Genealogy

clowns101 · Oct 18, 2011

Hey guys-

I have a project that I have to have done that deals with genealogy. Any idea where a good place to start on this would be?I'm looking for information tracing back to when my family first migrated.

I looked at ancestry.com, but it's billed be $239.00 for the trial, and I'm looking for something that is more helpful.

Any other places people would recommend?

Thanks,
Austin

GeoHawk · Oct 19, 2011

I have found familysearch.org to be helpful.

skinz78 · Oct 19, 2011

I did the Ancestry thing, they must have raised their prices, I think when I did it it was like $30. I also found quite a lot through a religious group, I wanna say it was the Mormons but I can't remember for sure. From what I was told and found they have the most complete recordings of ancestry in the world.

Chops30 · Oct 19, 2011

yeah, the Mormons have got an impressive collection of records. Agoogle search on it should yield fruitful.

VegasRick · Oct 19, 2011

I think family tree software runs about $60, it gives a 30 day free trial for the online part. Then it only runs $30 or so a month. I was able to trace some of mine back to the 2nd century. You can usually get all you need from the online part in a couple months.

Murfman · Oct 19, 2011

I use family tree maker for my DB. Findagrave dot com is helpful; rootsweb dot com; World connect; Genforum;

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