Noun
genealogy (Note spelling: not geneology)- The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
- A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
- The study, and formal recording of such descents.
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...Genealogy (from Greek: , , "generation"; and , , "knowledge") is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members. The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives. Read full entry
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I'm now starting to get into
genealogy. I have a list of
people I can use to research.
But I seriously dont know
where to start, I mean where
do I go? Is there any website
I can use to look up my
ancestors? Any advice would be
notified.
Signed.
Old Finder.
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You start by getting as much information from living family members as possible, particularly your senior members. Tape them if they will let you. They might be a little confused on some things but what might seem to be insignificant story telling might turn out to be very significant. Nothinguseful has already recommended your public library. Check it out and see what all they have. They might have a subscription to Ancestry.Com you can use. Ancestry.Com has lots of records and seems to be getting more all the time. They have all the U. S. censuses through 1930. The 1940 and later are not available to the public yet. They have U. K. censuses also. Just don't take as absolute fact everything you see in family trees on any website, free or paid. The information is user submitted and documentation is not required. The trees are not documented or poorly documented. You might see in some cases different information on the same people from different submitters.. Then you will see the same info from different submitters on the same people without documentation. Too often people are copying without verifying and there are errors on the trees on websites. Also if people have Family Tree Maker and a subscription to Ancestry.Com, for instance, they can merged other people's trees into theirs and then upload the merged tree into various websites. When people do this they are more interested in collecting a lot of names and not quality research. A Family History Center at a Latter Day Saints(Mormon) Church is very important to check out. 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 Family History Centers can order microfilm for you to view at a nominal fee. I have never had them to try and convert me or send their missionaries by to ring my doorbell. I haven't heard of them doing that to anyone else either. TBM has given you some great advice about getting vital records. Now each state has its own laws about who, when and where a person can obtain these records. Also governing bodies(state,county,city), in a lot of states did not start recording vital information until the first quarter of the 20th century. Once they did a lot of people who were born at home or died at home did not get recorded. Birth and death certificates contain names of both parents, including mother's maiden name, and their places of birth on the death certificate. The 2 social security number applications I have seen also have the same parent information and their places of birth. If you find there is no recordd available then you turn to church records, Baptisms, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and Death. Many faiths keep these records and they contain parent information. But documentation is a must. Good Luck! |
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What is the best genealogy I want to set my Mother up
with genealogy software and
arrange it so that she can do
research online. What is the
best software and online
services? Any suggestions or
further advice?
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Software - Roots Magic On-line services - Ancestry is expensive but they have census images from 1790 - 1930 and UK census data as well. You'll need a fast connection; census images are almost a MB each. If she is a beginner, steer her to the free sites first. Have her join the County Genealogical society, too - she will meet dozens of fellow researchers. |
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Genealogy site where I can Is there a family
tree/genealogy website that
allows you to search for
family tree's that have two or
more particular surnames in
them? thanks in advance.
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I hope you mean a Smith married to a Jones, not a Smith whose fourth cousin once removed was a Jones. No site in the 500,000 will do that last one, although Google might find them if they were on the same (massive) FTM report masquerading as a web page. RWWC's search engine allows you to specify spouse's name - it can be given or surname. The LDS site allows you to look for marriage records. GenCircles has the spouse option too. GenForum's surname forums allow searches for the other name - in my example, you'd search the SMITH surname board for Jones, and vice versa. Ancestry's surname forums do to; or you could search for both surnames across all boards. Roots Web's mailing list archives recently upgraded, so you can search all the lists at once, so you could search for both names with the AND qualifier. Illinois Marriages is sort of what you want, if your individuals were married in Illinois before 1900. So is the WV Archive marriage data base, again if you had ancestors there. RWWC and LDS are below. Write if you want the other links. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------------- This is a long answer that I paste now and again to questions like yours. The short answer to "How can I find my family tree?" is that if one of your great-aunts has spent 30 years researching it, AND has posted her research on the Internet, you'll find it. If not, you will have to do the research yourself. It is not difficult, but it takes time. Most young people do not want to spend a couple of hours a week doing research, because it is too much like homework. So, you may want to skip the rest of this answer. If not, read on. If your line has been "done", chance are it is on one of these two sites. When you search, don't fill in all of the fields. Start with given name, surname and birth year. Use (+/-) 5 for the birth year. Expect to spend 15 - 45 minutes on each. Neither has any living people, so don't enter your own name. http://www.familysearch.com (Mormon's mega-site. Click on "Search", to start with, or "Advanced Search") Roots Web http://www.rootsweb.com and in particular, http://worldconnect.genealogy. rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi (Roots Web World Connect; 460,000,000+ entries, of varying quality) Here are a few more. The resolved questions have lots of links and tips. http://www.cyndislist.com/ (240,000+ links, all cross-indexed. If you want Welsh or Pennsylvania Dutch or Oregon or any other region, ethnic group or surname, chances are she has links for it.) Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/ (which has free pages and FEE pages - so watch out) and, in particular, http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ facts/default.aspx?ln= Surname meanings and origins http://www.tedpack.org/beginge n.html My own site: "How to Begin" United States only: http://www.usgenweb.net/ (Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.) (The Canadians have Canadian Gen Web, by province) http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb .com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi (Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced". You may find your grandparents.) http://find.person.superpages. com/ (US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins) United Kingdom Only: http://www.genuki.org.uk/ (Biggest site for United Kingdom & Ireland) http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ (Free Birth, Marriage & Death Records) In the USA, some public libraries have census image subscriptions. Many Family History Centers do too. This is a general hint: Even though you go in through YA Canada, YA Australia, YA UK or YA USA, all of the questions go into one big "pot" and get read by everyone in the world who speaks English. Most of the people here are in the UK and USA, but you sometimes get questions and answers from people who worry about kangaroos eating their roses. So, if you are asking about a specific individual, put a nation and a state / province. It will help people help you. |
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