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Family Trees

JASON0980

JASON0980

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in an effort to find a little sanity in my background i have decided to do my family tree. :lol2:

has anybody else done this? any help would be awesome! ..|

i already know a little bit, very little. i know that Mark Twain is my great great great great uncle. so that should be a little help, but other than that i am lost. :confused:

so anyway, anybody have any good sites? i can't really afford to join any pay sites yet.
 
ancestry.com is usually a good place to start. I'm not quite clear how it works -- I know if you become a member you get access to a lot of resources. I'm a little fuzzy on what you get if you don't, other than a place where you can store whatever names you already have.
 
No, apparently my great grandfather had like, over 20 or 30 wives...
 
JASON0980 said:
how about birth records? anyone know where i can get find those?
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Depends on the jurisdiction. If you're looking for birth certificates, some are kept by county gov't, some by city gov't, some by the hospitals themselves.
 
I've traced both my parents' ancestors but only got as far as the mid 1800's on my mom's side, but had better luck with my father, tracing his family back to the late 1700's.

I did most of my research using Census records on microfilm at the library in Memphis. Check your local main library in your area and visit the geneaology department.

As for birth certificates, I'm not sure if every state is the same, but in Tennesse all state records are kept at the state capital. It's been awhile since I've requested any records, but as I recall for a small fee they will search for records and send you a photocopy of what they find. The criteria for Tennessee was that you had to provide the person's name, parents' names, county of birth, and a three year period that you wanted them to look through. If you weren't sure about the birth date, you could request that they look at three years worth of records for the dates you provide. For example, if you thought the person was born around 1918, you could request that they look through all birth records for 1917, 1918, and 1919.

Death certificates are a little different. Death certificates are kept in the state where the person died. For example, if a person lived in Tennessee, but died in an auto accident in Montana, his death certificate would be filed in Montana. Acquiring a copy is different from state to state. Some states will send a copy with no conditions attached. Others will require a notarized statement that you are relative of the person. And what you get might or might not be censored. Some of the death certificates I got had the cause of death "whited out."

One excuse I used that seemed to provide better results was that I was researching my family tree for causes of death "for medical reasons," which is a perfectly legitimate reason. Some people want to know what health conditions may or may not run in the family.

I'll look through my files and see if I can find more information for you. Hope this helps!
 
A family member researched my family, took her many years, so don't expect this to me a quick project. Also discovered that my (many greats) grandpa was born while his dad had been in a Yankee prison for over a year. So it's a pretty sure thing that my family name that I have been proud of , is not really my name at all.
I don't know if the draft dodging neighbors or a Yankee soldier did the deed. Could have been raped by either, or willingly for food or protection or just for fun. The point being that you are very likely to discover something that you least expect.
To help with your search ask you local libraian if there are any geneaology groups that meet. They can be of great help. Also the Mormon Church has tons of records , even on non Mormons.
As Ned pointed out, unless you have a distant relative that was really important, its hard to get past the early 1800's to late 1700's. Many of the early courthouses have burned over the years and records are just not available. Amazingly there are a lot of War Between The States records available on line and free. They cover both North and South. But you need to know what unit they served in, as most names are quite common and some only use an initial for first name.
As for Mark Twain (Samuel Clements) being your many great Uncle, you need copies of marriage and birth certificates from him all the way down to you. This alone will be quite a chore.
Good luck in your search.
 
Ain't ya got no Mormons there in Ohio?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints maintains exhaustive genealogical information; as I remember, when you are baptized into the Church, all of your ancestors are baptized with you, so you have to know as many of their names as possible. Therefore they maintain the genealogical archives to assist in finding those names.

They used to make it free for the public, I suppose they still do. My Grandmother did her family tree all the way back to the Mayflower, and never would have managed without their records. But then, there's a Temple here in Oakland, so we had an advantage; I don't know if they maintain those records online anywhere, or if there's a Temple near you.

If your family is local for a few generations, you can find the information at your courthouse and/or public library; if you know where they do come from, you can try those counties and libraries (I know the Grandmother did a lot of research by calling and writing to, and even visiting, courthouses and libraries in Texas and Missouri, whence most of her people came).

But tracing family trees is not easy. It takes a lot of time and effort and concentration and commitment. And even then, you might see some patterns going on, but they still won't make any sense. People don't, as a rule. You kinda just have to accept them as they are.
 
Ancestry.com did fill in some gaps, but they didn't help with others. Now they keep sending me stuff, 2 years after my membership was canceled.
 
Also,

If your family owns any plot of land that was passed down to them from
their relatives, you can check with whatever city that land is in through the clerk of courts... It's *amazing* how far back some of those records can go.

Might provide you with some names that you can research.
 
Best of fortune Jason in your searches. I have a cousin that did some work on my fathers side of my family. I'd like to find out if I have Scottish ancestry. I'm pretty sure I have Celtic ancestry from my mothers side ( Irish and yes I know the Scots are Celtic too..)and our surname is considered Welsh. All I know for sure is that my birth certificate has the wrong day of birth....grrrr...I need to get that fixed and I have a feeling it is going to be a pain in the ass to get done.
 
Also try Rootsweb.com. Since Mark Twain is in your family tree, there will likely be others with him in their database.

I see there are 41 matches under World Connect at Rootsweb. Obviously, there are likely many more under Clemens.
 
I've been searching my family history for about 15 years with my mom and we have managed to get back to England in the 1600s on my dads side and early 1800s on my moms. It can be a long, tiring, and frustrating experience, but it can also be very exciting when you find that needle in a haystack.
We did quite a bit of our early searching at the local library. They have a fairly good geneology section here in Tampa and have microfilm census reports and lots of books. If you can get near a big city library, check them to see what free research info they have. We also did the ancestry.com and several other online search features. Luckily, my aunt had a family history in the family bible that went back to the first Duncan family member coming to the US, so we had a place to start fairly far back. We happened to luck into finding another "wing" of the family history that someone had already researched and posted that confirmed much of what he had spent time searching for.
On my dads mothers side I had posted a question on geneology.com (they are currently showing a 14 day free trial) and happened to get a response from someone who was researching my family history for a book. He had 3 or 4 generations already researched so that side fell into place quite quickly once we connected.
We also lucked into finding family (about 200 miles away) that we didnt know about who had done the family history back to the early 1800s.
One of the most important things is to keep good records since many of the names/dates might be confusing the further back you go since the recordkeeping wasnt the best. You can get free online geneology forms if you seach and be sure to keep track of where you get the information (birth cert/book, etc) so you can go back to verify additional info you might find at a later time.
Dont hesitate to post questions online at the research sites as well since you never know who might also be researching their family and come across that connection.
Good luck.
 
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