Wednesday, August 19, 2009

I got a free DNA test for my dad!

Just a suggestion, not that it will happent to you. But I posted a short list of my paternal family line on a DNA forum, and was contacted by the moderator, wanting me to get my father a DNA test. I had to let them know, I couldnt afford that. I was then contacted again, and told that, an interested party who didnt want to be named, wanted to pay for my dads DNA. Isnt that cool!!! So post your "KNOWN" and "Proven" paternal line on DNA website forums. You might get lucky! Just a thought. Heres my favorite link for today http://www.worldfamilies.net/forum/

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Beware of Corporate Genealogy Thieves

Beware of Genealogical Corporation's that will still your family tree and cash in , on it. To name a few Kindred Konnections and My Trees! they stole my family tree. Luckily I was able to remove all but about 200 people first. So be careful where you submit your family tree. I use Tribalpages because it's free and all your information and research remains your own. There are other ways to display your tree online. Like signing up for a free webpage and doing it yourself. I used to use Gencircles until they were bought out by My family. I am still a member of a page there, but be careful what you upload, it may end up being theirs, after they copyright it. A friend of mine had his family tree on Rootsweb, which used to be a wonderful site, then it got bought out by Ancestry. He had a horrible time getting his info off Ancestry, as it was copied there, after the buy out. I still like Ancestry, if you have the money, but your info should remain your info. My friend calls them the "Cash Cow". Way too many sites that I can count have started this. They say , Submit your family tree, and then you do, and the next thing you know, they are publishing a book with your stuff in it. You worked hard on your tree, Don't let anyone steel it!! Here's my favorite link today Find a Grave!

Genealogy For Free

Genealogy has been my passion for years, my family tree can be viewed online at Tribalpages. I love to share it when I find a great source of information, and it doesn't cost anything. You can find Death, Birth, Marriage, bible, and all other types of documents online. A lot of the time they are free. I have always been very frugal, or as I like to call it, Broke like a joke. Right now I'm on the internet for free. My emails are free. All the death certificates for my anscestors, were free. My genealogy programs and my ancestry reports are free. The links on the left side of the page are my free pages full of free genealogy links. I Love to help , and I'm here to help. Comment here if you are looking for something in particular , include a location. As a lot of databases are place related. I'm very competitive and love to be the first to find stuff. I just can't help it. I have access to free census records that are indexed and include images. You can have free access too. Just follow my links. And you can find everything! Well almost, we all have a brick wall. Some people just didn't leave a paper trail, and my never be found. Everytime I post I will leave a favorite link. Here's mine for today the pilot program from family search & the LDS church I'll write more later