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Question:im half mexican and part german and want to know all my nationalities. my last name is garcia and my grandfather(who isnt mexican,white)his last name was robertson. my grandma's maiden name was taber. my mexican grandmas maiden name was ramirez and im not sure what her moms maiden name was. plz give me some sites,dna testing ideas,or ideas on how to make a family tree. thanx!!!


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: im half mexican and part german and want to know all my nationalities. my last name is garcia and my grandfather(who isnt mexican,white)his last name was robertson. my grandma's maiden name was taber. my mexican grandmas maiden name was ramirez and im not sure what her moms maiden name was. plz give me some sites,dna testing ideas,or ideas on how to make a family tree. thanx!!!

I would say you should research your family history on a geneology website.

genealogy.com

... HEINZ 57 .... will Work !

Thanks, RR

look up your last name

Unless you have dual citizenship, your nationality is only one thing, the country of which you are a citizen. It has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the country your ancestors came from.That is your ethnicity.

For a family tree, first get as much info from living family as possible, particularly your senior members. Tape them if they will let you. What might seem to be insignificant ramblings and story telling might turn out to be very significant. See if any have any old family bibles.



You work your tree by starting with yourself and working back one generation at a time and document everything.

Go to your public library and find out what all they have. They might have a subscription to Ancestry.Com. Ancestry.Com has lots of records and seems to be obtaining more all the time. They have all the U.S. censuses through 1930. The 1940 and later are not available to the public yet.

Just don't take as absolute fact everything you see in family trees on any website, free or paid. Documentation is not required. Most of the info is not documented or poorly documented. Even if you see the same info repeatedly by many different submitters, that is no guarantee it is correct.
A lot of people copy without verifying. Use the information as CLUES as to where to get the documentation.

A Family History Center at a Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Church has records on people all over the world, not just Mormons.
In Salt Lake City, they have the world's largest genealogical collection. Their FHCs
can order microfilm for you to view at a nominal fee.

I have never had them to try and convert me or send their missionaries by to ring my doorbell because I used their resources. I haven't heard of them doing that to anyone else either.

You will need vital records, births, marriages and deaths. Now in the U.S., each state has its own laws has to who, when and where a person can obtain birth and death records. Before they started recording vital information, you can turn to Churches for baptisms,First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and Death.

Courthouse records, wills, deeds etc are important.

I don't see how going to a webste or telling your last name would help. I think you can try by your blod. But I really don't beleve in that either.
I would like to kno my nationalities also. But I really don't care.