Genealogy/Searching for your ancestry online

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By Eileen Hughes


Grandparents I never found until it was too late

This is my Grandmother and grandfather
This is my Grandmother and grandfather

Finding Your family Tree online

Researching your family tree online is a great way, to find your long lost relatives and make great friends along the way. Some times the things you find out may turn out to be something you wish you hadn't. That's part of the fun in researching. There are many helpful sites with people more than willing to share their information with you.

Family Search http://www.familysearch.org/

This is a brilliant site. Click on the above link when it opens click on search. Fill in the details as requested: First name, Surname- You can do the same for spouse or leave that free and leave all selected to start, then year range, year. Select country, State, and then, click search. Check out each name, possible dates, etc. When you find one of interest, click on the name underlined in blue. When this comes up, check on details, then on family, if you need more verification click on pedigree.

These links are all worth checking out

Ancestors.com http://www.searchforancestors.com/

Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/

Rootsweb http://lists.rootsweb.com/

Free BMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

LDS Family search http://www.familysearch.org/

MAILING LISTS

These are a great way to obtain help from other people looking for their families. They will often help you and in return, you may find someone for them. Before registering with any mailing list, ensure that, your virus protection is up to date.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html

Cyndi's List - Mailing Lists www.cyndislist.com/mailing.htm

Roots web Mailing lists http://lists.rootsweb.com/

MESSAGE BOARDS

With these, you can type in the surname you are searching and leave a message with all the details. When someone else has or is looking for the same information, they will contact you.

Ancestry. Com www.ancestry.com/

UKBMD Birth, Marriages & Deaths. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/

On this site, you can put in Christian name and Surname and date of birth and it will show all known possibly connections.

FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl



Australian Genealogy links

South Australia www.saghs.org.au/contact.htm

Australian family history and genealogy on the Internet.

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html

S. West Western Australian cemeteries

Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc http://www.wags.org.au/

UK - ENGLAND LINKS

Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/englandcountry/

Lookupuk.com http://www.lookupuk.com/main.html

UK Genealogy .co.uk - The Portal for UK Family Research ttp://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/

US GENEALOGY LINKS

StateGenSites - US Genealogy Sites State by State

http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/

Helpful sites- some charge a fee

Genealogy Help-list.This is a link with volunteers ready to help you search for your ancestors. Check it out, they also need more volunteers too. If you help them you will be helping each other to find your loved ones.

http://helplist.org/

GenHelp :: Genealogy Help at Your Fingertips

www.genhelp.org/

Final thought: - Do not leave it, until it is too late. Ask your parents about their, childhood. The schools they attended and how they met. Write their story of events down and any interesting times during their lifetime. Relive their life, with them.

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Marisa Wright profile image

Marisa Wright  says:
2 years ago

Good information. It's so true you shouldn't leave it to late. I wish I'd asked my Mum and Dad more about the family while they were still around.

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 years ago

Thanks for that. Yes we left it too late.

http://hubpages.com/_30qckaz1z7h2s/hub/Benefits-of

In The Doghouse profile image

In The Doghouse  says:
2 years ago

These are wonderful links to have posted here. I am an avid Genealogist by hobby, and wish to second your advice to ask anyone who is still alive to supply you with all they know. It is much easier to get it from someone who is alive than trying to figure it all out later.... Thanks for all the info.

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 years ago

Very glad to help you. And I wish you all the luck in the world as it takes so long and much frustration trying to find records.

Golfing Gal  says:
2 years ago

Excellent information, Another tip for folks is to make sure that you put names, dates, places etc on your photo's so you will not have a box of old photo's and can't remember who anyone is.

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 years ago

That is very very true. We tried to find out who people were by there photos and we matched them up completely wrong. So I agree with your comments thanks.

victoria  says:
15 months ago

i cant find my family tree i now i my great great great grandfather was daniel boon but how can i find the family tree? please help me im only 11 years old

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
15 months ago

hi victoria, you need to start right from the beginning. Write down who your parents are and all other relatives. then gradually work backwards. Searching on the net working on one side of your family line. Start from say your fathers side and do a search on the net. never add people until u prove that it is the right line. check out my other genealogy links for more help. you need to verify information by checking the birth certificates.

Kim Garcia  says:
2 months ago

Great!! Thanks for these helpful tips, as I am planning to do this soon. Many Blessings! ~K

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 months ago

Kim, I hope some of it will help your find your loved ones. Mind you will need to be patient in looking for them, and make sure not to add them to your family tree until you verify them for sure.

Duchess OBlunt profile image

Duchess OBlunt  says:
2 months ago

You are so right, don't wait to ask those questions. Love the help you have provided here. Another one for my bookmarked lists

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 months ago

Duchess o blunt. Also keep good records. I had a web page but it has now gone. As I lost my access to it so they deleted it after a while.

Duchess OBlunt profile image

Duchess OBlunt  says:
2 months ago

I hope you had a backup of what was on the site?

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 months ago

Duchess, NOOOOOO. Luckily my daughter has on her computer. I formatted my computer and the backup disk stopped working. But she has got it all thats the main thing.

Duchess OBlunt profile image

Duchess OBlunt  says:
2 months ago

Phew! lucky lady :)

Eileen Hughes profile image

Eileen Hughes  says:
2 months ago

yes your not wrong.

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