How do I trace my family tree, to prove my indian heritage?
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The Mormon Church has the most up to date registry of most of the people in the U.S.. Also, I believe that the Buear \n(s) of Indians might be able to help you. Go to Yahoo Search and see what you can find.\nHave a nice day.
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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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The best way to trace maternal ancestry is through Mitochondrial DNA. It is only passed down throught the mother and therefore much less intergrated than "normal" DNA.\n\nThey have used this technique to find the origins of the first "Eve" as it were. So its definitely possible.
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Try http://www.ancestry.com which will walk you through everything.
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Look in RWWC (Link 2); use the surname and "Bristol" in birth place. Then wipe it out of BP, put it in Marriage place, then Death place.\n\nThe rest of this is a genral answer.\n\nLinks 1 - 2 are large, free general sites full of data.\nCyndi's List has 240,000 free links.\nThe Ancestry site will tell you name origins.\n\nDon't expect to find yourself or your parents or grandparents, if they are living. Most genealogists hide details of living people. It will take time, too. Most young people want to get a 16-generation pedigree chart as easily as they can download an MP3 file. You can't. \n\nhttp://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp\nhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi\nhttp://www.cyndislist.com/\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
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First you would need to see what tribe your family is from.  Then you would then want to see if you could apply for a number from the tribe.  However, since you only specified your great grandparents as being full Indian, you may not qualify.  Generally you have to be at least 1/4 (or 25%) blood lineage to get a number from the tribe.  But, you may still want to check with the tribe to see if they are offering any scholarships for decedents.  You also asked if you had to live on a reservation.  Some Native American Indian scholarships require this, but not all.  Check to first see if they offer scholarships and what their criteria may be.
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try a trial of ancestry.com they have links to all kinds of records
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go to google and type in  _____(your last name) genealogy
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go to ancestry.com it cost money though not to sure how much
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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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You should ask the elders in your community, somebody who knows your heritage well will be more authorised to help you answer your questions and ease your mind.
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use could do keyword searches\ngenealogy surname ancestor ancestry census\n\n\nor better yet look at the genealogy beginner site below on how to start. (first one listed)\n\ntry one of the sites below
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ancestry.com is good back to 1800 or so.  Their records don't go much farther back than that.  You also have to pay a fee.
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Try the Human Genome Project\nThere is some other project where you send them a splot of your blood and they tell you your entire family history and migration patterns and everything.\nIt's called genetic anthropology.\n\nSome scientists now believe that everyone can be traced back to 4 major groups of people or something like that.\n\nHere's the only link I found but there are better ones out there.
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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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Wrong question. Ask instead if you can build relationship with local tribes. \n\nMost indian communities are not impressed with claims like "I'm 1/64th indian!" It's not like there is a long-lost brother coming home.\n\nRather, most identity (in the world, not just among aboriginal communities) is relationship-based: if you are a real member of a real community, and your relationships are real, that counts for more than blood.
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ancestors?\n\nYou can do research online.  If you've got names of your parents/grandparents, dates of birth, places of birth, you can check census records or other historical documents.  They're all online.  Try your public library.