How do I get free help looking up my family tree?

Question:

How do I get free help looking up my family tree?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Christine F,

You came to the right place to start. This is all free. Your family tree is unique to you and your brothers and sisters. So, you will it is not already put together and waiting. Instead what you will find are Branches that may fit onto one of your ancestors, (uncles, aunts, grandparents, greats, etc.).

Start with yourself, get your birth certificate. Look at that record carefully for your parents, and their birth dates and location. Get their Birth Records, either from them or order them (more on this later - Vital Records).

Then interview all living members of your family that you can, to see what they know about Names, Dates, Places, Stories, Pictures, Wills, Probate, Bibles, and history of all branches of your family.

Then, get some GENEALOGY Software, see the sites below. These cost ab out $30 & are the best for helping you organize information, and showing you what tasks you still need to do.

Some packages come with FREE time on PAY sites - take full advantage of the FREE time, get all the family trees you can collect that may have anything to do with you. After you get the software you will see how to do that. The trees that you collect can be examined later! You want to verify the family ties so as not to make a FALSE tree. This takes time, so plan on this as a hobby.

After you get started, you will find more questions, please come back here we will give you more free help.