Family Tree?

Question:

Family Tree?

How do I find out my ancestry or my family's heritage without having to pay someone? I'm afraid a lot of those paying places are scams! Does anyone have any ideas?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Skye,

The first thing you should do relates directly to the root of your Family Tree. Document your self, and your parents. Get Birth, Death, Marriage certificates if you can from all your living relatives that they may have collected. Interview all the living family members for valuable clues, pictures, certificates, and information. There are Charts, and a couple of sites below to do the interviews. The charts help keep you focused on relating people to eachother.

Then, you should get some inexpensive Genealogy Software. Sites also below, the ones there are about $30.00. This software comes with free time on pay sites. So, you take full advantage of the free time, and make note of how not to pay them (shut them off prior to being charged).

After that initial startup - you will have a really good start, and can now consider all the internet web sites that are free. GENFORUM, Ellis Island, FREE BMD, Family Search, and so many more.

After you get rolling on this, you will have questions more specific, come on back and ask.