Does any body know of a free family tree program that helps you find your famili

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Does any body know of a free family tree program that helps you find your families history.?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: there are websites that are free like rootsweb.com and familysearch.org. You need to be really careful about what you find online as the research is only as good as the researcher. Use documents to back up your research. As far as programs, I use family treemaker. It will bring up people who have submitted to them but you have to pay for the information and again you have to prove that the info is correct. you can go to the library and use heritagequest and ancestry for free.
You can do alot online but the main thing is to use birth, death and marriage certificates, cemetery records, etc. They are more reliable. However I have found mistakes on them too. Those records only go back so far and then you're on your own. Family Bibles are a great lead. Just remember way back when folks didn't know how to read or write so they had someone else do it so there is no guarantee that the Bibles are right.
Invest in a book called unpuzzling your past. It's under $20 and it will take you step by step. I bought it years ago when I first started out and recently replaced it because I had used it so much when I got stumped that it fell apart. Mrs Croom has been doing genealogy for more years then I can tell you and she also writes for the rootsweb newsletter. She will give you things you would never think of to look for.
I hope this helps you.
Happy Hunting.