Help please—geneology?
Can someone please give me some good FREE sites for geneology searches–I don’t need some where to make a tree just searches and also some where that I can access florida death records for free—Thanks I would pay if I had the money but my family is running short on money right now and I want to find as much info as I can before my 81 year old great grandmother dies please—With prayers she will live much longer and I am truly hoping she does because she is my best friend but that’s here nor there—Mainly I just need those sites==Thanks
My favorite place to realize how many sites there are, is www.cyndislist.com. The trick is knowing that if gr grandma’s parent(s) come from a certain place, the ‘best’ place may be a specialized one, not the "we have 3 trillion names in our database" type. www.usgenweb.com is a volunteer network covering the US, then there is a great tutorial at rootsweb. Also at rootsweb.com (click on searches) is the social security death index. If HER parents died since 1960ish, they are likely in that file. It won’t have certificates itself, but dates and places help. I have never met a mortician I didn’t like.. meaning, if she recalls the cemetery or funeral home, they often will send the file (and they are the ones who fill out the certificates).
Second… take 5 more points and please REPOST with names and approx dates and places (not her, since she is still living). Trust me, you’ll get leads or solid facts.
I am in midst of doing the re-work for my mother in law 84 and her 94 yr old partner. Scanning old pics so she can use her new computer to zoom in (losing her sight, so this is great). Yes, dear.. it IS here or there, its a wonderful gift of yourself, and way to bond even stronger. You go, girl.
genealogy.com appears to be a free website. Your local historical society would be a good bet too.
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http://www.familysearch.org–the Mormon site everyone talks about is free, and they include a Social Security Death Index, International Genealogical Index, Pedigree file, and Ancestral file from all over the world.
http://www.genealogy.com
http://www.cyndislist.com is free and has a LOT of different categories to look under–from military to Native American, state records, international records,etc.
http://www.gencircles.com
http://www.rootsweb.com
http://www.ask.com lists genealogy sites. And, believe it or not, a site called http://www.dogpile.com lists 91 free genealogy sites.
The best thing to do is just type in "free genealogy sites" in search engines like google or yahoo, altavista, etc.
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have used these sites, including http://www.dogpile.com 🙂
google.com
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google.com
My favorite place to realize how many sites there are, is http://www.cyndislist.com. The trick is knowing that if gr grandma’s parent(s) come from a certain place, the ‘best’ place may be a specialized one, not the "we have 3 trillion names in our database" type. http://www.usgenweb.com is a volunteer network covering the US, then there is a great tutorial at rootsweb. Also at rootsweb.com (click on searches) is the social security death index. If HER parents died since 1960ish, they are likely in that file. It won’t have certificates itself, but dates and places help. I have never met a mortician I didn’t like.. meaning, if she recalls the cemetery or funeral home, they often will send the file (and they are the ones who fill out the certificates).
Second… take 5 more points and please REPOST with names and approx dates and places (not her, since she is still living). Trust me, you’ll get leads or solid facts.
I am in midst of doing the re-work for my mother in law 84 and her 94 yr old partner. Scanning old pics so she can use her new computer to zoom in (losing her sight, so this is great). Yes, dear.. it IS here or there, its a wonderful gift of yourself, and way to bond even stronger. You go, girl.
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The best place to get access to really good FREE records is to go to the library where they pay for the subscription to some really expensive sites for you. All you need is your library card and you get free access to either Ancestry.com or HeritageQuest. They’re wonderful sites for the records you need and all you have to do is drive to the library to access them.
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