I'm now starting to get into genealogy. I have a list of people I can use to research. But I seriously dont know where to start, I mean where do I go? Is there any website I can use to look up my ancestors? Any advice would be notified.
Signed.
Old Finder.
ok first off do i ur self. my aunt does genealogy and gave me some tips. First start at the bottom. Travel to the place of your ancestors and visit all local cemetery's in that region. Then start building up like an up side down pyramid, it going to get easier toward the tops, but you have to do the dirty work near the bottom of the pyramid. You will need to try to get pictures and or sketches of the grave stone. Best of luck to you…but this will be very hard.
My mom has traced our roots clearrrr back to the George Washington days. There is a geneology room in her local library, but she also contacts records departments in whatever city or town from which she is trying to obtain death/marriage/birth certificates.
Yes!!! One of the best is Cyndi's, as it has links to many other websites. Genealogy is so vast and complex; most people on here have no idea of the numbers and complexities involved. But, hey, if you already have a list, try:
Free sites: there are several to choose from. Start with:
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/
Assuming they emigrated from Europe, start with Ellis Island and the Battery Conservancy sites:
http://www.ellisisland.org
http://www.castlegarden.org
For Scotland, check:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
For Sweden:
http://www.genline.com/databasen/
-http://www.northpark.edu/home/index.cfm?…
http://www.finlandia.edu/catalog/intro.p…
For ship’s passenger lists, try:
http://www.immigrantships.net/
http://www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigr…
http://www.immigrantstips.net/
http://www.searchforancestors.com/passengerli…
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration…
For those with native American ancestry, try:
http://www.tribalpages.com/
http://www.cherokee-nc.com/geneology.php…
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/herita…
Netherlanders: http://www.genlias.nl
For a fee, try a DNA test:
When you really want to know where your ancestors came from, try such sites as: http://www.familytreedna.com, dnatribes.com, dnaancestryproject.com, and, of course, the National Geographics Genotype program, https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/geno…
For Jewish ancestry, try:
http://www.israelgenealogy.com
For people from India, try:
http://www.fibis.org/
Have a look at these sites these are South African ones,
http://genealogy.about.com/od/south_afri…
http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/page2.html.…
http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/website…
http://southafricanfamilyhistory.wordpre…
Meaning of names:
http://www.winslowtree.com/surname-meani…
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/f…
Here are some general sites with lists of African names:
http://www.swagga.com/fname.htm
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/afr.php
http://www.familiesonlinemagazine.com/ba…
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/…
Military:
http://www.military.com
http://www.familymilitaryrecords.com/
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/militar…
http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesear…
http://genealogy.about.com/b/2007/05/24/…
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ww1/draft/sea…
Finding live people:
Two good places I use are http://www.zabasearch.com and http://www.peoplefinder.com
Don't forget, use your local library. Ours (a small one, yet) has http://www.ancestry.com and http://www.heritagequest.com, as well as periodicals, books and guidance from an experienced genealogist.
Keep good notes on where you find what: sources are very important.
REMEMBER: many libraries allow you to use their web-based genealogical research programs FOR FREE.
I have used these with good results. Not straight back, but going back and fourth between families, I went back to the 1st century.
Happy hunting…
http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html
http://www.ancestry.com/
http://www.rootsweb.com/
Try going to http://www.ancestorology.com and they can help you get started doing your Genealogy or do it for you. They are a fee based website but well worth the cost. Report Abuse
This is what I did. I stared out asking questions about my grandparents. One was already dead, so I got their obituary and found out who their parents were. Then I got their parents' deathdates and got THEIR obituaries and found out who THEIR parents were. I did that for each generation. If you know when an ancestor died, keep their death year and fullname in mind and use familysearch.org to do a lookup. Social security indexes for that site only give results for those born at least as early as 1890. So as long as your ancestor was born after that, they're findable. So for starters, ask questions and get obituaries. Get names out of them find their tombstone (can't really use a tombstone, but at least you'll know where they're buried). I did that with my mother's side. I know exactly when they died, where, and where they were buried, all the way back to the point of immigration. Worked for me. Hope it does for you too.
Taking out a piece of paper or using a program such as family tree maker begin with yourself then work backwards your parents and their parents including siblings. Do not over look birth certificates on hand, marriage,divorce, death records. The information on these records are very useful, As for websites I use rootsweb, family search and I have also found information just by typing the last name and adding genealogy to it. I have traced my family back to the 1500's by doing this.
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