Anyone know how to trace your family ?

[bobbyhardcore]

hey just wondered if anyone knew how i can trace my family tree. Ive tried a lot of internet sites but it's to hard to trace. Anyone know any good sites? it'd be cool to find out that im a descendant of the masons or summing lol. Let me no ...

Cheers

Bob

[daima]

hey just wondered if anyone knew how i can trace my family tree. Ive tried a lot of internet sites but it's to hard to trace. Anyone know any good sites? it'd be cool to find out that im a descendant of the masons or summing lol. Let me no ...

Cheers

Bob
I use a very thin piece of paper and try to get them to hold still. Hopefully the tree isnt too big or you might not fit all on the piece of paper:dance:

dai*ma:D

[Breukelen advocaat]

I found the the Mormons' site very helpful, and they have Family History Centers everywhere - they are experts at doing it. They are also called "LDS", for Latter Day Saints. They won't push the religion on you - and charge a small fee to recall microfilm from Utah, which has their headquarters.

http://www.familysearch.org/

There is also ancestry.com, genealogy.com, and the enormous Rootsweb.com

They have message boards for family names, such as "Jones Family Genealogy Forum", etc.

I found my revolutionary war soldier ancestors, Mayflower passengers, and many from the Colonial Period - including many New England, and Martha's Vineyard, ancestors. You can spend a LIFETIME doing this.

I became eligible for, and joind, several organizations for descendants of pilgrims, revolutionary war solders, and am also eligible for a number of others.

For more recent ancestors, you can try the Ellis Island website, Castle Island, and ships' manifests.

If you think that you have ancestors that were Masons, there are probably records. I do (have Mason ancestors), but I have not researched it yet.

Good luck!

[hubblebubble]

Mormons, LOL

[FLORIDA MON]

Good call with the Mormons B.A.

They are very helpful folks and a nice community to work with.

[KEGS]

that's good to know about the mormons