# Ever used FamilySearch.org?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-familysearch-org/340455>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-familysearch-org/340455 "2006-01-18T02:05:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-familysearch-org/340455/1 "2006-01-18T02:05:06Z")

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I want to get started doing a little family research. I’ve heard [FamilySearch.org](http://FamilySearch.org) is a good place to start.

1. Anyone here used it before?
2. Thoughts?
3. Can anyone else access the site right now? (I’m having a hard time getting it to load.)
4. Any other free (or not-so-free) places to get a good start on this? I’m not looking to research this back to Adam, just a couple hundred years or so.

Thanks,

Happy

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**Author:** ![Aitara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aitara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aitara)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-familysearch-org/340455/2 "2006-01-18T02:24:53Z")

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[Familysearch.org](http://Familysearch.org) is a good site, but I would recommend that you start with [Cyndi’s List](http://www.cyndislist.com/). There are lots of links on how to get started.

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**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-familysearch-org/340455/3 "2006-01-18T03:29:02Z")

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[rootsweb.com](http://rootsweb.com)