Here’s a helpful tip that no one seems to mention: if you’re having trouble finding the parents or children of a deceased relative, look for their obituary, most funeral homes will post these online and they will include the deceased predecessed relatives (parents, children, siblings). They will also usually include the “survived by” members of the family from spouses to grand children
Genealogy TV I didn’t mean that as an insult your info was very valuable! I just think some of the green screen effects could have been left out :) thanks again!
I love FamilySearch as I've found my English ancestors. I'm Australian and have discovered another little nugget of information it's called Trove which is basically all of our Newspapers thrown into one great big one. I found out how my Grandfather died after he had a motorbike accident, it gave the gory details as spoken by the Ambulance officers. I've also found Wedding details right down to what the Bride wore and what Flowers she carried. Sorry for the long comment, I just had to share my little bit. I Love your video and look forward to watching many more.
Thank you very much for all your hard work and generosity! I just reviewed the free records on Ancestry. I should be able to find plenty of missing records. I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for you! I am excited to get back into my family's history.God bless you and keep you safe!
Just a note - if you're not a paid member of Ancestry, you can't even see public trees without an invitation from the creator. If you've figured out a way, please share that.
@jessica mac, I can help you at Family Search. Ancestry charging extra for "global records" was ... well, the United States is a country of immigrants. So when that changed, it was very frustrating.
Great suggestion to have FamilySearch & Ancestry open at same time. I have a 40" < $250 TV monitor as a 2nd monitor. Using two monitors allow you to have both sites visible at the same time. Connecting a TV to a laptop involves an HMDI cable and using Windows P.
I just shared to my facebook, 2 family groups and a historical Society. I like it when great minds think alike. You did such a great job and handout that I don't have to create one, thank you.
That's so rude! Who would ever imagine this scenario back in 2005: Me: Here is something that will make your life better, and I'm giving it to you for free because I like helping people. Strangers on the internet: You suck, and your video doesn't look good. ??? I don't get it. If you get something for free, shouldn't you just say thanks?
Thank you! I’m trying to figure out my mothers side of the family and I have no money to do so! I’ve been worried about having to pay a lot for different things. It’s difficult as I have no contact with either of my biological parents or anyone my mothers side. So I’m glad CZcams has some stuff to show how to find things.
If you have not taken a DNA test, do so at Ancestry. You can get them on sale during the holidays for about $59. Then, learn how to group your DNA matches. I have several videos on how to do this. Eventually, you'll figure out your bio family.
I recently had found out I come from a history of criminals. One of my great great grandpas sold moonshine during the prohibition. The other was a mobster
ALWAYS GREAT JOB appreciate time & effort for each video. ANCESTRY MADE SIMPLE, finding relatives bit more challenging. Great weekend. can't recall do you have West Virginia roots? Their archives are tremendously helpful.
Thank you Elisa. I really appreciate the comment. This particular one took a two week process to produce both the book and the video. More time than normal. I do not have roots in West Virginia. But appreciate the comment about the archives. I will pass it on to anybody I run into researching in that area.
West Virginia records *are* excellent. Especially if you have Dotsons or Dodsons in your family . Sometimes I think we are all related, and it's through Rogers, Waldo, Pace and Dodson :D The only problem I see over and over is that many people don't know that West Virginia didn't become a separate state from Virginia until 1862. West Virginians didn't want to leave the Union, so they left Virginia. I love these people! So watch for dates. Ancestry and Find A Grave (now owned by Ancestry) are awful about three dates: 1776- Nothing before September 1776 is "The United States". I was a History buff then teacher before I was in Genealogy, and it's kind of shocking that people don't know 1776. Second, 1802. That's when Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland became the United Kingdom. Third, mostly 1862. I always check when a place became a state in the U.S. There are people who know when every county in every state came into existence, but my brain can't handle that :0) God bless Google!
Family Search does!! I have records from Germany, England and a few from Sweden found there. Or you can buy the new "global" account at Ancestry. But I always check my work at several sites, so you may as well start at Family Search.
Have you seen the t-shirt that says "Wake up. Eat. Shower. DO GENEALOGY. Repeat" ? ? I saw that last year and wondered how they knew what I do all day ;0;
I've tried trials of all the sites mentioned. There just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of records of my family. Or maybe they haven't been uploaded by users yet. Paying for the subscriptions is a waste because it seems like the only info they have is what was uploaded by other users. These sites collect money by the free labor of the community.
It might be that no one has done the research for the records. Consider starting the research on FamilySearch, it’s free. They have tons of free records to find.
my family does not use these last name thingy, my mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, uncle does not have middle name and last name. but my sisters and me does have a last name. Do you know how to find my great grandmother??
thank you for this recourse I have gotten to my 18th great grandparents on certain people all the way back to the 1430s but I have come to a stop and cant find any more any advice
Keep digging... but you may have run out of the paper trail. You may find more with deep DNA research... like getting into haplogroups. That is best done at FamilyTreeDNA.
How does that work when we don't share any DNA after what, 4th of 5th great grandparents? I haven't had any coffee yet, so my brain refuses to work ;0)
Great info I've got approximately 500 years of Paternal side history but only approximately 100 years of Maternal. Both sides came from Switzerland. What is the best source for European information?
I'm really eager to know my ancestry and what each generation before me did, whether I have Scandinavian, Hispanic, Italian, French, American, African, Australian alongside my English/Irish/Welsh heritage and anything else. It's piqued my curiosity for some time now
My question is if you do not sign up any one to contributed on your tree and your tree is public then another member/non can not change your tree? Like removing people.
