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Johnny Sirko: Here is one free site:http://www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/marriage/search.cfmDon't let "marriage" in the URL fool you. They have Family Bibles, Birth certificates, Cemetery records, Census entries., Church records (members, birth, baptism, christening, death, burial), Court cases (civil or criminal), Death records, Directory entries (city, county, telephone), Estate settlement records, Estate receipts, Guardianship orders, Maps (including plat maps), Marriage records, Military records (including DAR file), Minute books & ledgers, Newspaper articles, Obituaries, School records, and Wills, and they are all free.There is one little catch - it is only for Preble County, Ohio, and, except for the obits, most of the records are pre-1900. If your ancestors were in Preble County, Ohio, you will be so happy you'll be dancing across the room screaming "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!" so loud that the neighbors will! think I came for dinner and brought the wine.If not, this site will be totally worthless, and you'll be crying bitter tears into your pillow tonight, asking the Lord why your ancestors didn't settle in Preble County.If you give us a time frame and a county, we may be able to help.My point is that there ARE free genealogy sites out there; they vary by town, county, state, (shire, in the UK) and country. Also by the years you are interested in.Ancestry.com makes their money by paying people to transcribe tons of data. They then sell access to it. They have no free rivals. If the omelet fairy delivered free breakfasts to everyone every morning, would Denny's stay in business? If there was a web site just like Ancestry, but free, would Ancestry stay in business?Rootsweb, Us Gen Web, GenForum and the free parts of Ancestry are the biggest and widest (i.e., cover the most states) free sites on the web, but there are 400,000+ free sites. Preble County is a rare gem and the standa! rd by which I judge all other county libraries. Most of them w! ish they had the funds and/or volunteers to do likewise.Poke around. Use Google for "[Birth | Marriage | Death] records {county} {state}" or "Genealogy {county} {State}. Post a specific question here (Does anyone know of a good site for births in Deaf Smith County, Texas before 1924?). This may help:http://www.tedpack.org/yagenlinks.htmlI wrote it for Y!A genealogy users. It has links to 11 huge free sites, and tips on how to use them.Explore. Have fun!...Show more
Georgia Dees: Hello, I am a retired Police Officer here in the US and I can confirm to you that these types of records, for the most part, are not available to the general public. You won't be able to obtain them for free. That's the reality of it. Even if you came into the station for a particular police report to which you have a right to possess, you are often required to pay a small fee at the clerk's counter for the paperwork. There are however, to my knowledge, just a couple LEGITIMATE services th! at have full access to these types of records, and OFFICIAL approval/certification to provide them. The one which comes to mind is http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com - and if I recall correctly, They do provide these records at a relatively small cost.. especially considering the highly personal, confidential, or otherwise sensitive nature of the information within. Here you will find things such as: Reverse Phone Search Criminal Records Inmate Records Sex Offenders DUI/DWI Records Court Records Arrest Records Warrant Records Police Records Address History Death Index Marital Status Relatives and Associates Property Records Felonies and Convictions Alias and Date of Birth Business Search http://www.echeck.pcti-system.comThe only other way to obtain this type of information is to be working in certain areas of the public sector, such as Police work. Please do not use this any information you may discover for malicious purpose, as many States do provide criminal penalties u! nder statutory law for certain acts regarding invasion of privacy. Hop! e this helps....Show more
Particia Thorton: After going over this, I just utilized the service spoken of by the NJ State Trooper on here. I come from a very strict Jewish family, and I have been dating a non-Jewish girl for some time now.. A girl who my parents do not approve of. They think there is something very wrong about her. They believe she has a shady past, like she is violent or into drugs or something. To prove them wrong, I decided to run that background check on here from http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com .. I came across many interesting things.. many of which I won't get into. The report was VERY thorough. What I did find, which turned out to be a deal breaker, was FOUR TRO's(temporary restraining orders) 2 were dismissed, the other 2 were finalized into a final restraining order(lifetime restraining order) ... The ones that were finalized were as a result of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the other for STALKING. I was shocked when I saw this. I guess s! ometimes you can never really know who you might be dealing with!...Show more
Jude Colbenson: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/Your first stop is the guide to tracing family history which is on the front page here. Some tips from me.. of course, you don't know many names, etc. That is the reason why you are going to research. Every step of the way.. always use a record to verify what you find. It's fine to ask family members, but think what you would do, if no one knows anything? or they never knew, forgot, were told stories that are false? Yes.. that means even pull out your own birth certificate to start with. Why?? so you start RIGHT from the beginning. Next, use some record (ie parent's birth certs) to prove your grandparents. Normally, the mother's maiden name is used on a birth certificate. Keep in mind.. you have PROVEN your link to your parents, thus it is solid. You PROVE your parents to the grandparents. If the name is Smith. you are not looking for Smiths.! You want the Smith that is a parent to you/ your father/ grandfather. ! It keeps you from dart throwing. I'll send you to a place with free death certs for Texas. Oh.. wait.. you are not from Texas? so.. the RIGHT web site is totally depending on you and your unique relatives. In fact, that is the game: "I want this record, now where is it likely to be?" So, I won't reccomend one site.. you will quickly start seeing that (1) many sites are specialized and (2) you DON'T want one site, you want as many as possible, since that increases the odds to find info. Last.. genealogy is not all online. A lot is.. but don't lock yourself in to that. Live persons normally won't be. PS.. like.. is grandma dead or living? Quick.. who are her brothers?? ha!! brothers keep the name, sisters get married. Just a bit of common sense and imagination will get you going. Oh.. and somewhere along the way..there will be some costs. You'll see where they are valid. Ancestry.com is not free. It IS worth it, for the census records alone. Make some coffee.. bookmark us her! e.. and pull out your certificate. You have started. We are free (well.. we cost 5 pts per question, but hey, that is a bargain). If I didn't have this here.. I'd be forced to do housework. Darn, come to think of it..psus regulars here normally like each other. We get more satisfaction from real helping, than competing on best. Thus, you will get 5 answers, and you will get good stuff from each one....Show more
Michel Mccaulley: There are many "free" ones, including just using google to search for ancestors. You will probably find your own name that way.Here is my short list:You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history. Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department. Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc. Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card requi! red).Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History C! enters. They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).A third option is one of the following websites:http://www.searchforancestors.com/... http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739... www dot usgenweb dot com/ www dot census dot gov/ http://www.rootsweb.com/ www dot ukgenweb dot com/ www dot archives dot gov/ http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.accessgenealogy.com/... http://www.cyndislist.com/ www dot geni dot com/Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.Good luck and have fun!Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:www dot associatedcontent dot com/article...Then there is the DNA test; if you decide you want to REALLY know where your ancestors came from opt for the DNA test. Be! sides all the mistakes that officials commonly make, from 10% to 20% of birth certificates list the father wrong; that is, mama was doing the hanky-panky and someone else was the REAL father. That won't show up on the internet or in books; it WILL show up in DNA.I used www.familytreedna.com which works with the National Geographics Genotype Program....Show more
Shon Almquist: Thank you, "guys". Very helpful stuff. I'm actually Latina born and bred here in the States, but of mixed heritage. My mother was from Puerto Rico but my father was half Cuban/ half spanish (from Spain). So as you can see it's not as easy as all that.
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