My family history I really want to know who my Ancestry are?

Question:My Ancestry or Black foot indian & ,White,& Black I dont no where to start "research my family history ...If I ask someone to research it for me' It would be very costly. ............ What should I do

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My Ancestry or Black foot indian & ,White,& Black I dont no where to start "research my family history ...If I ask someone to research it for me' It would be very costly. ............ What should I do

You know the usual; start with your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, ask everything you can, get dates, places, then go from there.
Then, try this:
The biggest expense will be TIME; I have spent hundreds of hours and have so much left to compile.
Remember, no matter where you obtain the information, there are mistakes (yes, I include "official" documents, such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates, whatever). My maternal grandmother's tombstone doesn't even have her name correct!
Anyhew, as to searching, try these:
Free sites: there are several to choose from. Start with:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

Assuming they emigrated from Europe, start with Ellis Island and the Battery Conservancy sites:
http://www.ellisisland.org
http://www.castlegarden.org
For those with native American ancestry, try:
http://www.tribalpages.com/

For a fee, try a DNA test:
When you really want to know where your ancestors came from, try such sites as: www.familytreedna.com, dnatribes.com, dnaancestryproject.com, and, of course, the National Geographics Genotype program, https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/geno...
For Jewish ancestry, try:
www.israelgenealogy.com
Have a look at these sites these are South African ones,
http://genealogy.about.com/od/south_afri...
http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/page2.html....
http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/website...
http://southafricanfamilyhistory.wordpre...

Meaning of names:
http://www.winslowtree.com/surname-meani...

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/f...

Finding live people:
Two good places I use are www.zabasearch.com and www.peoplefinder.com

Don't forget, use your local library. Ours (a small one, yet) has www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com, as well as periodicals, books and guidance from an experienced genealogist.

Keep good notes on where you find what: sources are very important.

Good luck!

First and foremost, start with the people who are living, and do it as soon as you possibly can; start with the oldest ones - people are gone before we know it, sadly, taking what they know with them. Find out what they know. Talk with aunts and uncles, cousins, and so on - anybody who is part of your family. Get dates, locations, names, memories, stories - it's ALL important. Find out what they remember about people who are no longer living, too.

Next, put all your information into a database that will help you organize it. The Mormon church offers a free one, "Personal Ancestral File," that you can download from their web site (they won't bug you in terms of their religion). There are also several good ones out there that you can get for a relatively small amount of money. My personal favorite is "Roots Magic" (I believe I paid about $30 for it), but other folks swear by Family Tree Maker, so it's all a matter of personal preference.

Once you have included as much as you can from people who are living, start to search online sites, records, etc., for matching people and events. Computers and the internet have revolutionized genealogy in the last two decades, and there are ENORMOUS amounts of data available, as well as innumerable personal genealogical web sites.

Good luck in your search!

http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/sto...
http://www.rootsmagic.com

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin...
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default....
http://www.ancestry.com

try www.ancestry.com
its a great website where you can search for relatives by birth/mariiage/death certificates
or other similar websites
good luck!