Just curious. If not whats the longest anyone has been able to trace their family tree.
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No. Most people have a hard time going back just 10 generations.  If a generation is 33 years, then to go back to the year 1 is about 67 generations.  Only the famous were written about and the common man was not recorded.  Even if the common man was recorded, very little of the records are still in existence.  The translation of of the records would be a problem also.  You would also need the records for all of the descendants to be intact. Small odds of that happening.\n  Navaho People have a means by going back for family history, and there are a couple of other groups of people that can trace back the family lines.
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go to guinnessworldrecords.com
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I think this is what you are looking for;\n\nhttp://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=51451
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DNA can trace a long ways back. There are "markers" that persons of the same relation will carrying. one set of markers is for your mothers side and another from your fathers side. if i rememeber right the mothers side is a little eaiser to trace back. :)
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One of the best places to get started is Cyndi's List of Geneaology Sites. You say you can afford more sites so try ancestry.com. They have a huge repository of data but it costs about $80 per year to subscribe.
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Three people on RWWC\nhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi\nhave an Isadore Cloutier who married a Marie or Mary Parent, but they have him living 1832 - 1907. This one has a daughter Julie, b. 1857. They all lived in Somerset WI. Could you have gotten the death year wrong?
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I need to know the exact names of your parents and your grandparents and your great grandparents to search for them.\n\nI also need to know the names of all the brothers and sisters of your parents and grandparents and great grandparents.
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/print.cgi?ceja::28.html
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hey, i'm a stevenson! i don't have a clue about what you are talking about with royalty..however, i would like my stipend too...and i suppose a title so i can prove it's owed to me, also...i'm into genealogy and i did some famdamily history on stevenson..and i actually found living relatives who also do tree limb leaves...who are realted to me by stevenson..if you'd like i can get you his name and you can see if you are realted to him, me and robert louis stevenson...i also found 5000 plus other names that were related!
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You could go to\nhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi\n\nlook up someone famous, like Robert E. Lee or Brigham Young or Henry Tudor, King of England. Click on the individual, then "Pedigree".
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I've been doing genealogy for 30 years, 8 of them on the Internet. It would take me 40 - 60 hours to assemble a family tree going back to your 16 great-great grandparents. I'm not offering to work for you; I'm using my experience as a ruler. You may not get as far as you want to by Christmas, for several reasons. You may not be able to find 20 3-hour blocks of free time in the next 40 days. You may run into "brick walls". Please don't let that discourage you, and don't let the pressure of "getting it done" let you take facts without checking them.\n\nI save this and paste it because the same questions come up a lot:\n\nWhat are good free sites for genealogy?\nDoes anyone know about the {surname} family?\nHow can I trace my family tree, for free?\n\nSometimes in the genealogy category, \nArts & Humanities -> Genealogy. \nSometimes elsewhere. The fourth time I typed in three of my favorite links I realized it would be better to make a good list and save it. Since this is a general answer, some of the paragraphs may not apply to you. If you search or browse the resolved questions in the Genealogy category, you can find more links from other people. \n\nTwo warnings:\n1) It takes time. Compiling a good family tree is like writing a term paper for a high school history class.  You have to do research.\n2) Most of the genealogy data on the web is about people born before 1900, to protect living people's privacy. You'll have to find your grandparents (or great grandparents) off the web. \n\nHere are some large free sites. \n\nhttp://www.cyndislist.com/\n(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed.)\nhttp://www.familysearch.com\n(Mormon's mega-site)\nhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi\n(450,000,000+ entries, some excellent, some bad, most in between)\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=\nSurname meanings and origins; no specific individuals, but fun.\n\nThese are for the USA only. \n\nhttp://www.usgenweb.net/\n(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)\n(Canada has a Canadian Gen Web, with sites for each province.)\nhttp://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi\n(Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced".)\nhttp://find.person.superpages.com/\n(US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins)\n\nThese two are for the UK & Ireland only:\nhttp://www.genuki.org.uk\nhttp://www.freebmd.org.uk/\n\n\nIf you get serious, you should probably buy a genealogy program. I like Roots Magic. Family Tree Maker is very popular. Both are $29 in the USA, but you can sometimes find old versions in discount bins at software stores.\n\nhttp://www.tedpack.org/begingen.html\nhas some tips for beginners.
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THERE ARE ALOT OF WEBSITES THAT TRACK DOWN YOUR HISTORY IF YOU HAVE HIS FULL NAME PLACE OF BIRTH PARENTS NAMES ECT... YOUR SURE TO GET SOME RESULTS OTHERWISE I DONT KNOW........ GOOD LUCK WITH THE FATHER QUEST..
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Yes. Their Family tree is in the link below.
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ancestry.com will accommodate you to a certain point and then will ask you if you want to subscribe. the information you get at first is basic at best, but , it seems as though that is what you're looking for. this web site is good because  it presents many different angles to get information. good luck
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u can find family members on google
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We have been working on our "Roots" for years.  My great grandfather came from Alabama and his sisters and brothers scattered throughout the US.  We found out the slavemaster's name for our ancestor's but haven't been successful in tracking his ancester's yet.  We were told that The Mormon's kept records from slavery days so now we're concentrating on finding records at The Mormon's Church.  \n\nKeep in mind, that hte slaves were not educated and they did not spell last names the same.  They would spell and write the way it sound.  That only means that some of the ancester's surnames may have had an "A" when others may have had an "O".  Could all be sisters and brothers.\n\nSometimes the slavemasters chose to change the last names of some and some may have had the slavemaster's last name.  It's all so complicated.  \n\nI will continue searching. Maybe we can help each other.  gl
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If you can find out one or the other it will help you immensely. I hope for you sake that it was in Indiana. I am from IN and and have had very good luck tracing records in almost all of the county court houses. Many of the county libraries have extensive documents from local news papers. I know how frustrating any geneology work can be I have been working off and on on mine for 20 years. Best of luck.