I’m not sure which service you’re talking about. On Ancestry, no one can change anything on your tree without your permission. On FamilySearch anyone can.
Do these sites use dna to link families? Asking because my family's surnames spelling was changed at Castle Garden when they came to America so I'll be searching for two different names essentially.
Some of them do you use DNA to help show how your family could be linked together but not definitively proof. You need to do the research to determine that. It is unlikely that your families name was changed at Castle Garden, it often happened after they arrived in the United States. That’s an old myth.
And she needs to write down everything she can remember. Think who what where when why and how. That’ll be the clues to start the research in the future.
Use the card catalog at Ancestry and also the FamilySearch.org wiki to locate records for Spain. Drill down by location in both. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Spain_Genealogy
Thank you so so so-ooo very much for all your information! I have part of my family tree written down & really want to fill it in as best I can. I have a problem, I need to find out if my Great Grandparents are listed on the Dawes, but I don't know their names & my grandparents (I know their names) have passed as well as my Dad & my aunt & uncles so, I don't have anyone to ask & I'm in a pickle! Any advice? 🤔 And, another question.... I'm not quite understanding what exactly a "Gedcom file" is and how & where I can download it. Can you please explain how to do this? Thank you so much! God bless you! 🙏🙌😇💖
I wanna know if iam part european. Iam Mexican but we are mostly white looking. Also we speak Spanish way different than others. And top of that we have family members talking french but. And ⚽ is the sport we play and watch. Aim really curious.
I'm named after my grandmother and I want to find her and relatives. For African Americans its overwhelming to trace records. Your video has helped alot. Any suggestions on slave records? I'm a new sub btw.
Like any genealogy you want to start with what you know and document it well. If you find you have enslaved ancestors research them as well as the enslaver. Ancestry has a lot of records for African-American and enslaved research.
In the Summer of 2022, there really is no free option with Ancestry. You can click on free trial, but before you even get started, it wants payment info. So that's out.
My biological father died in prison and nobody seems to know what prison so I’m having trouble finding any information on his death. I did find his mugshot. I’m trying to trace both of his parents ancestry. I know that him, his dad and his mom all died from heart attacks.
Look for newspapers in the area about the time he would have been convicted. This video has some information about prison records. Anton Woode, 11 Year Old Boy Murderer, Research & Prison Records czcams.com/video/n5wmrdZb6p0/video.html
My family has an incredibly rare last name. I actually haven’t found a single living person online with my last name that isn’t one of my family members but my problem is that I can’t trace my lineage back any further than my great great grandpa. I found something saying he was born in Canada and died in Massachusetts is there any chance they would have changed his names spelling when going from Canada to US. Supposedly my father heard that he came here from either cork or Clare county Ireland as well (he had that side of my family confused with my grandmothers so he wasn’t sure which side was from which part of Ireland) but it seemed weird to me that the families oral history said he came from Ireland while the records show Canada. Any advice on how I could find some of these answers out I’m feeling more confused about my family tree then I was before I started researching. Any help is much appreciated thank you
Not My Name... love your handle BTW.. It's possible that they migrated from Ireland to Canada first... then crossed into the US by land. Look for immigration records in Canada. Also... do some basic searches on FindMyPast (known for their Irish records) to see if there are others with same unique name. Having a rare names is helpful when researching... as opposed to Smith, Jones, or Davis. Also look for immigration records into the US from Canada. Yes they may have changed their names. Look for the family members and their ages to help find others in the same group in other records with other names. These are usually similar names like my ancestors emigrated as Jensen but once here in the US they changed their name to Johnson a few years later. Look for variations of the name.
@@GenealogyTV sadly almost every male I have in my family tree has one of three names lol this information is very helpful tho thank you for your reply I’m gonna try to use some of these sources u gave me and maybe I’ll have better luck I’ll make sure to come back and let u know if I find anything cool
So frustrating to find people who add every child they find with parents of the same name assuming it's the same family. I have one Irish family that someone on FamilySearch had added children from Minnesota, Ireland, NY, Chicago, and Massachusetts. The parents had lived their entire lives in a small town in Massachusetts. It took me months to straighten that out--only to have someone come and change things again! At that point I went to Ancestry and use FS for a resource only. Be warned!
I'm trying to find out who my grandfather is. My mother doesn't have his name on her birth certificate, and she wasn't names until she started school. 23 and me has connected me to my grandmother's relatives, and my dad's. Would anyone know where for me to start?
I am at family search every day. I'm happy to help. My Great Uncle was a Genealogist in the 1980s and '90s, and I'm kind of carrying all that on. But it's more fun now to help other people. I'm wondering if I can post a link so people can write me there. If just comment and I'll check my Gmail. The more people -- sorry if this sounds awful -- that you can add who have passed away? That helps the most. Start with yourself, of course, then your parents & grandparents. The most helpful thing I learned is *not* to only do a direct line - Your Grandparents, Great Grands, etc. If you add every sibling, you can often find records attached to the sibling that you need to fill in the blanks.
Yes. I imagine you probably need to contact the parish is in the area where your ancestors are from. ancestry.com does have some Central American records.
