Where did the Hornbuckle's come from?

Question:Native American? Also, is there a website that is like ansestry that is free? I tried rootsweb, but it doesn't give that much info.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Native American? Also, is there a website that is like ansestry that is free? I tried rootsweb, but it doesn't give that much info.

Where did they come from?
which ones? Everyone with the same name will not be related.
As for Native american.. if John Hornbuckle in NC had 5 sons, 3 of them may have married NA wives, and the other two married French women.
You won't get very far, if you are not specific. I am hoping you knew to start with yourself, and work back, one step at a time. That is the only way you will know exactly which person you are looking for, as well as a location and time frame.
No hostility intended... many people start looking for their ancestors, by pulling up the popular databases (rootsweb, ancestry, others) and not being sure exactly what they need to find. Its a great way to spin wheels, but not great for successfully finding ancestors.
If you can... take a look again at what you have (ie your gr grandfather, with a time frame and place), and determine just what piece you are missing.

From what I found on this website it says Scottish.

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx...

I got 5,000 Hornbuckle entries on
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
You may not have used it properly.
Give it a shot and write if you need help.

There are 400,000 free genealogy web sites.
There isn't anything "like" ancestry that is free. If there was, Ancestry would not exist. How many private rental book libraries are there? If there was a free grocery store in town, who would pay for groceries?

See the links below, one from the British College of Arms and the other from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U. S., The National Genealogical Society.

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

It is no doubt an Anglo Saxon name. Ancestry.Com states it is a variant or Arbuckle. Whether that is the sole origin, I don't think any of us know.

Surnames were not taken until the last melennium in most European countries. When they got through legitimate sons of the same man could have had different surnames but they each shared their surname with others with whom they were not related.

The best way to know your ancestry is to trace it.
Don't rely solely on websites. Actually family trees on any website, free or paid are user submitter and mostly not documented or poorly documented. Even when you see the same information repeatedly by many different submitters that is no guarantee it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying. In many cases if they have something like Family Tree Maker they can merge someone else's family tree in with theirs and then upload the tree into Ancestry.Com, FamilySearch.org or Genealogy.Com. That means they can have a lot of junk. Use the information as CLUES as to where to get the documentation, not as absolute fact.

The best thing to do is to get with your living family and get as much information from them as possible, particuarly senior members. Tape them if they will let you. They might be confused on some things but what might seem to be insignificant story telling might turn out to be very significant. People who have done this say they go back a few years after doing research and listen to the tape again and hear things they didn't hear the first time around.
I understand attorneys who tape depositions find taping is valuable. They go back and listen again and hear new things. Find out if they have any old family bibles.

Your public library probably has a genealogy section. Check it out. They might have a subscription to Ancestry.Com which has lots of records. They have all the U. S. censuses through 1930. The 1940 and later are not available to the public yet. They have U.K. censuses also.

Call your nearest Latter Day Saints(Mormon) Church and find out if they have a Family History Center and if so there hours for the general public. They have records on people all over the world, not just Mormons. In Salt Lake City, they have the world's largest genealogical collection.
Their Family History Centers can order microfilm for you to view at a nominal fee.

Still most records you will have to seek out yourself, like births, marriages and death certificates, wills, deeds etc.

Now if the U.S., each state has its own laws regarding who and when a person can get a birth or death certificate. Also governing bodies in a lot of states did not start recording vital info until the first quarter of the 20th century. I know in Texas it began in 1903. However, a lot of people born at home or died at home did not get recorded. Birth certificates gives names of both parents including mother's maiden name. Death certificate also gives that information plus the place of birth of each parents. The application for a social security number will give the names of both parents including mother's maiden names and the ones I have seen give their places of birth.

If a person was drawing social security at time of death and on their OWN social security number, you will probably find them on the Social Security Death Index. Rootsweb and FamilySearch.org(LDSsite) both are free and they have the SSDI.
All you need is a person's name as they were listed on social security OR their SS#. You don't need both even though there is a place for both.

Some elderly people who never had social security had to get a SS# in order to get Medicaid. I have found 2 of those people on the SSDI but their dates of death were wrong.

Before vital records were being recorded by states and counties or cities, you will need to turn to churches for baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and Deaths. These often have parent information.