Where can i view my family's genealogy online for free?

Question

Where can i view my family's genealogy online for free?

Answer 1

I have been wondering this, myself, but you can go to the Social Security website or the LDS (Latter Day Saints)website and search around for free by last name, surname, location, etc.

You might also look for a book called 'Genealogy for Dummies' at the bookstore.  It has a free software disc that links up to a number of websites and has alot of helpful hints.

Good Luck with your search.

Answer 2

If your great-aunt has done it and published it, ask her. If not, you'd have to get to1930 or earlier the hard way - by research in libraries and courthouses - then start doing on-line research.

Write of you are interested and have 100 - 300 hours to spare.

About one in 100 or 200 kids have relatives who have spent 20 years or so researching; my nephews do. They can find their family genealogy on-line. This makes everyone else think theirs is on-line too. It isn't.

Answer 3

The best you can hope for is to find a tiny, tiny portion of your family tree online. Let's face it, by the time you go back 30 generations (600 - 1,200 years ago) there would be 536,870,912 people at that one generation for a total of twice that number of people for all 30 generations (minus all those "doubles" caused by intermarriage). And, of course, most people even in the 20th century have "disappeared" and are not to be found in any record.

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.