library might have a subscription to it.

A Family History Center at a Latter Day Saints(Mormon) Church has records on people all over the world, not just Mormons.

In Salt Lake City, they have the world's largest genealogical collection.  Their Family History Centers can order microfilm for you to view at a nominal fee.  Just call or visit their free website, FamilySearch.org, to get their hours for the general public.

I have never had them to try and convert me or send their missionaries by to ring my doorbell.  I haven't heard of them doing that to anyone else either.

However, the first thing you should do is get as much info from your living family as possible, particularly your seniors.  Tape them if they will let you.  They probably will be confused on some things, but what might seem to be insignificant story telling that you wouldn't write down might turn out to be very significant.

Ask if any family has any old family bibles.  Ask to see and make copies of birth, marriage and death certificates and depending on the the religious faith, baptismal, first communion, confirmation, marriage records can be very important.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Guess I'd start with your mother. Does she have supporting information. Not to doubt what she told you, but I have found lots of genealogical myths in my efforts. Sometimes the myths are half-truths, sometimes they are just fun stories that have been passed around, and sometimes people just say things. When I run into them I document them. They add richness to the family tree no matter what category they are.

Answer 4

You may be related, but the last living descendant of Abe died long ago, when I was young.

Try:

You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history.  Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department.  Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc.  Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card required).

Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers.  They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).

A third option is one of the following websites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.geni.com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.

I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program.