how can i find family history w/o paying for an online site?
now that i have a daughter i would like to be able to show her her family ancestry, i know that i have english cherokee &Blackfoot on paternal and irish english french cherokee & welsh on mothers side. i would like to know where these came in and if i have more ingredients in my blood.
my daughter was named after her grandfather,great grandfather and her middle name came from her great great grandfather,while on her fathers side it is in middle names for 2 generations then as a first for @ least 1.
i dont want to pay for fees or memberships if i can do it myself,or there are sites that will help for free.
First I recommend this free tutorial. http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Then, start with your birth certificate which has your parents and then ask your parents for copies of their birth certificates which will have you grandparents on them. Then if you grandparents are deceased, you could order a copy of their birth certificates, which would have the names of your great grandparents as well…these, could be a problem depending on when your grandparents were born, as birth certificates did not exist before the early 1900s.
So, by ordering these documents you have gone to relatively little expense and you have three generations plus yourself and you have it documented with primary documents…that will give you 2 parents, 4 grandparents, and 8 great grandparents names to start researching. Be sure to ask all your living relatives about family history and get any documents or pictures they are willing to share with you for your files. You can photocopy or scan these and return them to their owner. You can now use death certificates, marriage records, census records, immigration records, church records, court records and many other sources to research your ancestry. Your public libraries will most likely have both Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest.com free for anyone to use while at the library and with a library card you should be able to use Heritage Quest at home.
Another free online resource is USGenWeb at http://www.usgenweb.org/ this sprawling all-volunteer site is packed with how-to tips, queries and records for every state and most counties within those states. Special projects usgenweb.org/projects cover subjects such as censuses, tombstones and family group sheets. Do not miss the easy-to-overlook search of the entire site http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ht… Then, there is Rootsweb at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ a free site hosted by Ancestry.com where you can search for surnames and leave queries on the message boards.
Additionally, there is the LDS/Mormon site, which has many free online records at http://www.familysearch.org/ . In addition to their online records, they have the Family History Centers where you can go to get help with research and look at microfilm and microfiche and they only charge if they have to order something for you or you need photocopies. Finally, if you need software to organize your genealogy data you can download their Personal Ancestral File [PAF] free at http://www.familysearch.org/ .
Also, be sure to check each state that you need information from as many have their own projects, for example, the state of Missouri has a great website that has many free source documents online at http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ and South Carolina has many free wills and other court documents at http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinear…
And, do not forget to check Cyndi’s List at http://www.cyndislist.com/ and ProGenealogist top 50 genealogist websites at http://www.progenealogists.com/top50gene…
both of these sites have many links for both free and fee based sites but I believe most of the fee based ones are marked with a $.
I am certain I could list many more websites but this list is rather comprehensive while being easy on the wallet, which is something everyone can appreciate these days.
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