Genealogy information on the internet?

answers1: ancestry.com is awesome!!!! and FREE!!!!!!!!!!!best answer
please! check it out...
answers2: My answer is lengthy and I apologize for that but I want to
warn you of the advantages and the pitfalls of genealogy on the
internet. <br>
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Websites that only have family trees are not worth a plug nickel
unless you are willing to verify the information with
documents/records. They are subscriber submitted, very seldom
documented and if they are they are poorly documented. You frequently
will see the different info on the same people from different
subscribers. Then you will see the absolute same info on the same
people from different subscribers but you would be very foolish if you
thought for one moment that that means it is correct. A lot of people
copy without verifying. The information can be useful as clues only as
to where to get the documentation. <br>
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I recently found I was dead. So was my sister and my brother-in-law.
We died in New Jersey. Since the only time my sister and I were ever
in New Jersey is when our family drove through it coming from New York
in 1956. Hey! we've been dead for 52 years. It says so on the
internet. It has to be right if it is on the internet! <br>
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I found out that family on both sides married and died in New Jersey.
Since my ancestry is mostly southern American colonial with some
exceptions and those exceptions came in through southern ports, I was
surprised. <br>
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This tree would have been accepted by any genealogy website. You can
make up an entirely fictitious family tree and it will be accepted.
you disagree with something someone has on one of your family members,
the websites will tell you that it is between you and the other
subscriber. <br>
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Now the best for the total amount of records online isn't free but
your public library might have a subscription to it. That is
Ancestry.Com. Still be careful about the information in their family
trees. <br>
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Cyndi'sList.com is a website with links to many other websites, some
free and some not. Many people involved in genealogy find it helpful.
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Not all records are online but the ones you will find will save you
time and money traveling to courthouses, libraries etc. <br>
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However your first free source is your own family. Get information
from them. Tape your senior members if they will let you. People who
do this state they go back and listen to the tape again after doing
research and hear things they didn't hear the first time around. I am
not saying they won't be confused or wrong on some things. <br>
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Find out if anybody in your family has any old family bibles. Ask to
see and make copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.
Depending on the religious faith, baptismal, first communion,
confirmation and marriage certificates from their church can be
helpful. <br>
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A good free source is a Family History Center at a Latter Day
Saints(Mormon) Church. They have records on people all over the world,
not just Mormons. In Salt Lake City, they have the world's largest
genealogical collection. Their FHCs can order microfilm for you to
view at a nominal fee. <br>
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They won't try to convert you, at least they haven't done so to me or
anyone else that I know.
answers3: See -- <a href="https://backgroundreports.im/ancestry"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>https://backgroundreports.im/ancestry</a>
answers4: North German, Dutch, and Danish: patronymic from Harm. <br>
English: nickname from Old English hearm 'evil', 'hurt', 'injury'. <br>
English and North German: from a short form of Harman, Hermann. <br>
South German: nickname from Middle High German harm 'ermine' <br>
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If you want to know your grandfather's ancestry, you will have to do
the research.
answers5: Free genealogical websites start by doing a google search,
giving his name, date of birth, etc., in quotes, as in "john doe, born
1620, plimouth, massachusetts". <br>
You can also check Yahoo! genealogy answers; then there is my "short
answer" (Yahoo! doesn't like long answers.): <br>
You should start by asking all your living relatives about family
history. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public
library and check to see if it has a genealogy department. Most do
nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges,
universities, etc. Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and
www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card
required). <br>
Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History
Centers. They allow people to search for their family history (and,
NO, they don't try to convert you). <br>
A third option is one of the following websites: <br>
<a href="http://www.searchforancestors.com/..."
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.searchforancestors.com/...</a>
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<a href="http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739..."
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...</a>
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www dot usgenweb dot com/ <br>
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www dot census dot gov/ <br>
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<a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.rootsweb.com/</a> <br>
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www dot ukgenweb dot com/ <br>
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www dot archives dot gov/ <br>
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http://www.familysearch.org/ <br>
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http://www.accessgenealogy.com/... <br>
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http://www.cyndislist.com/ <br>
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www dot geni dot com/ <br>
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Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's
passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the
Philippines, where ever and whatever. <br>
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Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620,
plimouth, massachusetts" as an example. <br>
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Good luck and have fun! <br>
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Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites: <br>
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www dot associatedcontent dot com/article... <br>
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Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know
where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Besides all the
mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth
certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the
hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up
on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA. <br>
I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics
Genotype Program.