what site do i go to find out my family tree using my name first?
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i dont think its a good idea to find the family tree with ur first name
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Yeah, it's http://www.genealogy.com/ or http://www.ancestry.com/
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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 www.ancestry.com
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Try Wikipedia. I found the ethnicity of my last name from there.
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The best place to find genealogy info is at a Latter Day Saints church. Even though I don't belong to that church, I always go there to find information, they have excellent records. Most of the older ones are on microfiche, so you won't be able to find it online.
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Family Tree and pictures.
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All you can learn about your family tree.
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Try www.houseofnames.com or www.ancestry.com
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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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http://www.last-names.net/ easy enough eh? looks promising so good luck... ^___~
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My cousin did our genealogy and discovered our family descended from English royalty. I don't know his name, I was young and was kind of ho-hum about it at the time but other family members were real excited about it. Sorry, no link.
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These may help get you started. The study of family history is called "Genealogy", and Yahoo! Has a category for it over in Arts & Humanities.\n\nhttp://www.cyndislist.com/\n(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed.)\n\nhttp://www.familysearch.com\n(Mormon's mega-site)\n\nhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi\n(450,000,000+ entries, of varying quality)\n\nhttp://www.usgenweb.net/\n(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)\n\nhttp://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi\n(Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced".)\n\nhttp://find.person.superpages.com/\n(US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins)\n\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=\nSurname meanings and origins\n\nThree warnings: \n\nThere isn't a magic site that will take your name in and give you a 12-generation pedigree. Genealogy takes time.\n\nYou won't find living people on any of the sites except the phone book one. You will have to find your grandparents' or great grandparents' birth dates and maiden names somewhere besides the Internet.\n\nThe free sites are supported by advertising, just like TV. You can't watch the Super Bowl without seeing a beer commercial, and you can't surf for dead relatives without seeing an Ancestry advertisement. Don't complain about advertisements. They bring you the "free" sites. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
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You can find all kinds of info at ancestry. com  and any geneology references
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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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This is a text file I save and paste for your convenience and mine. I don't have to type it again and you don't have to plow through 47 resolved questions to find it.\n\nGenealogy is a fascinating hobby, but it usually takes more time than most young people are willing to spend. A good family tree takes more time than a term paper, and involves more research. You don't need a college degree to do genealogy, just common sense and patience.\n\nGenealogy is the most popular hobby on the Internet for people over 40. As an example, Cyndi's List (link 1) is a web site with nothing but links to other genealogy sites. She has over 250,000 links.\n\nThe next two links are to the two largest free data bases on the Internet. Family Search (familysearch.com) is run by the LDS Church - the Mormons. RootsWeb World Connect (worldconnect.genealogy) is a collection of genealogical data that other genealogists have uploaded. \n\nTry your two surnames in each data base - your father's surname and your mother's maiden surname. That will give you a feel for how much research has been done on those two surnames. Even better, if you can, call your grandparents and ask what THEIR grandparent's names were - maiden name for the ladies. Their birth day and birth state will help too. Those 16 people are your great-great grandparents. \n\nMost Yahoo! users are 20, give or take 10 years. Most people have children between the ages of 20 and 40, which averages to 30 years per generation. So, if you were born 20 years ago, your mother and father were born 50 years ago, your four grandparents were born 80 years ago, your eight great-grandparents were born 110 years ago and your sixteen great-great grandparents were born 140 years ago. (Those are averages; your results will vary.) If you can get the names of all 16 of your great-great grandparents, you should be able to find at least one or two by name in one of the data bases. You won't find yourself or your parents, because genealogy sites hide dates and details - usually even given names - for people born after 1920. The SSDI (Social Security Death Index) is an exception. It will have people born any time, so long as they have died. \n\nLink 4 (superpages) is a web-based phone book. It will tell you how many people with your surname have listed phone numbers in the US.\n\nLink 5 (begingen.html) is a page on my web site with some hints for beginners. One of the pages is "How to Start". There are also liks to larger, more comprehensive beginner's guides.
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try:\n\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/