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Question: How do I get information about my great grandparents if no one in my family has the answers to my questions!?
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I'm assuming your grandparents have passed away (if they were alive you could ask them)!. If they're no longer living, you have several options!. The records created at the time of someone's death often contain a great deal of genealogical information - including information about their parents!. Here are a few things you can check:

Death Certificates: A death certificate is very similar to a birth certificate - it not only lists info on the deceased, but also info on their parents, including their names and where they were born!. Now, bear in mind that your grandparents didn't fill out their own death certificate, because they were already deceased!. Most likely, a child or other relative supplied the information!. If they didn't know the parents' names, then that space may be blank!. But you never know, so it's always good to check!. To order a death certificate, you'll need to know when and where your grandparents died!. Then you can write to that State's vital records department and order a copy of the record!. This website gives instructions for ordering death certificates in each state: http://www!.vitalrec!.com/

Social Security Application: When your grandparents applied for a Social Security number, they filled out a form that included a space for their parents' names!. This is a form they actually filled out themselves, so the information is more likely to be accurate than a death certificate!. To order a copy of their Social Security Application, your first step is to find them in the Social Security Death Index, which is available for free at Rootsweb: http://ssdi!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.com/
Once you've found them in the index, you'll see a link to the right for "SS-5 Letter!." Click on it, and you can print out a pre-made letter requesting a copy of the record!. Just mail it off with a check for $27!.

Obituaries: It's possible that your grandparents' obituaries may have included some info on their parents, or other relatives that you're unaware of!. If you know the date and place where they died, contact the local library and ask if they have newspapers from that date!. The librarian may look up the obituary for you - or she may be able to give you the name of a local researcher who will do the lookup for a small fee!.

Cemetery Records: A visit to your grandparents' gravesite might yeild some information!. Perhaps they were buried in a family plot alongside their parents!.!.!. or in a small family cemetery, with their parents nearby!. If you're not sure where they were buried, the death certificate should list the cemetery!.

Other Relatives: Okay, so no one in your family can answer your questions!.!.!. but have you really checked with *everyone*!? Your grandparents probably had brothers and sisters - your great aunts and uncles!. Have you checked with them, or their children!? If not, then give it a shot!. Don't be afraid to contact a distant relative who you've never spoken to!.!.!. most people are really excited to hear from "long lost" cousin!. Especially older people, who may be lonely and would love a chance to chat with someone about their family!. Track down every relative you can find - there's a good chance someone can help you!.

I hope this helps some! Good luck!
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oh god same here!none of my aunts and uncles,and my parents,for that matter,know anything about our history either!

i found out a lot from our old acquaintances,well above 80 years of age!.!.!.family friends,old neighbors and from our servants[ my family's kind of the traditional lord-of-town type so we have generations of servants from the same family]

we don't have an online family-tree-thing in my country!.so that was not an option!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you would edit your question with details of their names, birth/death dates (or general time frame), and where they lived, someone here should be able to help!. My email address is in my profile if you'd rather do it that way!. I'll do what I can to help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try goes to the towns website that they lived in!. You do not have one grand-aunt or uncle who could help you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com