I have private coaching if you want to try that. That way we can jump on a Zoom call, share computer screens, and I can see your family tree. Here is a link with more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/
My grandpa liked to lie because we all have been told he's from Ohio and born there but he said he was born in Wyoming on his marriage certificate and his dad has 2 names he went by it looks like and I'm starting to think my family has some secrets they tried to bury cause my grandma's side is easy to find but my grandpa's gets complicated anybody got any tips cause I can't find anything past my great grandfather
Are there any tips to try to narrow down family members in maternal line? My maternal grandmother was adopted and I feel like now I am just doing the same things over and over. Thank You for any help- She was adopted betwn 1910-1920 I have checked state of Ohio they didnt save or cross ref records that early. I have had ancestry DNA , MT DNA and 23and me , I have trees on ancstry, geni, family search. I just would like to know where she came from, so I can expand that area of the tree.
Using DNA is likely going to be your best bet in this situation. Group your DNA matches along that branch of the family. Use mtDNA too. If you find someone close in atDNA, then offer to pay for an mtDNA. Learn mtDNA strategies to make sure you understand how it works. It's different than any other DNA test.
@@GenealogyTV on my MTdna from familytreedna site I have a relative that shows 0 distance between us, we have no idea how we are connected-just my maternal grandmother somehow. They also had the mtdna from same site thats how we found each otherjust cannot locate the missing family member link
You see i have a discrepancies or a slight problem, my problem ( Oh yea i would like to mention the fact that i am from N.C born and raised) is a few centuries of slavery that is making this difficult for me to find out my family. One gigantic and damn near conspiracy type of misconception is that all black people were brought here in the 17 and 1800's for slavery from Africa and one thing about the census that I noticed that was left out was how many Black people were here in America and spoke several different languages and dialects of Latin and English and mainstream is calling us liars and they call the elders that tell us this liars and the fact that when i was told this I was a small child and i use t go to school and when my teacher would give us the narrative and dialog on Columbus I would interject and quote or paraphrase what was conveyed to me by my family and both of my grandmothers had Indian my fathers side the most with red skin features and all with high cheek bones not indicative to Africa at all and im not one of those who is ashamed of the motherland i was wanting to be from there to visit but i found out I am AMERICAN and my family has been here b4 European even knew who Americans was except it wasn't called America My people called it "Turtle island they believer that the earth was on the back of a giant turtle traveling through the ether and dark matter and this is by black people of this time not the Indians it was also called that by the people that lived in the Meso or the pacific Indies but my point is that your method doent work but for one race almost if you didn't carry a paper trail then you have to go by word of mouth but when you go word of mouth people discredit you and call you liars but when a whole generation says the same thing and they still discredit it makes you wonder the Real Agenda of these gate keepers we just want to keep out the next generation up to date o there lineage. One of the most factual statements I have ever heard was "the winners wright the history books" And every losers history book defines thing a little bit more horrible then the winner and there tale of modest equal generous fair hero's with barrels of integrity just seem grim and fabricated when you hear accounts that held more detail and conviction. But then you get in you head and you think like what would you do if ships started to anchoring on you coast with armed men planes and helis just rushed you shore and they are unloading gear and weapons horses and more soldier like men and they start talking to you like a person would a child or a pet you try to make conversation and talk trade but they take and order around in stead then they gawk at your women making gestures but living with these invaders for months then more ships and planes show up and and now they are building and taking from your land and taking from your mouth and kids mouth and you notice someone saying something asking them to leave and they kill him and start killing everyone and taking land HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS AMERICA AND IT WAS CHINA DOING IT? NO ONE THINKS OF TRYS TO CONTEMPLATE ON HOW THE PEOPLE FELT ABOUT THIS INTRUSION THEY ALSO DONT CARE ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE OF AFGANASTAN SUDI ARABIA SYRIA IRAN AFRICA HAITI BUT AS SOON AS THE UKRANIE NEEDS HELP WE ARE AT THE DOOR STEP TRYING EVERTHING WE CAN TO GET IN WITH OUT STARTING WW3 SICK SAD WORLD AND THAT DRIVES MY KNOWING THAT MY HERITAGE WAS ROBBED AND ITS BEEN COVERED UP AND LIED ABOUT IM 40 YEARS OLD I AM ALSO autodidactic. that is over 17 years of asking researching and hitting dead completely dead ends.
@@GenealogyTV yeah not all i only know the older one is in google, my great grand uncle, he is the Bishop... Only from my mum i know, because my mum family only have at least 6 child but from my dad, i only know my massive family, and actually i was so confusing for found it, 12 to 15 child in one generation is so insane so i dont remember, and they are originally from china but myb transmigrated to europe, Australia, America and myb to other country in asia... And my dad never mant to tell it... Only my grandpa tell it but its too short fron know, because my grandpa had died a year ago so i cant ask it again 😂... I wait for my uncle madw the generation, it tooks maybe more than one year to complete it... Luckily they still using old chinese name, first word is surname, second word is generation name, last word is name... Not too easy to find it...
Go to Ancestry.com click Search, drop down to Card Catalog, search the Keyword Jamaica, you will find 39 sets of records. Sort by record count in the upper right corner. You will find Jamaica Civil Registrations Births, Marriage, and Death Records 1878-1995 as the top with nearly 8 million records. Try searching each record set in the list for the ancestors you know. I hope that helps.
I have private coaching if you want to try that. That way we can jump on a Zoom call, share computer screens, and I can see your family tree. Here is a link with more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/
What’s the best free website for people of color bc family search can only go so far when I used my ancestry trial I got really far but can’t go any farther bc of cost
I have private coaching if you want to try that. That way we can jump on a Zoom call, share computer screens, and I can see your family tree. Here is a link with more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/
Probably a silly question, but should I only have one family tree that follows both of my parents families and both of their parents and grandparents etc all in the same tree?
