how do i find out my family heritage?
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start by talking to your family. you can do some rearch online at sites like ancestry.com and rootsweb.com.
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Ask from your grandfather , grandmother and etc.
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You might be able to try http://www.ancestory.com \nHope it helps!
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go to google and type in  _____(your last name) genealogy
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Contact the country of family origin. Search libraries, county/city records of that country. \nYou may need to write if you find no information from an internet search.\nIf you know any relatives in your family country of origin, they may be able to assist.\nIt may not always be as easy as [yourfamilyname].com - Many unrelated families have the same last name, jonyboy26.
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That requires some research. One of the best places to do research is Net Detective, the link is in my sources. You can look up people and run surname searches to investigate your or someone elses family history.
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try several things\nhttp://www.usgenweb.org/\nhttp://familysearch.org/\n\n\nClick my photo and browse other genealogy type questions\non my answer list. or  contact me and I'll see if I can help  with more details Good Luck
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If you go the the Registrar or Births, Marriages and Deaths and if you know the date of his birth it will say where he is born.  You will see on the certificate the name of the parents and if they are the same as you know they are then you have it.  Otherwise do a people search on the internet and see if that helps.Start off with your parents name and then see where it leads you to.  Good luck.
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To find your family history, go to ancestry.com and check out their database, tools and resources. It's a great site and a lot more secure than using Yahoo Answers for your family tree search.\n\nBut... please do not post so many personal details about yourself and your family online!  There are so many scammers and con artists out here, you have no idea who might see this post and try to con you.  Now all these strangers know your grandmother's maiden name which may not sound like much, but a savvy con artist can take the information in your post and use it to exploit you.
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You can find all kinds of info at ancestry. com  and any geneology references
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Look online for your family name and see if you have one. Most coat of arms can also be found in the encyclopedia at the library.
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The only way is to do the footwork. If your father was referring to British royalty and you are keen to trace your family in the UK, you will need to look at your family's birth, marriage and death certificates. If your Dad has his birth certificate it will show your grandparents' names. You can then trace back to their certificates and discover your great grandparents' names until they started in 1837. From that information, you should be able to discover dates and places and compare them to censuses which will give you more information. Finally, the oldest data around is contained in parish registers. It will take some doing to find out, but is possible.\n\nA lot of this information has been made available on-line.\n\nIf your ancestors were royal doctors, it is also likely that they will appear in history books and biographies - so it is worth rooting around your second hand bookshops and library too.\n\nThe BBC has a brilliant website that will help anyone interested in finding out about their British ancestory. See below . . .
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Genealogy is not as simple as typing in a few words and hitting enter.  I have been working on my families for over twenty-five years now.\nI would suggest you start at either  \nwww.familysearch.org \nwww.rootsweb.com\nHowever, you will have so much more fun if you trace your family the old fashioned way.  Search archives, courthouses, cemeteries and libraries.\nHappy hunting.
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It depends.  If you are adopted, go to the agency.  Ask your parents if they have information, etc.\n\nIf you are not adopted, but your dad is deceased, you should ask your grandparents, aunts and uncles, and etc.  \n\nIf your Dad left the family and you don't know where he or his family is, then you are stuck asking your mom.  She may be a little hesitant at first, but if you are respectful and polite, I'll bet she will tell you.  \n\nCheck your birth certificate and record the name of your birth father and the place that you were born.  You might be lucky if you go to the town clerk's office and look for his birth certificate there.  Lots of times we are born in the same town as our father.  It just happens sometimes.  It's a thought.\n\nThere are searching services to help you.  I don't know which ones are reputable. \n\nhttp://www.ask.com/web?q=how+do+I+find+my+birth+parents%3F&qsrc=0&o=0\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2006-03,RNWE:en&q=birth+parents\n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=slv2-msgr&p=search%20birth%20parents\n\nGood luck in your search for truth.
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go to myheritage.com that site should help. \n\nthere is also ancestry.com but you have to pay for that I think.
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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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I would suggest you go to a site called Ancestry.com and search there. I haven't been there in a long time but I know they have lots of information. You will probably have to sign up to search. Good Luck....Patty