Trace my ancestors..come from a different country?

Question

I want to trace my ancestors but im from Uruguay...Although my family migrated here to the USA i want to find out who my ancestors are? How could i do this?

As you know Uruguay is a country of European immigrants so where should i go/ or do?

Answer 1

Actually, there are not many ways to "trace" your ancestor. gd luck!! Have a nice retirement age

Answer 2

try ancestors.com

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Answer 3

Internet search could help...

You could also ask and search at public "papers" and services that keep records of names and family records....

Answer 4

Start with your parents or grandparents and work your way back through each generation.  This link has information on how to get started on searching for ancestors in foreign countries.

http://genealogy.about.com/cs/immigratio...

Major collections for Uruguay including records from most parishes are available to search at this site.

http://www.familysearch.org

Rootsweb.com has 15,000 entries of individuals in family trees who were born in Uruguay.  You can check to see if someone has already done research on your ancestors by entering a surname (or full name), country, or city/town, etc.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...

Here are some links to genealogy websites  with information and and other links specifically for Uruguay.

http://www.mapfre.com/fundacion/es/centr...

http://www.genopro.com/genealogy-links/?...

These sites are for Uraguay message boards where people request and provide information that can be very helpful with your researach.  To view messages, you can narrow down the search by entering a surname or city/town.

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.so...

http://genforum.genealogy.com/uruguay/al...

Good luck in your search.