Not a silly question at all. I have one primary tree for everything. Occasionally if I have a client i’ll make a second tree. I believe in one primary tree, I keep mine on Ancestry, and then I use other trees on other platforms for research. But I do not bother keeping up on all of those trees, only when I’m researching a specific line.
For American Indian research, there are special census rolls. Go on Ancestry and search for "Native American" and "Indian" records in the keyword field.
S. Tate, do you have any Irish family? I have been researching Tates the past month. I agree with this comment so much. You won't find some "sin of the father" in the past that explains now this way. If you want some real advice from someone who forgives a parent on a daily basis? Take down the negative image you are using for your profile image. You don't have to pretend to be happy if you're not, but telling yourself that story over and over will guarantee you stay stuck in it.
@@amylynnhunt55 my image isn’t negative look longer to figure it out. It is a double meaning. You saw the negative first. But there is also a positive, can you find it?
My only other suggestion would be to keep your master tree in Rootsmagic essentials which is free and connect with both ancestry and familysearch.org. Get it now at rootsmagic.com
I’m trying to look for my friend Alexandra raptopoulou to make sure she is ok please help please. I’m worried she killed herself or something. She left the internet if i what to do. Her father got corona and died and she was my best friend please help.
I am unable to see my tree on Ancestry for free. I put information on it from hard copies I ordered that were no online back then. Now I cannot see my tree.
Here’s a helpful tip that no one seems to mention: if you’re having trouble finding the parents or children of a deceased relative, look for their obituary, most funeral homes will post these online and they will include the deceased predecessed relatives (parents, children, siblings). They will also usually include the “survived by” members of the family from spouses to grand children
Thank you for the video! I was surprised you said “coronavirus” since this video looks like it was made in the 80s
Well perhaps that's incentive to up my game. Thanks for watching!
Lol
Genealogy TV I didn’t mean that as an insult your info was very valuable! I just think some of the green screen effects could have been left out :) thanks again!
Fair enough
@@GenealogyTV I liked all the effects!!
I love FamilySearch as I've found my English ancestors. I'm Australian and have discovered another little nugget of information it's called Trove which is basically all of our Newspapers thrown into one great big one. I found out how my Grandfather died after he had a motorbike accident, it gave the gory details as spoken by the Ambulance officers. I've also found Wedding details right down to what the Bride wore and what Flowers she carried. Sorry for the long comment, I just had to share my little bit. I Love your video and look forward to watching many more.
Thanks Leanne. I LOVE newspaper research. Sounds like you found a goldmine of information.
Thank you very much for all your hard work and generosity! I just reviewed the free records on Ancestry. I should be able to find plenty of missing records. I wouldn't have known if it wasn't for you! I am excited to get back into my family's history.God bless you and keep you safe!
Just a note - if you're not a paid member of Ancestry, you can't even see public trees without an invitation from the creator. If you've figured out a way, please share that.
even a paid membership does not pull up nothing from my family im looking for family from spain so i am looking there
@@jessicamac1307 oh your great something grandma is queen of Spain
@jessica mac, I can help you at Family Search. Ancestry charging extra for "global records" was ... well, the United States is a country of immigrants. So when that changed, it was very frustrating.
@@jessicamac1307 omg I’m looking from my family from Spain 🇪🇸 too :(
When she said "covid 19" i was shocked because I thought this video was old T-T
Nope everyone of them is produced within a few weeks of publication.
@@GenealogyTV Haha, he was joking by the way
I would be lost without you and Crista. Thank for the booklet and stay safe.
Thank you Miss Judy. Stay safe.
Great suggestion to have FamilySearch & Ancestry open at same time. I have a 40" < $250 TV monitor as a 2nd monitor. Using two monitors allow you to have both sites visible at the same time. Connecting a TV to a laptop involves an HMDI cable and using Windows P.
Do I have to use a $250 monitor or will any monitor work?
I always have 2 tablets and a stack of notebooks and pens. I agree, having those both is a wonderful tool.
Awesome I just mapped like half of Horry County SC on my family search 100+ people last night lol. My family has a booklet .
Some of my family is from SC its hard for me
I just shared to my facebook, 2 family groups and a historical Society. I like it when great minds think alike. You did such a great job and handout that I don't have to create one, thank you.
Thank you Sherry
Thank you for this free resource! It was honestly so informative. I’m excited to explore my roots and family history
You're so welcome!
It's like CZcams was invented in the nineties here.
That's so rude!
Who would ever imagine this scenario back in 2005:
Me: Here is something that will make your life better, and I'm giving it to you for free because I like helping people.
Strangers on the internet: You suck, and your video doesn't look good.
???
I don't get it. If you get something for free, shouldn't you just say thanks?
Thank you! I’m trying to figure out my mothers side of the family and I have no money to do so! I’ve been worried about having to pay a lot for different things.
It’s difficult as I have no contact with either of my biological parents or anyone my mothers side. So I’m glad CZcams has some stuff to show how to find things.
If you have not taken a DNA test, do so at Ancestry. You can get them on sale during the holidays for about $59. Then, learn how to group your DNA matches. I have several videos on how to do this. Eventually, you'll figure out your bio family.
I recently had found out I come from a history of criminals. One of my great great grandpas sold moonshine during the prohibition. The other was a mobster
You’re not alone. Almost every family has them.
I just found out my family is related to the Bonnie Parker family @@GenealogyTV
Thanks, great info. I’ve been working on my genealogy for several years off and on. Picked up some new tips for free research.
Glad it was helpful!
