what is a good way to trace your family tree?
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Hi starrr,\nThere are several good web sites out there. Here's a few\nhttp://www.genealogy.com/\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/\nhttp://www.familysearch.org/\nhttp://www.rootsweb.com/\nhttp://www.accessgenealogy.com/\nhttp://www.census-online.com/\nFor more help go to the message boards and tell them who your looking for and most people are kind in there replies. Good Luck: Blueladybug
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Here are a few to get you started.  I hope you find your branch of the family in one of these.  Good luck!
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looking for relatives via DNA
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The Mormon Church and others have great databases that are accessible by internet and in person looking for Geneology.  They can find generations back further than 1700.
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Look in the answers to  resolved questions in the Genealogy category. There are 250,000 links there.
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http://www.familysearch.org\nhttp://www.accessgenealogy.com/\n\nCyndi's List has a bunch too:\nhttp://www.cyndislist.com/\n\nIt's a hard thing to do but possible. It took me 2 years online and all I had to start with was my grandmother's name and her parents, I got all the way back to 1535!
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That's a good question, and seeing as how I'm related to alot of families (like most people really, they just don't know it), now you have me wanting to know.  But right now I don't. Even though I have a recently deceased grandmother who loved to follow the family tree's roots REALLY far. \nP.S. Thanks for getting me on a 'google' tangent again. Sigh.
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Yahoo Answers has a Genealogy category under "Arts & Humanities". Half of the questions there are inane. Most of the rest are either "What is the meaning of the {xyz} surname?" or "How do I find my family tree?".\n\nYou can't find your family tree without spending a month or two at it, unless you get REAL lucky. (For instance, an aunt has spent 30 years at it and has you in her tree.)\n\nYahoo! itself doesn't have any genealogy data.\n\nThe resolved Q in the Genealogy category have some links that will get you started, if you are still interested.
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go to ancestry.com it cost money though not to sure how much
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I'm a genealogist. Start with your parents and began tracing backwards. Lots of internet sites to help you and if you need a little advice, email me. Tina
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Most genealogy programs will have an import function that you can try to use.  But it will be highly dependent on the format of the text file you have.  If it's is a fairly standard format you shouldn't have any trouble, but if it's your grandmother's memoirs you may have a tough time :)\n\nSome more ideas in the link.
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www.ancestry.com - much of the site is free but you have to pay for many features\n\nhttp://www.rootsweb.com/ - this is one of the oldest and best genealogy sites and everything on it is free\n\nhttp://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/default.aspx - this site has profiles of surnames\n\nhttp://wc.rootsweb.com/ - you will find family trees on this site and you may find that some of your relatives are there.\n\nGenealogy is so much fun - I hope you have a lot of success!\n\ns
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Pay some money and go to an online family registry where uc an look up your whole history for like 19.99
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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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Well, Ancestry.com is an excellent site. You can get a free \n2 weeks. You can get a lot done in two weeks by looking up recent census records by name, which may tell you approximately or specifically where they live. And then play around from there for more information.
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It may take a little work and a little money,but the best thing to do is to first sit down with your parents or grandparents and collect important dates,like births, deaths, departures, and arrivals. Then the office of public records usually has death certificates and other information for about $5-$15 per document. Including birth records, and immigration list and charts. Don't fall for those crappy genealogy sites, they kinda just give you a general idea, about your last name etc. Now, if you want even further the National Geographic Society will send you a kit, and test your DNA and send you a map which will show your ancestral history back 100s of years. i hoped this helped .G'luck
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check out www.ancestry.com