Family History: Tips When Searching for You Family Genealogy

Have you ever wondered what some of the best ways are to start a genealogy search on your family? Have you started a search and are now at a loss as to what to do next? There are several things you can do to make sure that you get all the information that you need, along with the best information out there on your immediate family and your extended family.

As always the best thing that you can do when starting a genealogy search on your family is to talk to your family. Talk to grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and anyone else that may have info on your family. The best thing I had to work with was a hand written family tree that my Grandmother started years ago. Thinking back to her stories, referring to the family tree she had started, and remembering back to family I had met when I was younger. My Grandmother's family tree, and album also helped and still helps because she also made a section with birthdays and deaths in the family. She also included her most current list of phone numbers and addresses for that time.

Next, try a simple search online. Use several different search sites to find different information on your family name, name meanings, and origins. You will more then likely come across sites such as ancestry.com, and genealogy.com. They are wonderful resources to trace immigration records, census records, social security information, and loads of other useful info when doing your search. Given some of the sites will charge you after a free trail but they are usually most useful as well. It also helps if you can find some sites that already have family trees started by other people. Sometimes you can find names and dates that match something that you already know from your family. This way you can contact the person that started the online family tree and compare notes so to speak.