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Question: I need to know where my family came from!?
Ok i know my mothers side(she is hispanic) but i ask my dad where did his family came from and he don't know!. is there any website that can help me find out where he came from(he is Caucasian)!? he knows that his family fought in the Wars(revolutionary, civil, and ect!.) ,he knows many madien and last names,!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Of corse there are websites!.

Try zabasearch!.com it always works for me

If not try googleing "background check"Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are many different ways to finding out the origin of your Family, and their history!. First, i would recomend asking your dad again, it's really unlikely that he doesn't know where his family comes from!. If he doesn't though, consult a website that will give you the origin of your surname and it's meaning, that should get you started!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Get your dad to make a list of his parents and grandparents, PARTICULARLY the ones he knew who were born before 1930!. Then you can get a 14 day free trial on Ancestry!.com and find those ancestors in the Census records, which will give you the names of their father which will give you the names of their fathers, etc!. etc!., and let you trace it back and do web searches!.
Or if it's really important to you and you can afford $150-$200 you can have a Y-DNA test done (if you're male, otherwise it'll need to be your dad or one of his sons who does it- only men have the Y-chromosome) and it will tell you where they're from (it won't say "Your great-great-grandad was named Burt T!. Jenkins and he was born in Omaha in 1882" but it will say "you have relatives in Omaha and your patterns are most similar to those of people whose ancestors came from Dorset, England" or whatever)!.
There are several companies that do this- just google "genetic genealogy"- and they usually charge around $150-$200!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If your father had revolutionary war ancestors his ancestors have been here so long he probably doesn't know exactly where
they originated!. Actually, they probably originated in many places!.

In the colonial south, they had English, Scottish, ScotchIrish(called Ulster Scots in Britain), people from one of the German states and French Huguenots!. My maternal grandmother who was born in 1873 was a blend of all those things!.

What you need to do is sit down with him and make up a tree!. You said he knows many of the maiden and last names!. Get as much info from him as possible!. also talk with other family member, particularly your senior members!. Tape them if they will let you!. It might turn out they are confused on some things but what might seem to be insignificant story telling might turn out to be very significant!.

Once you do that you are ready to get down and trace his family history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A hint about your fathers family orgins is his name!.Www@QuestionHome@Com