I found so many things i didn’t know about, it made me kind of sad looking at pictures of tombstones and things but it’s very interesting.
Thanks. Think of cemeteries as a park for genealogist. Maybe that’ll help take the sadness away.
Thank you so much. This is my high school assignment for finals. This is so hard.. thank you
Good luck!
This is great, first time I am here. I will check out a few things.
Be sure to see today’s episode about the 200th episode celebration.
ALWAYS GREAT JOB appreciate time & effort for each video. ANCESTRY MADE SIMPLE, finding relatives bit more challenging. Great weekend.
can't recall do you have West Virginia roots? Their archives are tremendously helpful.
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Thank you Elisa. I really appreciate the comment. This particular one took a two week process to produce both the book and the video. More time than normal. I do not have roots in West Virginia. But appreciate the comment about the archives. I will pass it on to anybody I run into researching in that area.
West Virginia records *are* excellent. Especially if you have Dotsons or Dodsons in your family . Sometimes I think we are all related, and it's through Rogers, Waldo, Pace and Dodson :D
The only problem I see over and over is that many people don't know that West Virginia didn't become a separate state from Virginia until 1862. West Virginians didn't want to leave the Union, so they left Virginia. I love these people!
So watch for dates. Ancestry and Find A Grave (now owned by Ancestry) are awful about three dates:
1776- Nothing before September 1776 is "The United States". I was a History buff then teacher before I was in Genealogy, and it's kind of shocking that people don't know 1776.
Second, 1802. That's when Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland became the United Kingdom.
Third, mostly 1862. I always check when a place became a state in the U.S.
There are people who know when every county in every state came into existence, but my brain can't handle that :0) God bless Google!
Just discovered this channel, . Thankyou for your fabulous video. This will help me in my journey. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome, I’m so glad you’re here.
Unfortunately, I don’t know my ancestors yet. But I found out about my last name information though. So thank you!
Thank you Connie!!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
HAVE A NICE EVENING.
great info thanks - anyone have some sites that make ancestry info available in Germany and Sweden?
Not that I know of
Family Search does!! I have records from Germany, England and a few from Sweden found there.
Or you can buy the new "global" account at Ancestry. But I always check my work at several sites, so you may as well start at Family Search.
Thank you SO much! What a valuable resource!
Thanks
I ❤️ Geaneology
Me too!
Have you seen the t-shirt that says "Wake up.
Eat.
Shower.
DO GENEALOGY.
Repeat" ? ?
I saw that last year and wondered how they knew what I do all day ;0;
I've tried trials of all the sites mentioned. There just doesn't seem to be a whole lot of records of my family. Or maybe they haven't been uploaded by users yet. Paying for the subscriptions is a waste because it seems like the only info they have is what was uploaded by other users. These sites collect money by the free labor of the community.
It might be that no one has done the research for the records. Consider starting the research on FamilySearch, it’s free. They have tons of free records to find.
my family does not use these last name thingy, my mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, uncle does not have middle name and last name. but my sisters and me does have a last name. Do you know how to find my great grandmother??
or maybe ancestry test is the way
I highly recommend doing a DNA test, especially at Ancestry. You'll find cousins and then figure out how you are connected eventually.
Can I down load my family search data on a Ged Com file?
No you can't download from FamilySearch... only the other guys. FS is one huge world tree, so it would be impossible.
thanks so much for the tips
Happy to help!
GREAT video. Thank you so much
thank you for your information i will be checking out the one about keeping good files
Glad it was helpful!
@@GenealogyTV thank you do you have any other sources for tracking family in Spain?
Family Search.
thank you for this recourse I have gotten to my 18th great grandparents on certain people all the way back to the 1430s but I have come to a stop and cant find any more any advice
Keep digging... but you may have run out of the paper trail. You may find more with deep DNA research... like getting into haplogroups. That is best done at FamilyTreeDNA.
How does that work when we don't share any DNA after what, 4th of 5th great grandparents? I haven't had any coffee yet, so my brain refuses to work ;0)
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Great info
I've got approximately 500 years of Paternal side history but only approximately 100 years of Maternal.
Both sides came from Switzerland.
What is the best source for European information?
FindMyPast, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and MyHeritage.
I'm really eager to know my ancestry and what each generation before me did, whether I have Scandinavian, Hispanic, Italian, French, American, African, Australian alongside my English/Irish/Welsh heritage and anything else. It's piqued my curiosity for some time now
Yay... welcome to the genealogy family.
My question is if you do not sign up any one to contributed on your tree and your tree is public then another member/non can not change your tree? Like removing people.
I’m not sure which service you’re talking about. On Ancestry, no one can change anything on your tree without your permission. On FamilySearch anyone can.
@@GenealogyTV Thanks for letting me know.
Thanks so much, great info!
Thanks 😊
Do these sites use dna to link families? Asking because my family's surnames spelling was changed at Castle Garden when they came to America so I'll be searching for two different names essentially.
Some of them do you use DNA to help show how your family could be linked together but not definitively proof. You need to do the research to determine that. It is unlikely that your families name was changed at Castle Garden, it often happened after they arrived in the United States. That’s an old myth.
My mother in low is from south Africa she come here when she was 21 now she is 48 she don't have family in namibia pls help
And she needs to write down everything she can remember. Think who what where when why and how. That’ll be the clues to start the research in the future.
I’m just hoping I’m the heir to a throne somewhere
Me too. 😂
can you tell me how to find info in spain geneology? anyone? Im trying to find a link to Basque.
