answers1: There is no site that you can type 'your' name into that
will show all your relatives and what they know about them, unless you
find a family tree online that someone else has researched the same
ancestors before you (not to be taken as gospel though) <br>
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www.familysearch.org is a great site to start your research, however
most records only go up to the late 1800's and there are no deaths (or
very few) <br>
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answers2: Ditto. I agree. Have used it many times, and I have
obtained some very good information from the site....often better than
some of the sites that require subscriptions. Lots of good tips for
research included.
answers3: It isn't as easy as typing your name in and all of your
family history and relatives are going to pop up on one single
website. Genealogy is like putting a puzzle together, where you look
up people by name and then, you work backwards, weeding out those
people who are not related. It also is not something that you are
going to simply be able to complete in a single day or even a single
weekend <it is more of a hobby.> <br>
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Try FamilySearch.org, MyHeritage.com, Rootsweb.com, EllisIsland.org or
CastleGarden.org. <br>
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I have been working on and off on my family tree since around 1994 or
1995 and without making a serious commitment in dedicating all my free
time to it or even spending much money, I have gotten back as far as
1730 (and it is really interesting). <br>
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Good Luck! <br>
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answers4: You could try 101 Ways to Research Your Family Tree for Free <br>
Alternatives to Pay-For-Use Genealogy Sites on the Internet <br>
By Kimberly Powell, About.com <br>
Hope this helps and Good Luck.
answers5: www.familysearch.org
answers6: You really expect too much from the internet. It is not a
magic wand. <br>
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First there is NO genealogy site that YOU are going to be on, because
you are a living person. Therefore, there is no genealogy site that
will be able to connect you to any of their records. <br>
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Second, the family trees posted on genealogy sites are NOT created by
some all-knowing expert authority. The trees are user submitted, by
anyone who wants to put their family tree on the internet. This could
be you, me, anyone. Therefore, the accuracy of ALL genealogy sites is
only as reliable as the research done by the persons who posted the
information. You cannot count on the information on those sites being
at all accurate, or even close. You are only supposed to use other
peoples information as clues in doing your own research. Always do
your own research and create a paper trail of legal documents to prove
your work. The legal documents should be things like
birth/marriage/death records, census records, cemetery records, wills,
court records, land records, church records, etc. <br>
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Third, genealogy is not free. There will be expenses. Whether it be
paying for a subscription to a genealogy site, or paying for gas and
travel expenses to go dig up the old records yourself, or whatever.
There will be expenses. <br>
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Genealogy is not about typing in a name and get an instant family
tree. It is real research, like being a detective, putting pieces of
a million-piece jigsaw puzzle together. It is a life-long hobby and
even then it will never be finished. There will always be more to try
to find out. You cannot do it the way you are trying to. If you are
thinking it is going to be that simple, you will get frustrated at the
lack of results and end up quitting.
answers7: <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.rootsweb.com</a> is also free and
useful. <br>
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However, start with <a href="http:///www.tedpack.org"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http:///www.tedpack.org</a> for an intro.
It's free, too, and will help you learn the basics, thus staying away
from danger. <br>
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Genealogy is less about data, and more about how it is properly
processed. It's a methodology discipline, not a matter of simply
collecting information indiscriminately. And a word of warning: it's
VERY addictive! <br>
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Good luck and happy hunting.
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