WilliamTell Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Has anyone ever searched their family tree online? And if you have could you recommend a good site for that. I'm starting to try to find my ancestors from Norway 150 years ago in hope to find some long distance relatives that live in Norway now. I'm sure I'll have to pay to use a site but a free one would be great, haha. So if anyone has anything about a good ancestry site or whatever else, I'd really like to know what it is. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 usually those sites are pay per view. There's money to be made on Geneology sites. I don't know if this explains anything, but on my dad's side, I believe a great-great-great uncle, possibly even a grandfather, was a Civil War captain in the cavalry......................for the south. needless to say, we lost a lot of land and a lot of slaves. I think that's the best bad thing that's ever happened to my family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 10, 2006 -> 10:17 PM) usually those sites are pay per view. There's money to be made on Geneology sites. I don't know if this explains anything, but on my dad's side, I believe a great-great-great uncle, possibly even a grandfather, was a Civil War captain in the cavalry......................for the south. needless to say, we lost a lot of land and a lot of slaves. I think that's the best bad thing that's ever happened to my family haha I don't know if i had a family member in the Civil War, I don't think I did. But yeah most of them are pay per view sites. I'd just like to know what's the best or a really good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I can tell you that the organization that has the single largest depository of geneological information is... the Mormon Church. Scary, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 03:21 PM) I can tell you that the organization that has the single largest depository of geneological information is... the Mormon Church. Scary, huh? And for those of you in Fort Wayne Indiana (hi greasy) the library there is WONDERFUL for geneology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 12:11 PM) And for those of you in Fort Wayne Indiana (hi greasy) the library there is WONDERFUL for geneology. It's sad, when that is one of the biggest attractions the city has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 05:21 PM) It's sad, when that is one of the biggest attractions the city has. It is nationally (and in some cases internationally known) for the geneology part of the library. It is indeed very good, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted January 11, 2006 Author Share Posted January 11, 2006 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 09:21 AM) I can tell you that the organization that has the single largest depository of geneological information is... the Mormon Church. Scary, huh? Yeah my brother just told me that today actually. Pretty cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have a family tree that traces back to my 15x great-grandfather in the 1500's back in Holzien, Switzerland. Hans was a popular name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 04:44 PM) I have a family tree that traces back to my 15x great-grandfather in the 1500's back in Holzien, Switzerland. Hans was a popular name. The farthest one I have traced back is 7 generations to England, not to brag and believe it's nothing to brag about, but my 7x great-grandfather had royal British blood which is kind of cool. What I'm trying to find is my family from Norway on my other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 Again, I was related to a lot of guys named Hans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 11:25 PM) Again, I was related to a lot of guys named Hans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted January 12, 2006 Author Share Posted January 12, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Jan 11, 2006 -> 11:25 PM) Again, I was related to a lot of guys named Hans. lol I like the name Hans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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