Where can I find free genealogy records?

answers1: www.cyndislist.com is a collection of thousands of
genealogy sites. Most of the 'for fee' sites will come up, if you
google genealogy, family history, etc. Most of these type sites claim
to offer family trees. <br>
Genealogy records are found anywhere that your ancestors were. For
instance, your family lived in Dallas, Texas.. you need to google
Dallas cemeteries or Dallas history, etc. <br>
Start by using cyndi's beginner section, which has excellent
tutorials. When you educate yourself about the process, you are in a
better position to recognize how to get RECORDS, not just pre packaged
"trees". They may or may not be correct.. they are the results of
someone else's research, not original stuff. <br>
Ancestry is the best known 'fee' site. It does offer original
records.. but it is a service, and the fee is valid. You would have
costs to access this info, if you had to go elsewhere. <br>
Most records might be 'free'... the effort to get them, not always.
answers2: See -- <a href="https://backgroundreports.im/ancestry"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>https://backgroundreports.im/ancestry</a>
answers3: I know what you mean - and I hate paying for stuff! <br>
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I don't know where you are looking, but in Ontario, Canada, there is a
great free source: <br>
<a href="http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/interloan/vsmain.htm"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/in...</a>
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I hope you are in Ontario - basically, you look up birth, marriage and
death records on an index in your local library and then the library
orders (for free) the microfilm reel with the actual record. <br>
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Another great site is Archives Canada at: <br>
<a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index...</a>
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Canadian census figures are at <a
href="http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html</a>
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For information from the UK, try: <br>
http://www.genuki.org.uk/ <br>
and there are indexes for birth, marriage and death at <br>
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ BUT you have to pay (I think £7) to get
the actual record mailed to you. <br>
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A fun site to look at is http://www.tribalpages.com/ You can search
for names, but some of the family trees are sometimes not accurate.
You can also post your own family tree for free. This makes it easier
to share with others and ask questions.
answers4: Family Search <br>
<a href="http://www.familysearch.org"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.familysearch.org</a> <br>
Search the Family History Library's database, which contains millions
of names from thousands of family trees. <br>
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GenCircles <br>
<a href="http://www.GenCircles.com"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.GenCircles.com</a> <br>
Searching the global tree and viewing results is free to everyone. In
addition to first and last names, the database is searchable by dates
and places of birth, baptism, marriage, death, and burial, as well as
by the names of an individual's father, mother and spouse. <br>
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GeneaNet <br>
<a href="http://www.geneanet.org"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.geneanet.org</a> <br>
A database that indexes all the world's genealogical resources,
whether Net-based or not and whether free or fee-paying. <br>
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Free On Ancestry <br>
http://www.freeonancestry.com/ <br>
A directory of all the FREE records and resources available on
Ancestry.com. <br>
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Ancestor Hunt <br>
http://www.ancestorhunt.com <br>
Index of Free Genealogy Search Engines <br>
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Find Your Family Tree <br>
http://www.findyourfamilytree.com <br>
A free genealogy web site designed to help you find missing branches
of your family tree using Pedigree Resource File (PRF), a rapidly
expanding collection of family trees submitted by people worldwide to
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. <br>
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GenealogyBuff.com <br>
http://www.genealogybuff.com <br>
Search for your surname in dozens of family history databases with one
click. Though you still have to visit each site to see the results (or
find out your search came up empty), GenealogyBuff.com can be a good
starting point for online research. <br>
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USGenWeb <br>
http://www.usgenweb.org <br>
The USGenWeb is one of the premier sites for US researchers. Here
you'll find Web pages for every US state and county. <br>
<br>
AncestralFindings <br>
http://www.ancestralfindings.com <br>
AncestralFindings may not own every database you're interested in, but
its collection is impressive. Holdings include CD-ROM records of
births, deaths, marriages, census indexes, land records, passenger
lists, immigrations and Genealogy.com's entire World Family Tree
collection.