Ancestors?

Question:I've been to ancestry.com and stuff, but I want to find an ancestry/family tree site that says the names of a person's parents. Because I don't know my great-great grandfather's parent's names and it would help if it did so I could continue adding members to the family tree. Help?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I've been to ancestry.com and stuff, but I want to find an ancestry/family tree site that says the names of a person's parents. Because I don't know my great-great grandfather's parent's names and it would help if it did so I could continue adding members to the family tree. Help?

You are talking about 5 generations ago...Mine were born BEFORE the Revolutionary War!
I just read in another Yahoo! Answer that the 1890 Census was full of corruption.
OK, try these sites:
Free sites: there are several to choose from. Start with:
http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

Assuming they emigrated from Europe, start with Ellis Island and the Battery Conservancy sites:
http://www.ellisisland.org
http://www.castlegarden.org
Try your public library; they will have someone there who can help you with your research. Also, they might have ancestry.com or heritagequest.com free for usage, as well as books and periodicals.
And, remember, no matter what the source is, there will be inanccurate information and inconsistancies. Government records were often wrong, because of using pen and paper, records being destroyed by insects or fires (especially during the Civil War in parts of the South); people don't hear well and don't want to ask about spellings, etc.
Good luck!

Try the web site below,

Good luck and good hunting

There is no such site unless it happens to be a record that includes both parent and children. You might find a family tree out there, but always be careful about using those, especially that far back. Not everyone is careful about verifying their information before publishing it as a family tree - often you find the same "error" copied and copied. Don't assume because you saw it in 20 different places that makes it correct - could be 20 copies of the same original error.

But if you can find a census when your gg grandfather was a child (without his parents, you can look for his name along with any siblings and see if the census record matches). That could give his parents. Also, some areas do maintain birth records online (might even have a rootsweb submission of the county records you are searching). Obits are also a decent source.

But unless it is a record that covers both parents and child, there really isn't one, no matter what site you go to. It often takes a lot of detective work to figure this out. Especially if the best census that would help you is the "destroyed by fire" 1890 census.

Almost all genealogy sites do not list names of living persons because of privacy issues. They generally do not list given names of anyone under 90 years of age unless there is an associated date of death.
If you know your great -great grandfathers name and roughly where he lived and approximate date of birth you can try to find him in a census record for that area about the time he would have been 10 years old. That will be the best chance of finding him in the home of his parents. Unfortunately the only free census on line is the 1880 census. Also if your GGGrandfather was born before 1850 he will not be listed in the census records by name unless he was head of his own household. Prior to 1850 only the name of the head of the house was listed and if he was living with his parents or if his parents were living with him their names wouldn't be listed. Looking on Ancestry.com and finding your GGGrandgather in the public trees MIGHT give you a name but be aware that that info may not be accurate.
Good luck

If your gg grandfather isn't on www.familysearch.org records, then you will have to buy the birth certificate to get further. I've had to do this with many branches of my tree.

Mind Bender is right you need to verify anything you see in family trees on any web site, free or paid.

Since this is the All English Speaking Board I don't know if you are from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

If you are from the U. S., you won't be able to get a birth certifcate if you go too far back. States did not start keeping vital records until early in the 20th century. They didn't all start at the same time.

I don't know how far back your great grandparents died. But death certificates give names and places of births of both parents including mother's maiden names.

You might have to seek out church records, baptisms, marriages and deaths.

Also the way to start family history is to get as much information from living family as possible, particularly senior members. While you do that find out if any have old Family Bibles.

The 1890 census was almost totally destroyed in a fire.

Also you might check with a Family History Center at a Latter Day Saints(Mormon) Church. They have records on people all over the world, not just Mormons. In Salt Lake City, they have the world's largest genalogical collection. Their Family History Centers can order microfilm for you to view.

They don't try to convert you and I have never had them to send their missionaries by to ring my doorbell.

I second what everyone else said, but add that many FHC's in LDS churches have access to census records 1790 - 1930. If you can find your g-g gf with his parents twice in a row, that reasonable proof of their names, sort of; at least it will give you a clue. It won't give you his mother's maiden name, unless you get REAL lucky and someone whose relation if "Father-in-Law" is living with the family.

Like as not, for the decades "x", "y" and "z" the man was born in 18x1, so he missed the 18x0 census, and he'll move out, heading west to homestead in 18y9, so he won't be at home with mom & dad for 18z0 - or "z" will be "9", which burned. You may find him in 18y0.

Women are even worse, since they married younger. I have half a dozen who were born in 1881 or 1882 and married by 1900.

Did I mention people would routinely take in orphaned nieces, nephews and cousins, and census enumerators would routinely record them as "Son" or "Daughter"?

Some IGI Citations on the LDS mega-site are transcribed baptismal and christening records. They have the parents, althought usually the mother's married name, not maiden name.

If you have the deluxe U.S. version of amazon.com you can get this info from census records going back to 1790. When you get a record at the time an ancestor is a child it not only gives parents' names & ages but also siblings. You just keep working backwards.