Family History Search Assistance

 

Explore your family history. Who were your great grandparents?  What were their occupations?  Could they read and write? Find the answer to these and other questions.

 

Just complete the short Family History Form email it back to me at OurHistory@FindFamilyRoots.com and I'll begin the search.  In the email let me know how many hours you'd like for me to search.  Information may be found in as little as one hour. There is a minimal cost of $50.00 per partial or full hour. You pay only if information is found regarding the person being searched. Click on the "Pay Now" link below to pay by credit card or Paypal.

 

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Tips

Researching your family history is not an exact science. There is no particular order in which you have to conduct your search. Learning more about your heritage should be an exciting and enlightening experience. If the work becomes too much at any given time, take a break or begin researching a different family member. 

     -  Document what you already know about your family history.  What information do you have already?

     -  Keep records of the what, when, where, how and why.

     -  Talk to older family members about people, places and events.  If you allow them to die without talking with

         them, you will lose a living library.

     -  View your pictures and those of other family members.  Check the attic, shoe boxes, pictures on walls, etc.

     -  Learn how your family interacted with recordkeeping organizations, federal, state and local governments.

     -  Become familiar with U.S. and African American history. How did historical evens affect your family?

     -  Find where your state's vital records, (birth, death, marriage, divorce, land records, etc.) are housed.

     -  Become familiar with the records held at the National Archives, Archives.gov/, (census records,

        Freedmen's Bureau records, military service records and marriage licenses, certificates, registers and

        reports documenting the Federal Governments efforts to legitimize marriages of former slaves)

     -  Use internet websites like FindFamilyRoots.com and Ancestry.com to assist you in your search.

     -  Visit family, church and historical  cemeteries. Read the headstones.

     -  Consider purchasing a camera, laptop and portable scanner.

     -  Review microfilm of old news papers including African American news papers like the Richmond Planet, the

        Montgomery Enterprise, the Afro - American and others for birth, wedding and death announcements and

        fraternal organization's announcements.

     -  Learn how your ancestors gained their freedom.

     -  Create and place your family within an historical timeline.

Example Timeline

AfriGeneas,afrigeneas.com, beginner's guide, slave data, surnames, links, state and worldwide resources, newsletter, library, and a  mailing list.  AfriGeneas'Census Schedules Online, afrigeneas.com/aacensus/.