Where can I find my family tree?

Answer 1

With family history, you always begin with yourself and work your way backwards. Write down everything you know and organize it then write down questions for which you are seeking answers. Next, visit, call or write to your oldest living relatives and ask the questions.

When you have exhausted all home and close family resources, visit or write to the library, archives or churches in the areas where your family lived. If you have no idea, get birth/marriage/death records and extract the pertinent information to set you in the right direction.

The internet is also a great resource. Use Google to search for your ancestors' names and locations. There are commercial sites such as Ancestry.com and free sites such as WikiTree.com.

Family research is all about being a detective. Listen and search for the clues to keep you moving in the right direction.

Most families do not have a history ready and waiting in some library somewhere for you to ask for it. You have to do the research and put it together yourself.

Answer 2

First ask your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, and write down their answers.

You can also search records on Ancestry.com, but it costs $. A free website is rootsweb.com.

Answer 3

If you are interested in tracing the history of your own family, you can ask your relatives about it, particularly the older ones whose memories extend farther back. Take notes, and draw your own family tree.

Answer 4

Ancestry.com is not a place to find you family tree, it is a place to build it. Start out at the menu bar near the top of the tree where it says "Family Tree." Click on the little arrow beside "Family Trees" and select "Start a new tree." When the next page comes up, click on "Add yourself" and add your information. Then add your parents and siblings. Continue adding information about people you know about (your grandparents, uncles, aunts, great-grandparents, etc.). Enter all the dates and places having to do with birth, death, marriage, etc. When you are done, make sure you save the information you have entered. After you do this (or a day or two later), Ancestry.com will search existing family trees that have been entered by other people. If they find a possible match, the next time you view your family tree you will see a little green leaf next to someone's name. These are called "hints." If you click on the leaf, you will see information that may or may not be valid about possible connections to other members of your tree. If you can verify the information is accurate, you have the option to add that information to your tree. You can do some of this for free, but to be able to search records (census, birth, death, military, Immigration, etc.) you will need to create an account. An account for United States information will give you access to United States records, a World account will give you information to records from other countries. Decide which account type is best for you. Also, if you find information from other sources, you can enter the information manually into your tree, and Ancestry.com will consider it when searching for "hints."

Answer 5

There are hundreds of websites that host family tree programs. Almost all of them allow you to search for your own ancestors to see if someone has included your ancestors in their own family tree and therefore you are related. Some of the family tree programs are commercial subscription websites, but there are many free family tree sites that only require you to register to see the contents. Try doing a Google search for family tree programs.

Answer 6

You can buy your family tree by using this website:

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Answer 7

The best free site is www.familysearch.org There are 500 million names you can research of deceased people.

Answer 8

you can ask your parents or grandparents, or any other relative

or make your own tree!!

Or look at the projects you did at school

Answer 9

Ask a family member and/or go to a free genealogy website.

Answer 10

ancestry.com