Genealogy..digging up facts!

**Mary Kay** · 10-22-2009, 11:48 PM

I have a bunch of geneology sites I would like to share. If you have ever had the "bug" you will too..share please.
I have managed to get all of my families and my ex's and Inlaws families back at least 150 to 200 years. Several go back to the early 1600's and one back to 1400. That's really too far..if you ask me, but it wasn't my work, I just made the connection that lead me to them.
My goal was always to get my families back to Country of origin.
Except for 2 families I did it! But I haven't given up..there's always witness protection!

The The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints site. (LDS) Great source for names..but be aware it's only as good as the information added by the contributers!
If you are having trouble with a more recent relative..check this place for the Death date..it shows the SS# and the last few places your relative may have lived.
For a long gone relative check this place for the 1880 free online census.

FamilySearch.org - Family History and Genealogy Records
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This place is a goldmine! You just have to keep asking the questions in many different ways. Such as John Jones, J.Jones, Jones of Smith County Colorado, Colorado Jones...ect. You will hit at one point or another if old John is mentioned anywhere!

Free Genealogy and Family History Online - The USGenWeb Project
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I generaly find Ancestry to be a rip off. But you can use the census index for free. If you watch the site, you will find free 2 week trials. Use them! You will be surprised what you can find in two weeks. But before you start, write down the names you want to look for..Like GGGGrandpa Jonas Smith, once you have found him copy the info. Now try to find his children or him in the next census. You may luck out and find him living with a child. keep going..making note of the people in the house, like a MIL..giving you your GGGGrandma's maiden name. Finish the Smiths before you start on the Ribocheks family or the Garcia's Decops and the Chung's.

1880 United States Federal Census - Ancestry.com

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Another rip off but the forums are good.
GenForum - Home

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Rootsweb is a spinoff of Ancestry.
But the forums are helpful!

RootsWeb.com Home Page
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Cyndis list has never been of help to me, but other swear by it.

Cyndi's List - Databases - Searchable Online

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Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild. These people do a remarkable job listing passengers coming to America!

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

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This is a collection of articals, obits births ect. from old news papers. Good luck finding someone YOU know..but fun to read!

Genealogy from TheOldenTimes.com: Historic Newspapers Online

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If the census is on-line, it's here, unless it's in a private collection of course!

Census Online - 54,444 Links to Online Census Records

**marg** · 10-23-2009, 12:43 AM

Ty! I'll be digging into this as soon as I get back to high speed... not very excited to do it but........

**Mary Kay** · 10-23-2009, 01:01 AM

Why not Marg? I found it interesting. But I have 470 removed cousins that are really into it! Everything must have notes and citations..please! Who really cares? I will meet all these people in the By and By..so not worried if I get great great great grandpa mixed up with his brother from another marriage.

**marg** · 10-23-2009, 01:36 AM

lol

well said. lol
I think it'll be more like pulling teeth for me. We'll see, could be wrong

**beckah54** · 10-23-2009, 02:06 AM

I was bitten by the geneology bug too.

I subscribed to Ancestry.com for a year and they do have a lot of information, unfortunately, not a lot on the relatives I was looking for. After you go back a few generations, the record keeping leaves a lot to be desired.

I sent off for a death certificate for a suspected great-grandfather but it had his mother and father's names as unknown. Kind of hit a brick wall there.

I agree, MK, it is very interesting. I just retired so maybe I'll get back into the geneology research since I have the time now.

**Mary Kay** · 10-23-2009, 02:54 AM

The whole trick is to post on the forums..list as much as you can (only about the long gone..no living people!) and post in each surname forum that applies to your many grandparents and theirs. See if someone might be researching what you are. Also post on the places..like the Denver forum or the Colorado foum..maybe the Larado Co. forum, anywhere you think they may have been..living or dead.
There is an area in Rootsweb called world connect..that is cool because all you need to do is put in a name and lots of people pop up!

**Allestaria** · 10-23-2009, 03:09 AM

I've always wanted to know for sure about my family history. Though I know I would come to a close rather early.

Dad's side is Indian from Oklahoma
Mom's side is irish/black dutch.

I only know dads grandma's married last name Do not know any further back on my mothers side then my mom's maiden name.

My mom never has spoken of her grandma or grandpa. So I do not know if they even lived long enough for her to met them.

My dad's mom is still alive. But she is not having the best of memory as she is 94 years old.
If I didn't think I would pull my hair out trying to figure this out. I would check into it. But I know I would.

**JustMeAgain** · 10-23-2009, 03:47 AM

I saw the genealogy post and HAD to join this group.

Mary Kay, have you ever gone to a Latter Day Saints church and researched there? They'll let anybody (even me

) come and access what they have and it's more info than what is online. Just a little FYI for anybody that's interested.

I have one of those brick wall ancestors.

My grandmother's sister killed her husband. My grandma would never tell us why or anything about the situation, not even what prison she was in.

I have been looking for this great aunt for years. She was born in 1916, and in the world of genealogy, this is too recent to have much info available.

Anyway, I love doing this kind of research - I just have gotten so hung up on Aunt Sarah that I haven't got much done.

**PatriciafromCO** · 10-23-2009, 03:56 AM

I wondered if you don't have the correct name how far you can go in your search. My grandparents on my mom side came over from Romania but they shorten their name so much no one has ever told me what it was.. They say they don't remember it ??????? But I find it odd and not believiable story. Since we only talking about it being Changed after my uncles being in or going in the us military??? So we talking only one generation here... Can you research something like that??