Edmund Rappley: You'll still need to start with yourself and work backwards. Just as you would be alarmed to find your personal records online, none of the rest of us would want to find our own records, either! But starting with your parents and grand parents and great-grandparents, you'll know you have the right family and you'll have names and dates and places that you can begin to document.Try all the free sites listed at this site, which is a great place to start: http://www.cyndislist.com/ireland.htmBest of luck to you -- let us know if you get stuck, we're here to help!...Show more
Oswaldo Rayburn: Genealogy Definition: A study of family and identification of ancestors and their pertinent information (birth, death, etc.) - which is why most sites only list "dead" people.As for free genealogy sites - try these:www.rootsweb.com - Social Security Death index, other peoples family treeswww.genforum.com - here you can search surnames and find others that are res! earching the same family lines.www.familysearch.org - USA and International records, birth, death, christenings and marriages, run by the Mormans.www.genweb.org - census records, books, cemetery recordswww.ellisisland.org - passenger records you may find where / when and on what boat your family immigratedGood Luck - Hope this helps....Show more
Margart Stimpert: Terry is right - most genealogy sites don't publish information about living people, for privacy reasons. You'll need to go back a few generations - to the dead people in your family tree - before you can start finding information online. That means beginning with a little off-line research, so you can find out which of those dead people are yours!Talk to your family members - especially the older ones - and see what they remember about the family. Once you've gathered all the information they can provide, there are many records you can examine to find out more... death certificates, obituaries, cemetery r! ecords, etc. That may require a trip to the library or archiv! es, or ordering some records by mail - but it's well worth the time and effort!If you get stuck, or have a particular question (ie; how can I find out my grandfather's parents' names?), come back here and ask. As Terry said, we're always happy to help! Good luck and have fun! =]...Show more
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