Courtney asked:


My boyfriend is very much interested in genealogy and I want to get him a genealogy gift for Christmas. If I buy him genealogy software, such as Legacy, will he be able to search for ancestors? Or is genealogy software only a way to organize family trees? Also, what is a good genealogy search site that I could buy him a subscription to? Thanks for any help.

Kimberly

idk007 asked:


I have a problem writing a genealogy paper…my instructor asks to research what cultures/countries I came from. I have to put in traditions, language, financial, holidays, major business/ crop production, etc.

Mathew

andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com asked:


When it comes to family, there are few things in life that are more important. And if you’ve ever wondered who your ancestors were, then you’re certainly not alone! No matter how big or small your family is, finding out about your past ancestors is not only a fascinating business but could also be crucial to helping you understand yourself as a person.

In fact, genealogy has taken off in Britain in recent years, particularly as recent legislation has helped in the release of census documents from hundreds of years ago. Programmes like the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ have popularised the importance of finding out your family history, with famous TV stars and personalities – including Barbara Windsor, Jeremy Paxman and David Tennant, among others – all portraying their search for their ancestors.

In today’s world, where people are perpetually online, there are hundreds of websites that allow you to search for your family history. Genealogy search is becoming ever-more important as more and more look towards their past to find answers for the present and the future. If you’re a novice at family tree research, then it’s important to explore a variety of family search tools in order to familiarise yourself with techniques and tips that will help you find what you’re looking for.

For instance, if you’re looking for an ancestor that was born prior to 1875, bear in mind that an estimated 6 to 10 per cent of births were not registered in this period and it was only in 1875 that compulsory registration of both births and deaths was implemented. What’s more, searching for births, deaths and marriages further back than this proves even more difficult, since the introduction of General Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths only occurred in 1837 in England and Wales.

Novice genealogy searchers, however, should also bear in mind census inaccuracies when trying to compile their family trees. Census records are an invaluable resource for people who are tracing their family history; in fact, census returns are crucial because they can not only tell people who their ancestors were and what they did, but also where they lived and whether or not they had brothers and sisters. This can help reunite families as people exploring their family past may discover they have uncles, aunts or cousins they didn’t know existed.

Many websites and resources that allow people to make genealogy searches will offer excellent tips and techniques in order for you to make the most effective search for your family tree. So, wherever you choose to search for your ancestors, you can rest assured you’ll find something that will afford you a glimpse into your family past!



Theodore

femalegtrst asked:


I don’t read Cyrllic writing. I’m not a beginner on genealogy. I’m in the United States. They arrived in New York in 1864.

Nathaniel

Kelly Liyakasa asked:


If you’ve ever pondered the question, ‘Who am I related to?’ you aren’t alone. While communicating by way of the Internet and the cell phone have brought many of us together, there are plenty of individuals who can count their family members on one hand.

Genealogy services have special family tree features that allow inquiring minds to piece their rich ancestral roots together. If you want to build a family tree with ease, keep the following in mind:

• Global connection-Even if your entire family lives in New Jersey, sites like One Great Family complete the puzzle by demonstrating where your family delineated from through their Family Tree Connection feature.

• Census Collection-Don’t settle for a family tree builder solely containing US Census Records. Ancestry is a genealogy service that incorporates UK records, as well as specialized documents, such as military records.

• Ellis Island-Many of our ancestors passed through this infamous Hudson port and sites like Kindred Konnections allow you to scour records taken during our nation’s great migration period.

• Family Tree Platform-Some genealogy services require you to download software before you research and store family tree data, but One Great Family lets you upload your family’s information directly into an intuitive database.

Though filling in every gap in your family tree may be impossible, building a virtual replica of your ancestral background isn’t the dry task it once was. 6StarReviews.com found genealogy services hosting innovative research tools, scannable records and simple data uploads, allowing anyone with Internet access to piece together their ancestral story.



Joyce

andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com asked:


Whether you’re part of a large family or you were adopted into a family as a child, it’s likely that you enjoy a natural interest in family history. However, in recent years, the burgeoning demand for family history resources and genealogy services seems to have captured the imaginations of people in society more than ever before!

