How do you research ancestors with computer?

Question:

How do you research ancestors with computer?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Gerald,

The best way is to start with what you know, can get from living relatives, and certificates and vital records. The computer is a great tool to track your Family Tree. There are great software packages to use to organize your information. Listed below are a few.

After you get as much information as you can, and now you have a software program. Enter everything about yourself, your parents, grandparents etc that you have collected.

Some of this software will lead you to PAY sites for information, you should spend your money wisely - you are better to go to the town hall where your Great-Grandma was born and get her Birth, Death and Marriage records. Vital Records. Very important. It links us together with our past. Look at your Birth Certificate. It links you to your parents, and give valuable information about your parents.

So, you ask how to use the computer - find Vital Records. Look for the Town Libraries of the birth locations of your ancestors, and get their Vital Records. If you have to, go to the City, then County, then State, or Country. Each time you get a new record, enter the information into your software, and you will see your Tree grow with Ancestors.

Other places to go after you get the Tree started: Family Search is great for Ancestor leads on Census, Birth, Death information, and they even keep Pedigree records, and some CDs of Family Trees. Ellis Island helps trace many imigrants back to their country of origin.

Here are some great sites that you may uses. This is only the beginning, there are many more to help you. Good luck.