Forum: Tracing Your Family Roots

So I finally got my book from my cousin - it is about a 4 inch think file of mostly, printouts from a software program, then about 50 pages of pictures. Basically I paid $65 for a printout of her master file (thought hte pics are great). I asked if I could get a copy of the file, and she said no...

I'm looking for the name of the site that posts pictures of actual headstones.

I have an old version of something, but it won't work with Vista. It's outdated anyway, and I want something else. What do you use?

My Mother said, that her Great Grandma said, that she was a descendant of the Mayflower....Now granted my Mother is almost 80 and when her Great Grandma died she was only about 6...and Her Great Grandma was 87 when she died...So was this just telling stories to a little girl??? Anyways, I belong...

Genealogybank.com I just received an email about it. I wish they had a free trial period, but it is $9.95 for a 30 day trial. It does let you search a name, but if you try to further, it asks for a credit card #. Just thought I'd pass it along... Tea~*

I just finished the process of getting my DH his card and registered - took 3 years. Starting with my daughter next. They are Cherokee. Anybody here the same or have any american indian blood lines?

This is a family reunion from the early 1900's of my Mom's family.

Well all of my life my paternal grandma has treated me with indifference, never going out of her way to hurt me, but never going out of her way to hug me or spend time with me either. Thankfully my maternal grandma was always there for me to hug me, give advice, scold me, kiss my owwies, etc,,,so...

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0

Have you ever thought of doing this? I live 1000 miles from where my side of the family has it's roots so it has been very hard to research my family history. DH's family are all from here so his was much much easier. I transcribed a small cemetery in town and sent it in to be placed...

I had a hard time finding my maternal great-grandfather. No one seemed to know much about him and there was a lot of hush hush about his death. I looked for months online for him and it took about a half dozen times at the archives in my home state before I found his death certificate. As excited...

I came across this announcement today about free access to ancestory.com. You don't have to be LDS (Mormon) to use their family history centers. In fact, about half the users are typically non-LDS. There is no cost unless you need to order a roll of microfilm or something, but that is pretty rare...

I don't know how many people actually peek into this board, but I'm open to any suggestions on how I can get this board moving. What can I do as the BC of this board to make it more exciting or informative... Any ideas? Thanks! Tea~*

I have just found out about a site called Footnote (www.footnote.com ). I have begun perusing it and signed up for a 7 day free membership. It looks a little promising and hope I find some good info!! I will post anything of value if I come across any. Tea~*

This came from a newsletter I get: http://www.allthingsfrugal.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <*> Christmas Traditions <*> I hope this year you composed a Christmas letter of family events and experiences, and enclosed it with your Christmas cards. Save time...

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A guy emailed me from france with some information on MIL's family line. I am so thrilled. He had some information about some of the children that I didn't have mostly death dates. One died at sea running opium from China. The Bible information list the name of the ship so I'll be looking it up...

This is not totally on topic, but thought I'd share. It's kind of neat to see what the area you grew up in (or had ancestors from) looked like way back when. Click on your state and county to check it out. Tea~*

Once I got past my mother's grandfather, he was a difficult find-lots of mystery surrounding him (long story), I found out that his father was a pro baseball player in the 1880's. There were a few long write ups on him in the papers when died. Just wondering what anyone else has found that was...

I haven't gotten to work on my tree in a while, but now that I'm done with a class and I'm looking at some down time when we're actively in the 2WW I'm looking forward to looking again. Anyone know of good sites for German ancestors that are in English? I have my greatgrandfather's name,...

I've been looking for DH's step Grandfather's Mom in the census' and I finally found her and her first husband. Grandpa B's bio father. I've been looking for her off and on for the last two years. At times common names make it sooo hard.

Following are definitions of the various genealogical charts. A Pedigree Chart is a graphical representation of an individual's direct family lines reaching backward in time. An Ahnentafel Chart is simply a pedigree chart in list form rather than chart form. The advantages of an Ahnentafel...

Thought I would share some interesting regarding names. Until about 1100 A.D., most people in Europe only had one name. (This is still true in some primitive countries today.) As the population increased, it became awkward to live in a village wherein perhaps 1/3 of the males were named John,...