For many, the main reason for this has been the sudden expansion in the amount of information available on the internet for genealogy and family history research. As more and more people have the internet in their homes, it’s become increasingly possible for family history buffs to discover their heritage online – a process which is ten times easier than having to explore dusty library archives for hours to find only small bits of information. The ability to scour a census for births, marriages, deaths or addresses on the web takes days off a search that would previously have been undertaken manually.

What’s more, as millions of people all over the world have ancestors from the UK, the Internet allows family historians based in Canada, the United States, Australia and even New Zealand to research their family trees from home. And with some family history sites linked to modern day people finders, once you’ve researched your past, you might be able to find distant relatives in the present as well.

It’s also become easier to trace the genesis of particular names through history. If your name is ‘Churchill’ or ‘Dickens’, for instance, it’s likely that you’ll be keen to trace your genealogy back through the years and establish whether you have any family connections to these famous figures in British history. And if you live in an old house and you’ve always been keen to discover its history, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s now easier to trace the history of your home. Discovering the past of a particular house can be done by exploring the lives of its previous residents, investigating key happenings in the history of your neighbourhood and even tracing the original interior design of your house to a particular date.

If you are planning to delve deeper into the history of your family, your name, or your house, you’ll have a variety of modern and up-to-date resources at your disposal, with some sites allowing you to search for information from British family records reaching as far back as 1837. The BBC, for instance, runs a comprehensive family history advice section on its website, and the Guardian newspaper recently released its own guide to how to embark on a genealogy search. But, however you choose to embark on your genealogy search – whether it’s on the internet or by getting cosy amongst the library shelves – make sure you stay organised. Better planning is sure to lead to more discoveries – so you’ll be more able to uncover any hidden family secrets!



Cheryl

sam asked:


What is the best site to post a genealogy question re my Great uncle Josef (Jozsef) Kiraly born Hungary or Romania around 1900
Thanks
sam

Dennis

Jedi Lizard asked:


I’m just looking into different software to organize my genealogy. What software do you use and why?

Cindy

Brian Williams asked:


Birth records are maintained by the vital records department or by the country registrar. These records along with other records such as death records, marriage and divorce records form a part of vital records. These records are public records and can be accessed by any person who shows interest in viewing them.

Birth records for Genealogy

A genealogy search is conducted by an individual who is interested in developing a family tree and to know more about his or her lineage and their ancestors. A genealogy search is performed using public records such as the vital records and includes birth records, marriage records, divorce records and death records.

Birth records contain valuable information about a person as it carries information about the person’s date of birth, the names of the parents, their address. It also has some other relevant information that can also be of use in the genealogical search and may include details such as the race, occupation of the parents, sibling details, details about the social security numbers of the parents, the county where the birth took place, etc.

Such relevant details are of vital importance when you are conducting a genealogical search. But, not all birth records carry so much information in them. In earlier times, a birth record was not handled by any governmental agency and was under the discretion of people like priests, doctors or a town clerk to make one. As there were no guidelines for these people to complete a birth record, it may not contain all the relevant information that is now followed while making a birth record.

Another hitch while searching a public record like the birth record may be that the record might have got destroyed due to some natural calamity like floods, storms, etc or due to some accidents such as a fire. While these days, data is backed up to prevent loss there were no such systems in place in the earlier times.

While conducting a genealogy search by accessing records such as birth records and other vital records, you can pay a visit to the local vital records department that maintains these records and request them for the information or you can make an online search through various websites that offer the facilities of making such a search possible.

Making an online search is a much easier option as it saves a lot on time taken to visit the records department, especially when you need to make multiple searches on different people born in different counties or states.

Remember, it is not always an easy path for you if you are intending to make a genealogical search. Tap all avenues such as vital records and whatever other source that is available to you. The more the information you can generate, better will be your success in your endeavor of knowing your ancestors much better.



Anna

Alice asked:


My background is academics and writing, and my passion is genealogy. How do I use research and writing skills to help other people discover their family history? Are there job sites for this field?

Christian