Genealogy help please?

there excellent tutorial new family research @
http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/; starting out in genealogy should understand basics , tutorial covers them. after complete tutorial, follow instructions in next 2 paragraphs unless money problem, can without spending money , proceed free websites. it’s bit long hang in there because there ton of information on how find free genealogy information.

person know you, so, start birth certificate, has parents, , ask parents copies of birth certificates, have grandparents on them. if grandparents living, continue process. experience problem depending on when grandparents or great grandparents born, in that; birth certificates did not exist before 1900s. nevertheless, need 1930 personal records because types of records not available public 50 100 years depending on jurisdiction in held.

copying or ordering these documents, have gone relatively little expense , have 3 generations plus , have documented primary documents. give 2 parents, 4 grandparents, , 8 great grandparents names start researching. can use death certificates, marriage records, census records, immigration records, church records, court records , many other sources research ancestry. maybe if parents see serious reconsider , you, if not, try grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or might willing information need begin researching on free websites.

public libraries have both ancestry.com , heritage quest free use while @ library , library card should able use heritage quest @ home…heritage quest more difficult use have lot of genealogical information google books.

free online resource latter day saints/mormon site, has many free online records @ www.familysearch.org , original documents on pilot site @ http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsear... . have added new beta site has few more databases, might find useful at: http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/collect... . in addition online records, have family history centers can go personalized research , @ microfilm , while not research you, lot. charge if have order or need photocopies , charges minimal. on home page of website find location near , call check hours of operation. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/home/welcome/home.asp .

additionally, usgen web free online resource @ http://www.usgenweb.org/ . site packed how-to tips, queries , records every state , counties within states. then, there rootsweb @ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ free site hosted ancestry.com can search surnames, post queries on message boards , subscribe surname mailing lists.

also, sure check each state need information many have own projects, example, state of missouri has great website has many free source documents online @ http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ , south carolina has many free wills , other court documents @ http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/search.aspx

also, family tree magazine’s 101 best websites, 2010 http://familytreemagazine.com/article/101-best-websites-2010 may have register free newsletter access list find helpful also.

, site included on list has links free , not cyndi’s list worth time through list free websites because of quality: http://www.cyndislist.com/

final gems of wisdom: can search our archives “free genealogy” or “free ancestry” find more on free sources. also, if stuck, can come here ask questions or specific help.

i have little-to-no assets. surname. upshaw. other that, no 1 in family knows anything...

if assist, that'd great.

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