familysearch.org

For those who are unfamiliar with Family Search website, its purpose is to provide genealogical information and on visiting the site, visitors will see the text "Free Family History, Family Tree, and Genealogy Records and Resources from Around the World" prominently displayed in mixed-case navy blue storybook-style text and this factor is one of the most impressive - and, dare I suggest, noble? - features of Family Search. No hidden charges, no subtle "exclusive gold membership" type of offers (as with Genes Reunited) or "Why not upgrade to World Membership for just £200 a year?" (or whatever ... more

I began researching my family history many years ago. In fact even at the age of 12 or 13 I had an interest in the subject and prised as much information as I could from my Grandmother about her Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins etc. When I decided to research my family tree properly ten years later the information that I had scribbled inside my notebook was of paramount importance and formed the basis of my research. As I delved deeper and deeper I found myself making regular trips to my central Library spending hours sifting through census records. The arrival of the Internet ... more

When a friend came around, quite excited that she had managed to locate a few of her family members by using the internet, I was quite intrigued. Yes, you hear about it but do site like familysearch.org actually work. Is there database large enough to actually find family members? Incidentally, her surname was Smith, which makes this even more remarkable. Just imagine how many Smith's there are and have been. So, this was a remarkable success story. All she did was search through the family history archive, she knew where he was born and that he moved to Canada, and then searched in the death ... more

I remeber a few years ago when we first got the internet, all I did was moan moan moan about the cost of our phone bill etc. Then one Sunday afternoon I was poorly in Bed and my husband decided to search for his father, whose name thank goodness is not common. He used this search engine and entered his fathers surname, ( I should add my husband was adopted at the age of five) After he entered the name up popped web pages each containg his fathers name. He checked them out and sure enough it was his dad. It gave his place of work even his home tel number. They live in America and we went to ... more

After trying hard to start my family tree on countless occassions and looking at loads at different web sites to help me do so - i can firmly say this has to be the best starting point for all those keen genealogists out there. this easy to use site could not make life more easy when it comes to searching for a certain family surname or even one particular person. if there is any hope of finding that long lost relation then this is the place to start - it is so easy to use and gives you a great list of all search results - if only looking for everything online was as easy to use as this site ... more