Search for your Ancestors

The 'Search Box' to the right will give you an indication of the type of records you will need to continue your pursuit of your ancestors. Give it a try first! As you continue your genealogical pursuits, you'll encounter many others, some family some not, who share your same interests. You'll soon be amazed at the number of individuals who are actively partaking of this activity... after all genealogy is the second most widely accessed topic on the web. Here's what we consider the best search tools on the internet.

Ever wonder where people with your surname came from and still reside? The web site at www.hamrick.com/names will show you this information. They have a form where you enter a surname (last name) and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States.

Family Search contains a vast repository of genealogical data. This information, developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has the largest library of genealogical records in the world. The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 80 million names that are linked into families. You need to be a registered user to provide feedback and submit your family records to this file. Click on Share from their home page to join e-mail mailing lists or submit your own research. But first, you'll need to register.

USGenWeb is organized is by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. This site also sponsors important special projects at the national level as well as providing an entry point to all of those pages, as well.

People Search is a subscription product which is useful in finding long lost relatives and friends. Background checks and other due diligence reporting and missing persons queries are these companies forte.