Family Search Websites

Family Tree 

Websites which allow you to research your family history and create family trees are more popular than ever.  The development of website technology allows integrated graphical representation of one’s family tree and faster access to vast collections of genealogical databases. 

These family search websites bring together many different types of information, providing you with suggested names to add to your list of ancestors and allowing you to discover other users’ family trees which may connect with yours. 

Family Tree Building Websites

Websites that create your family tree from information you manually enter, or import or select by searching their databases for potential matches. The family trees are usually depicted in a graphical format. This is very useful allowing you to visualise the structure of your tree. It is an organisational cart. Examples of these websites include:

Genealogy Research Websites

There are hundreds of other websites where you can search individual elements of genealogical data. Census Records, Parish Registers, Newspaper Archives, Memorials, and occupational records, all for into this category. They can be a minefield to navigate so it is not surprising that the larger websites which search for many of these sources are so popular.

 

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