Use the card catalog at Ancestry and also the FamilySearch.org wiki to locate records for Spain. Drill down by location in both. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Spain_Genealogy
Just wanna see what my ancestors are
Understood.
Thank you so so so-ooo very much for all your information! I have part of my family tree written down & really want to fill it in as best I can.
I have a problem, I need to find out if my Great Grandparents are listed on the Dawes, but I don't know their names & my grandparents (I know their names) have passed as well as my Dad & my aunt & uncles so, I don't have anyone to ask & I'm in a pickle! Any advice? 🤔
And, another question....
I'm not quite understanding what exactly a "Gedcom file" is and how & where I can download it.
Can you please explain how to do this?
Thank you so much!
God bless you!
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I wanna know if iam part european. Iam Mexican but we are mostly white looking. Also we speak Spanish way different than others. And top of that we have family members talking french but. And ⚽ is the sport we play and watch. Aim really curious.
Take a DNA test.
I'm named after my grandmother and I want to find her and relatives. For African Americans its overwhelming to trace records. Your video has helped alot. Any suggestions on slave records? I'm a new sub btw.
Like any genealogy you want to start with what you know and document it well. If you find you have enslaved ancestors research them as well as the enslaver. Ancestry has a lot of records for African-American and enslaved research.
I discovered that one of my relatives on my Father's side committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that.
@@GenealogyTV much appreciated.
@@GenealogyTV also. I wanna thank u for the links. I'm able to trace back about 200 years of family history for free
Thank you so much!
My pleasure
I wanna know if my great great great great grandfather is part of tribe
3:40 is when the video starts
In the Summer of 2022, there really is no free option with Ancestry. You can click on free trial, but before you even get started, it wants payment info. So that's out.
Yes there is. Go here. support.ancestry.com/s/article/Free-Registered-Guest-Accounts?language=en_US
This is for free by the way
yes
I only need this so I can find out if I'm related to a legend
If you have a FamilySearch account go to RelativeFinder.com. It might show you how you might be related but you need to verify the links in records.
My biological father died in prison and nobody seems to know what prison so I’m having trouble finding any information on his death. I did find his mugshot. I’m trying to trace both of his parents ancestry. I know that him, his dad and his mom all died from heart attacks.
Look for newspapers in the area about the time he would have been convicted. This video has some information about prison records. Anton Woode, 11 Year Old Boy Murderer, Research & Prison Records czcams.com/video/n5wmrdZb6p0/video.html
My family has an incredibly rare last name. I actually haven’t found a single living person online with my last name that isn’t one of my family members but my problem is that I can’t trace my lineage back any further than my great great grandpa. I found something saying he was born in Canada and died in Massachusetts is there any chance they would have changed his names spelling when going from Canada to US. Supposedly my father heard that he came here from either cork or Clare county Ireland as well (he had that side of my family confused with my grandmothers so he wasn’t sure which side was from which part of Ireland) but it seemed weird to me that the families oral history said he came from Ireland while the records show Canada. Any advice on how I could find some of these answers out I’m feeling more confused about my family tree then I was before I started researching. Any help is much appreciated thank you
Not My Name... love your handle BTW.. It's possible that they migrated from Ireland to Canada first... then crossed into the US by land. Look for immigration records in Canada. Also... do some basic searches on FindMyPast (known for their Irish records) to see if there are others with same unique name. Having a rare names is helpful when researching... as opposed to Smith, Jones, or Davis. Also look for immigration records into the US from Canada. Yes they may have changed their names. Look for the family members and their ages to help find others in the same group in other records with other names. These are usually similar names like my ancestors emigrated as Jensen but once here in the US they changed their name to Johnson a few years later. Look for variations of the name.
@@GenealogyTV sadly almost every male I have in my family tree has one of three names lol this information is very helpful tho thank you for your reply I’m gonna try to use some of these sources u gave me and maybe I’ll have better luck I’ll make sure to come back and let u know if I find anything cool
I just wanna see who’s related to who cus I’m too lazy to ask my family lmao
Cute. Funny.
Literally same. I don’t wanna call all my aunts 😂
So frustrating to find people who add every child they find with parents of the same name assuming it's the same family. I have one Irish family that someone on FamilySearch had added children from Minnesota, Ireland, NY, Chicago, and Massachusetts. The parents had lived their entire lives in a small town in Massachusetts. It took me months to straighten that out--only to have someone come and change things again! At that point I went to Ancestry and use FS for a resource only. Be warned!
Ditto
I'm trying to find out who my grandfather is. My mother doesn't have his name on her birth certificate, and she wasn't names until she started school.
23 and me has connected me to my grandmother's relatives, and my dad's. Would anyone know where for me to start?
Take a DNA test at Ancestry. You’ll have better luck with cousin matches there.
Why does this video look like it was taken in 1970s? I realized it was a recent after she spoke about covid 😂
Is this really free? I really want to know more about my family’s tree and lineage and where we come from.
Yes. I recommend starting on FamilySearch or WikiTree to get started for free.
I am at family search every day. I'm happy to help. My Great Uncle was a Genealogist in the 1980s and '90s, and I'm kind of carrying all that on. But it's more fun now to help other people.
I'm wondering if I can post a link so people can write me there. If just comment and I'll check my Gmail. The more people -- sorry if this sounds awful -- that you can add who have passed away? That helps the most.
Start with yourself, of course, then your parents & grandparents. The most helpful thing I learned is *not* to only do a direct line - Your Grandparents, Great Grands, etc. If you add every sibling, you can often find records attached to the sibling that you need to fill in the blanks.
