What are some good websites for genealogy?

Question

to find ancestors and history on my family for free?

Answer 1

rootsweb

Answer 2

www.ancestry.co.uk

www.genesreunited.co.uk

They both have small fees, dont think there's any thats free... they're definately worth it though. I've built my family tree up to over 900 people.

Answer 3

I've found some of the genealogy message boards very helpful. All of these are free, though some require that you register: genforum . com ; boards . ancestry . com ; rootsweb . com ; myfolks. com . I've not only received lots of good advice and information ... also located several distant cousins in several ancestral families who were even more helpful. Good luck!

Answer 4

There are over 400,000 free genealogy sites. I have links to some huge ones, below, but you'll have to wade through some advice and warnings first.

If you didn't mention a country, we can't tell if you are in the USA, UK, Canada or Australia. I'm in the USA and my links are for it.

If you are in the USA,

AND most of your ancestors were in the USA,

AND you can get to a library or FHC with census access,

AND you are white

Then you can get most of your ancestors who were alive in 1850 with 100 - 300 hours of research. You can only get to 1870 if you are black, sadly. Many young people stop reading here and pick another hobby.

No web site is going to tell you how your great grandparents decorated the Christmas tree with ornaments cut from tin foil during the depression, how Great Uncle Elmer wooed his wife with a banjo, or how Uncle John paid his way through college in the 1960's by smuggling herbs. Talk to your living relatives before it is too late.

You won't find living people on genealogy sites. You'll have to get back to people living in 1930 or so by talking to relatives, looking up obituaries and so forth.

Finally, not everything you read on the internet is true. You have to be cautious and look at people's sources. Cross-check and verify.

So much for the warnings. Here is the link.

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

It has links, plus tips and hints for each of these sites:



http://www.cyndislist.com

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

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.usgenweb.net

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/defa...

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-b...

http://find.person.superpages.com/

http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/d...

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

http://www.genforum.com

http://boards.ancestry.com/

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/lis...

I used to put short tips in the stock answer. Now Y!A limits the size of an answer. You'll need the hints. Use the link.

Answer 5

These are all free:

www.familysearch.org/

www.findagrave.com/

www.usgenweb.org/

www.cyndislist.com/

Also use Google with facts you're looking to validate, such as these (if your last name were smith):

Smith obituary 1934 sioux falls

smith census buffalo north dakota

smith military prairie city 1917

smith arkansas genealogy

Hope that helps get you started!