# family tree

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 16, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067 "2002-11-16T21:43:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ICP9991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@ICP9991](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ICP9991)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067/1 "2002-11-16T21:43:38Z")

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This might not be the right forum but…y’know

Anyways, does anyone know any decent _free_ websites i could look at to find stuff out about ancestors?(I’m english if that makes a difference).

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067/2 "2002-11-16T22:13:43Z")

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[English Origins](http://www.englishorigins.com/) might get you started. [Bert](http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/brit4.htm)’s been thinking about this, too.

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**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067/3 "2002-11-16T22:22:02Z")

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

Both good sites, with lots of free information available.

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**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067/4 "2002-11-16T22:44:10Z")

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my trick was to start putting family names into a good search engine, i found that someone had already done the legwork and the missing parts of their family tree was on my end, i traced my family back many generations in about 25 minutes.

i suggest [www.ixquick.com](http://www.ixquick.com) or google

unclviny

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-tree/137067/5 "2002-11-17T10:36:57Z")

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[Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet](http://www.cyndislist.com).