What site can i go on to find out about my ancestors?

Question

i wanna know who my ancestors are but i want the site to be FREE!!!!! like so you dont have to sign up for it and pay money like ancestory.com

-Thanks

Answer 1

Sorry, don't have the link, but I heard the Mormons have a very extensive site somewhere.....maybe through Brigham Young University?

Good luck.

Answer 2

You have some good answers, but no one warned you that it will take 100 - 300 hours of research to get back to your ancestors alive in 1850. That is more time than most people who don't (or can't) spell properly want to take.

That estimate assumes you are white, live in the USA, have access to the census and most of your ancestors were in the USA. If you are black, it is 1870. Outside of the USA it varies.

Answer 3

These free sites are very useful:

This link it for 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...

Good Luck

Answer 4

www.ancestry.com

Answer 5

i like to search the us social security databases. you can also "google" their name and then there is also the family crests - you can search to see if your last name has one.

Answer 6

The Church of the Latter Day Saints have an excellent site http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.... and there is also http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ which might help.  Good luck!

Answer 7

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.

P.S. My great-grandparents were born long before 1850, so it took me no time at all to reseach back to 1850; instead of a year, maybe a certain number of generations ago would require a certain amount of time to research.  But, that is Picky, picky! I agree with the idea; it requires a lot of time and efforts to research more than a few generations. In my own case, I know only 7 of the 8 great-grandparents and no where to find the missing one!

Answer 8

www.ancestry.com

www.myheritage.com

Answer 9

www.Myheritage.com I believe is free. If not I'm sorry :]