Search for Ancestors - Find Surnames

From here you can do a free search to see if  your surnames and ancestors are in the database records of the major genealogy sites.  The data on all of these sites is completely different, so be sure to try all the searches.  Bookmark this page to do FREE searches anytime!   

Family Search.org 

Search the online records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 

Familysearch.org

Genealogy Today

Perform a free search of Genealogy Today to see if your surnames are included in their growing database with a wide variety of genealogy data. 
  

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GenealogyArchives

Find your family tree with over 1 billion records from Genealogy Archives.

  • Find birth, death, marriage, divorce, and vital records from one easy-to-use search interface!
  • Discover new connections to your family tree with cemetery listings, obituaries, burial and military records, surname histories, and more.
  • Great for people at all levels - whether you're just starting out or have been doing genealogy for years!

Fold3

A new site with images of the actual military records being digitized in conjunction with the National Archives and other sources.

  • Revolutionary War Records
  • Civil War Records
  • Much More!

Ancestry.com

Try it now--find a variety of genealogy data including family trees, billions of names in vital records, obituaries, census images online, family trees and family histories, historical newspapers, and passenger and immigration records.

My Trees.com

Billion of names on Kindred Konnections, Social Security Death Index--Free, Cornwall Census, and family trees.  Search the site for free--see if your ancestors are included before you subscribe, 10-day, monthly and annual subscriptions available



 

One Great Family

Submit your family tree and it is automatically checked with family trees from other members.  You can collaborate with people around the world who are working on your family tree.  Automatically grow your family tree and see the detailed information on each person who is added to your tree.  Try a FREE Search to see if your ancestors are already on One Great Family

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World Vital Records

One of the newest genealogy sites on the internet, World Vital Records adds new databases every day to help find your ancestors.   They have  free content to ALL visitors, along with premium databases for our paying members (from all 50 states and 11 countries). Find international and U.S. data bases, links to top genealogical resources, articles and podcasts by experts, and training classes to help you learn how to do genealogy online.   
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Perform  FREE ancestor search of each of the major genealogy subscription services to find your ancestors.  Searches from this page are totally free, so try them as many times as you want to see if you want to subscribe to these services..  It is suggested that you try this FREE genealogy search even if you have done so previously since all these services add new information regularly!  We have an affiliate relationship with these major subscription sites except familysearch.org and receive a commission only if you subscribe to their services.