My parents are from Central America, it’s kind of hard to find my ancestors
Yes. I imagine you probably need to contact the parish is in the area where your ancestors are from. ancestry.com does have some Central American records.
I don't know much past some of my great grandparents. I don't know their bdays or death dates. Ugh. Help?
I have private coaching if you want to try that. That way we can jump on a Zoom call, share computer screens, and I can see your family tree. Here is a link with more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/
Could anybody try and find my ancestors and what they did for a living my last name is Wallace and my family live in Scotland
I really want to find my ancestry
You are in the right place.
@@GenealogyTV I think my mom and dad would be really happy if I did that.
My grandpa liked to lie because we all have been told he's from Ohio and born there but he said he was born in Wyoming on his marriage certificate and his dad has 2 names he went by it looks like and I'm starting to think my family has some secrets they tried to bury cause my grandma's side is easy to find but my grandpa's gets complicated anybody got any tips cause I can't find anything past my great grandfather
What a lovely video
You are so kind
Are there any tips to try to narrow down family members in maternal line? My maternal grandmother was adopted and I feel like now I am just doing the same things over and over. Thank You for any help- She was adopted betwn 1910-1920 I have checked state of Ohio they didnt save or cross ref records that early. I have had ancestry DNA , MT DNA and 23and me , I have trees on ancstry, geni, family search. I just would like to know where she came from, so I can expand that area of the tree.
Using DNA is likely going to be your best bet in this situation. Group your DNA matches along that branch of the family. Use mtDNA too. If you find someone close in atDNA, then offer to pay for an mtDNA. Learn mtDNA strategies to make sure you understand how it works. It's different than any other DNA test.
@@GenealogyTV on my MTdna from familytreedna site I have a relative that shows 0 distance between us, we have no idea how we are connected-just my maternal grandmother somehow. They also had the mtdna from same site thats how we found each otherjust cannot locate the missing family member link
You see i have a discrepancies or a slight problem, my problem ( Oh yea i would like to mention the fact that i am from N.C born and raised) is a few centuries of slavery that is making this difficult for me to find out my family. One gigantic and damn near conspiracy type of misconception is that all black people were brought here in the 17 and 1800's for slavery from Africa and one thing about the census that I noticed that was left out was how many Black people were here in America and spoke several different languages and dialects of Latin and English and mainstream is calling us liars and they call the elders that tell us this liars and the fact that when i was told this I was a small child and i use t go to school and when my teacher would give us the narrative and dialog on Columbus I would interject and quote or paraphrase what was conveyed to me by my family and both of my grandmothers had Indian my fathers side the most with red skin features and all with high cheek bones not indicative to Africa at all and im not one of those who is ashamed of the motherland i was wanting to be from there to visit but i found out I am AMERICAN and my family has been here b4 European even knew who Americans was except it wasn't called America My people called it "Turtle island they believer that the earth was on the back of a giant turtle traveling through the ether and dark matter and this is by black people of this time not the Indians it was also called that by the people that lived in the Meso or the pacific Indies but my point is that your method doent work but for one race almost if you didn't carry a paper trail then you have to go by word of mouth but when you go word of mouth people discredit you and call you liars but when a whole generation says the same thing and they still discredit it makes you wonder the Real Agenda of these gate keepers we just want to keep out the next generation up to date o there lineage. One of the most factual statements I have ever heard was "the winners wright the history books" And every losers history book defines thing a little bit more horrible then the winner and there tale of modest equal generous fair hero's with barrels of integrity just seem grim and fabricated when you hear accounts that held more detail and conviction. But then you get in you head and you think like what would you do if ships started to anchoring on you coast with armed men planes and helis just rushed you shore and they are unloading gear and weapons horses and more soldier like men and they start talking to you like a person would a child or a pet you try to make conversation and talk trade but they take and order around in stead then they gawk at your women making gestures but living with these invaders for months then more ships and planes show up and and now they are building and taking from your land and taking from your mouth and kids mouth and you notice someone saying something asking them to leave and they kill him and start killing everyone and taking land HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS AMERICA AND IT WAS CHINA DOING IT? NO ONE THINKS OF TRYS TO CONTEMPLATE ON HOW THE PEOPLE FELT ABOUT THIS INTRUSION THEY ALSO DONT CARE ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE OF AFGANASTAN SUDI ARABIA SYRIA IRAN AFRICA HAITI BUT AS SOON AS THE UKRANIE NEEDS HELP WE ARE AT THE DOOR STEP TRYING EVERTHING WE CAN TO GET IN WITH OUT STARTING WW3 SICK SAD WORLD AND THAT DRIVES MY KNOWING THAT MY HERITAGE WAS ROBBED AND ITS BEEN COVERED UP AND LIED ABOUT IM 40 YEARS OLD I AM ALSO autodidactic. that is over 17 years of asking researching and hitting dead completely dead ends.
Why can't I find more Clark in my male dna line
That question can't be answered without more information. Do you have a tree online?
Very useful!
Glad you think so!
If you had a free trial before will the ancestry let you do it again if it’s been like four or five years ago
I don't think so if you are using the same email address.
How if my older generation is transmigrated to australia, china, portugal, french and indonesia, maybe some on usa ?
You know, that is a great question. Sounds like you have some good research ahead.
