what are the better free genealogy sites to go to ?

Hey Bev,

You have been given the good sites to start with. Here are some specific to Native Americans. Also, some DNA project information.

These are free sites. I use them constantly.

Rootsweb is similar to ancestry, plus other researchers post their family on web pages with email addresses and post on the message board of their findings

Usgenweb is a state and county search.

Lds is the Latter Day Saints which has loads of information including other countries.

The other Native American site has loads of web sites to check out. I haven't used this one though, but I have it on my list from attending genealogy classes. So, I am not sure if this one costs.

Hope this helps!

Native American, Native Australian or Native Patagonian?

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Here are some large free sites. I save this and paste it because people ask the same questions 1 - 4 times a day:

What are good free sites for genealogy?

or

Does anyone know about the {surname} family?

or

How can I trace my family tree, for free?

If you search or browse the resolved questions in the Genealogy category, you can find more links from other people.

http://www.cyndislist.com/

(240,000+ links, all cross-indexed.)

http://www.familysearch.com/

(Mormon's mega-site)

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin...

(450,000,000+ entries, some excellent, some bad, most in between)

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?l...

Surname meanings and origins; no specific individuals, but fun.

These are for the USA only:

http://www.usgenweb.net/

(Subdivided into state sites, which all have county sites.)

(Canada has a Canadian Gen Web, with sites for each province.)

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cg...

(Social Security Death index - click on "Advanced".)

http://find.person.superpages.com/

(US Phone book, for looking up distant cousins)

If you get serious, you should probably buy a genealogy program. I like Roots Magic. Family Tree Maker is very popular. Both are $29, but you can sometimes find old versions in discount bins at software stores.

Family Search

http://www.familysearch.org/

Search the Family History Library's database, which contains millions of names from thousands of family trees; a project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

GeneaNet

http://www.geneanet.org/

Formed in 1996, is "to build a database that indexes all the world's genealogical resources, whether Net-based or not and whether free or fee-paying."

Find Your Family Tree

http://www.findyourfamilytree.com/

A free genealogy web site designed to help you find missing branches of your family tree using Pedigree Resource File (PRF), a rapidly expanding collection of family trees submitted by people worldwide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

GenCircles

http://www.gencircles.com/

Searching the global tree (as GenCircles calls its database) and viewing results is free to everyone. In addition to first and last names, the database is searchable by dates and places of birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial, as well as by the names of an individual’s father, mother and spouse.

GenealogyBuff.com

http://www.genealogybuff.com/

Search for your surname in dozens of family history databases with one click. Though you still have to visit each site to see the results (or find out your search came up empty), GenealogyBuff.com can be a good starting point for online research.

USGenWeb

http://www.usgenweb.org/

The USGenWeb is one of the premier sites for US researchers. Here you'll find Web pages for every US state and county.

AncestralFindings

http://www.ancestralfindings.com.../

AncestralFindings may not own every database you're interested in, but its collection is impressive. Holdings include CD-ROM records of births, deaths, marriages, census indexes, land records, passenger lists, immigrations and Genealogy.com's entire World Family Tree collection.

If you are looking for Native American sites, www.accessgenealogy.com is one of the best. www.cyndislist is another excellant site.

The best one is: familysearch.org

no not really most of them you have to pay

Try http://www.familysearch.org/ or http://www.ancestorhunt.com/

Do you have these?