#Find my family tree for free for free#

for the vast international genealogy website run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

for some birth, marriage and death indexes for England and Wales.

#Find my family tree for free for free#

You may find that you can use online resources for free or more cheaply at archives, but is it worth the time and expense of travelling there? And you will still have to pay for the photocopying!įirst of all, there are lots of excellent free resources used by genealogists - here is a small selection: And sometimes it's cheaper and easier to do what you can online and in your own time than travelling to archives and bowing to time pressure there.

Databases and search engines make information accessible in a way in which it wasn't before: searches that used to take weeks or months now take only a few minutes. There is a wealth of material available on the web, and it is being added to every day. But there are good reasons why more and more genealogists are going online. You cannot manage without the basic building blocks of certificates and census returns, and money can be liberally spent in travelling to archives, paying online fees, hiring private researchers and whatever else you deem necessary as you continue your research. The bottom line in genealogical research is that you are going to have to pay for it. Here are some tips and guidelines to help make order out of the chaos so you can make the right choice when it comes to selecting your website.

It is fair to say that most genealogy sites for which you have to pay have some worth - it just depends whether they are going to be worthwhile for you.

There is an overwhelming amount of information on the internet, and it's difficult to know which of the pay-for services are of value to you.