answers1: Genealogy.com lets you keep track of all the information you
have with a family tree you can edit. I've found that website really
helpful.
answers2: There are over 400,000 free genealogy sites. I have links to
some huge ones, below, but you'll have to wade through some advice and
warnings first. <br>
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If you search the resolved questions in this category only for the
word "Free"(use "Advanced" to limit your search to this category
only), you'll find there are 2500 questions with the word, and at
least 1500 of them ask "How can I trace my family tree for free?",
just like you did. The answers to those questions have lots of links
and tips. <br>
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If you didn't mention a country, we can't tell if you are in the USA,
UK, Canada or Australia. I'm in the USA and my links are for it. <br>
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If you are in the USA, <br>
AND most of your ancestors were in the USA, <br>
AND you can get to a library or FHC with census access, <br>
AND you are white <br>
Then you can get most of your ancestors who were alive in 1850 with
100 - 300 hours of research. You can only get to 1870 if you are
black, sadly. Many young people stop reading here and pick another
hobby. <br>
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No web site is going to tell you how your great grandparents decorated
the Christmas tree with ornaments cut from tin foil during the
depression, how Great Uncle Elmer wooed his wife with a banjo, or how
Uncle John paid his way through college in the 1960's by smuggling
herbs. Talk to your living relatives before it is too late. <br>
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You won't find living people on genealogy sites. You'll have to get
back to people living in 1930 or so by talking to relatives, looking
up obituaries and so forth. <br>
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Finally, not everything you read on the internet is true. You have to
be cautious and look at people's sources. Cross-check and verify.
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So much for the warnings. Here is the main link. <br>
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<a href="http://www.tedpack.org/yagenlinks.html"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.tedpack.org/yagenlinks.html</a>
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That page has links, plus tips and hints on how to use the sites, for
a dozen huge free sites. Having one link here in the answer and a
dozen links on my personal site gets around two problems. First, Y!A
limits us to 10 links in an answer. Second, if one or more of the
links are popular, I get "We're taking a breather" when I try to post
the answer. This is a bug introduced sometime in August 2008 with the
"new look". <br>
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You will need the tips. Just for instance, most beginners either put
too much data into the RWWC query page, or they mistake the Ancestry
ads at the top for the query form. I used to teach a class on Internet
Genealogy at the library. I watched the mistakes beginners made. The
query forms on the sites are NOT intuitive.
answers3: you're. the least puzzling way is to get elected President.
in case you do no longer take that path, that's a learn undertaking.
that is no longer rocket technological know-how - anybody who can get
a "B" in intense college historic previous has adequate potential -
notwithstanding it does take time. while you're a non-Hispanic white
American, you could in all probability come back to human beings alive
in 1850 with one hundred - 3 hundred hours of paintings, unfold out
over as many nights and weekends as you elect. you many times
ineffective end with human beings alive in 1870 while you're black,
and with the folk who immigrated while you're Hispanic. you have some
staggering solutions with hyperlinks already.
answers4: This one is good and it's free. Be careful, though. The
top is an ad. Type where it says Advanced Search More than 575
million names on file. Good luck! <br>
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
answers5: Start by writing down everything you know about your parents
and grandparents such as names, birth dates, where born, name of
husband or wife, brothers and sisters and so forth, Google family data
sheet to find some free ones. <br>
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Then look at Family Search (the LDS Website) and see what other
information you can find. <br>
<a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default....</a>
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There are hundrds of other sites but that is a good place to start.
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