@@GenealogyTV yeah not all i only know the older one is in google, my great grand uncle, he is the Bishop... Only from my mum i know, because my mum family only have at least 6 child but from my dad, i only know my massive family, and actually i was so confusing for found it, 12 to 15 child in one generation is so insane so i dont remember, and they are originally from china but myb transmigrated to europe, Australia, America and myb to other country in asia... And my dad never mant to tell it... Only my grandpa tell it but its too short fron know, because my grandpa had died a year ago so i cant ask it again 😂... I wait for my uncle madw the generation, it tooks maybe more than one year to complete it... Luckily they still using old chinese name, first word is surname, second word is generation name, last word is name... Not too easy to find it...
I wonder if a DNA test would help your situation.
Hey what should I do if I'm from Jamaica
Go to Ancestry.com click Search, drop down to Card Catalog, search the Keyword Jamaica, you will find 39 sets of records. Sort by record count in the upper right corner. You will find Jamaica Civil Registrations Births, Marriage, and Death Records 1878-1995 as the top with nearly 8 million records. Try searching each record set in the list for the ancestors you know. I hope that helps.
Were is the guest account link
Free Guest Account Link
www.ancestry.com/account/create/?_ga=2.174169387.849458485.1597522913-1161857563.1597358111
Can you help me please i wanted search my grandfather i tried my best but i did not found the result can you help me please
I have private coaching if you want to try that. That way we can jump on a Zoom call, share computer screens, and I can see your family tree. Here is a link with more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/
Churches and baptism are free.
How to cancel subscription for the free trial? Any help?
Go here support.ancestry.com/s/article/Ancestry-Free-Trial
The ancestry family tree thing is not free at all.
Humm... it used to be. I'll have to look into it.
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Thanks 👍
What’s the best free website for people of color bc family search can only go so far when I used my ancestry trial I got really far but can’t go any farther bc of cost
Check the Freedmen's Bureau records on Ancestry. They are free for everyone. www.ancestry.com/cs/freedmens
Can you help me trace my ancestry and family background? I need professional help.
I have a coaching service. Go to genealogytv.org and click on the coaching tab to learn more.
I need help with a dna problem I don't share dna with my uncle but share cousins I am so upset dont know what to think
Pls pls can u help me
I have private coaching if you want to try that. That way we can jump on a Zoom call, share computer screens, and I can see your family tree. Here is a link with more information. genealogytv.org/virtual-private-coaching/
Probably a silly question, but should I only have one family tree that follows both of my parents families and both of their parents and grandparents etc all in the same tree?
Not a silly question at all. I have one primary tree for everything. Occasionally if I have a client i’ll make a second tree. I believe in one primary tree, I keep mine on Ancestry, and then I use other trees on other platforms for research. But I do not bother keeping up on all of those trees, only when I’m researching a specific line.
@@GenealogyTV awesome thanks! I love your channel. Thanks so much for doing it!
My pleasure Faith
@@GenealogyTV Connie, do you keep your Ancestry tree private or public?
How to get your book
Sorry... I had a bad link in the description. Here you go. mailchi.mp/genealogytv.org/free-ebook
Any info on Indian genealogy resources?
For American Indian research, there are special census rolls. Go on Ancestry and search for "Native American" and "Indian" records in the keyword field.
I’m interested in finding out what the hell went wrong in my genealogy to make my family and my life suck so bad 😭
Don’t let the genealogy rule your life. Create your own destiny. Hang in there.
S. Tate, do you have any Irish family? I have been researching Tates the past month.
I agree with this comment so much. You won't find some "sin of the father" in the past that explains now this way. If you want some real advice from someone who forgives a parent on a daily basis? Take down the negative image you are using for your profile image. You don't have to pretend to be happy if you're not, but telling yourself that story over and over will guarantee you stay stuck in it.
@@amylynnhunt55 my image isn’t negative look longer to figure it out. It is a double meaning. You saw the negative first. But there is also a positive, can you find it?
@@amylynnhunt55 it’s not an old story retelling. It’s a what I don’t get everyday. My fam gives me nothing everyday.
I tried to access the free Ebook on the 5 steps but it will not go past filling in the name and email. I hit subscribe but it does not go anywhere.
Was this the link you used? mailchi.mp/c5db92ec5df1/genealogytvfreeebook
@@GenealogyTV I am having the same problem - I tried multiple times. Please help. Thank you!
Just tried from my phone and that worked! it did not work from my laptop! who knows????
My only other suggestion would be to keep your master tree in Rootsmagic essentials which is free and connect with both ancestry and familysearch.org.
Get it now at rootsmagic.com
I’m trying to look for my friend Alexandra raptopoulou to make sure she is ok please help please. I’m worried she killed herself or something. She left the internet if i what to do. Her father got corona and died and she was my best friend please help.
I would suggest you contact the authorities in the area she lives... for a wellness check. I hope you find her.
Genealogy TV she lived in Greece so idk what to do. We didn’t live in the same country or anything so like idk how to find her
man what if my great great great something is rich and left cash for anyone with my last name
We can only dream, right?
Thank you kindly
You bet
My last name is uncommon 😔
That makes it easier to find sometimes. Search all variations too.
No links below in uk
I'm not sure why.
Im william penn’s descendant!
Fantastic. I have not made the connect... yet!
me randomly search my family history
Enjoy the journey.
There's nothing with my family
Humm…
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Thanks
I found out I’m 80 percent royalty of British 😂
Wow
Ancestry isn't free
You can build a page for free. Even some of the records are available for free.
@@GenealogyTV Sooooo free
I am unable to see my tree on Ancestry for free. I put information on it from hard copies I ordered that were no online back then. Now I cannot see my tree.
Can you sign into your account and download the data?