Catching Your Ancestors in the

World Wide Web

Compiled by Miles Meyer, Jacksonville Florida East Stake
 Have you hit a dead end on your family tree?

Need new ideas of where to look?

The internet may lead you to information that

allows you to continue old lines or start new branches.

"Yours is the only last name not

found among the 3 billion in the
world-famous Mormon archives in
Salt Lake City!"
 Why should you turn to the net?
• Genealogical societies
• Family history
databases
• Historical records &
groups
• Individual family
pages
• Message boards
• E-mail

The 37 volume, sixteen thousand page history of your county

of origin ISN’T INDEXED
 How do I start?

• Begin by doing a web

search.
• Search general sites
such as Google,
Yahoo, Netscape,
Lycos and AltaVista.
• Search Genealogy
sites.

I checked out my family tree. Just as I thought... poison ivy!

 Genealogical Societies on the Net
• Jacksonville Genealogical Society
• Florida Genealogical Society
• National Genealogical Society
• German Genealogical Society

"I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for
me!"
 Family History Databases
• FamilySearch.org (LDS page)
• Ancestry.com
• MyTrees.com
• GenCircles.com

The critical link in your family tree - when you finally

discover it - is named "Smith".
 Historical Records & Groups
• Obtaining Civil War Records
• Social Security Death Index
• Ohio Death Certificate Index
• Mercer Co. Vital Records

The cheapest way to have your family tree traced is to run

for a public office.
 Individual Family Pages
• Miles & Angela Meyer
• Leugers Family History
• Meyer Ancestors

The will you need is in the safe on board the Titanic.

 Message Boards
• Barhorst Family Genealogy on GenForum
• Mercer Co., Ohio on Rootsweb
• USGenWeb.org

Copies of old newspapers have holes which occur only on last names.
 E-mail
• I was looking up the Puthoff family tree and found members of my family
in it. In the Morris & Charlene(Rosenbeck) Hickerson family my sister
Karen Sue Rindler married Edward Hickerson 9-1-89 by j.p. They married
in the St. Louis Catholic Church in 91. Not sure of the date. Karen was
born 10-4-1965 in Coldwater, Ohio to William H. and Benita (Broerman)
Rindler. Ed and Karen have 3 boys. Cameron Lance b: 12-22-1990,
Coldwater, OH. Collin Grant b: 7-1-1993, Coldwater, OH. Coten Michael
b: 1-28-1996, Coldwater, OH. I also saw a friend of mine in your family
tree. Kelly Jo Bruns daughter of Carol(Rammel) and okay I forget his
name. Anyway, you have Cindy and Shelly listed. Cindy married a
Brunswick(not sure of his name) and they have 3 daughters. I know one
is Jerica and not sure of the others. Shelly married Robert Bornhorst
around 1987 and he died soon after. They had a daughter Danielle.
Shelly then married Paul Everman. Paul adopted Danielle. They also had
another daughter Kirsty. Shelly and Paul are now divorced. Kelly married
Almir Filadelfo 11-11-1989. He was born in Brazil. They have 4 children.
Kaitlyn Jo b: 10-7-1992, Coldwater, OH. Kelsey b: 12-1-1994, Coldwater,
OH. Kaleb b: 1996. Keisha b:1997. Kelly also has 2 more sisters you
don't have listed. Stacy and Holly. She also has a brother Steve.
If you have any questions just email me. Gina

I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand.

 Research with zero effort
• Now that you have seen how to research on
the net, let me show you how you can make
this an ongoing effort:
• Post your data to database sites, i.e.,
Ancestry.com
• Use GenCircles to find matches for you
• Post to your surname, home county, home
state and home country message boards.
• These posts will remain there for others to
find and contact you with questions.
Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem,
leads to a dozen more!