Query by littleorphanandy: Genealogy , How do you get started off with tracing youre loved ones historical past?
Besides ancestry.com in which do you commence to search
Weirdness, Really my father is dead , he died all of a sudden at age 49 and was buried the day just before my birthday . So you dont have to be outdated bro.
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Reply by itsjustme
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My suggestion to get you started out would be for you to request questions at house or your grandparents, make notes of names,dates , places, relationships, that type of information . I have found the much more unusual the name the simpler the search , but I feel all us amateur researchers will notify you the identical.
I truly like ancestry.co.united kingdom /.com and have membership to them. There is a single fully web site that I use a lot and that’s www.familysearch.org, it really is excellent.
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Hope this aids.
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STart with what you have.
Talk to your parents, get their names, and as far back as they remember.
Then talk to your grandparents…
write down little (even insignificant) things….
and that’s the start!
Dont start from your parents. They wont die soon. Start by talking to the oldest living relative in your famil and getting names and birthdays add them to ancestry. Then you can go to the Mormon site http://familysearch.org
athough there isnt enough proof from here. Also don’t forget that you should try to get as many names and birthday as possible. Don’t worry about the actual day of death or birth for old people. Just worry about the year for now. Also if you need any help i can give you some advice. Email me thru my profile
Here’s a great site that will get you on your way of learning genealogy the right way: http://genealogysf.blogspot.com
I would advise you to visit rootsweb.com for your first step in researching. After you are there click on world connect project and enter your surname you are researching.
Ask your older relatives, they are also the best to ask.
Start with your parents, then your grandparents and work back with names, dates of birth, marriages, dates of death, etc. Sometimes a library will have a historical section for that specific area (like the town your granparents grew up in, etc.) Visit the county records or courthouse where birth certificates, death certificates & marriage licenses are kept and look at those. Family bibles, sometimes have that info in them also. Internet searching can be helpful sometimes as well as blogs that people do looking for their ancestors.
I am new at this and these two articles helped me know where to begin!
http://www.ehow.com/how_2325987_begin-researching-family-tree.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2142856_trace-family-tree.html