That’s wonderful. I hired a genealogist to find the names of my maternal great-grandfather’s parents. She couldn’t find them, but she did provide a muster sheet for his horse when he was in the cavalry as a volunteer during the civil war. Big $$ spent, not too happy!

That's exciting. What are you doing with the boxes of letters, photos, and so on?

I meant to say indexing. I love all the different types of projects.

@@maggiegarber246 Maybe I can help? Let's chat....Are you on FB?

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Actually...that's the 😪 part. I'm unmarried, and have no kids... When I die...I dont know what will become of this!!! 😭😭

This is a known website, but definitely forgotten regularly. So, maybe it's little known?

Cool! What a great find.

Very cool!

Thank you!! 💗

Data entry? You mean indexing? That's awesome!

I meant to say I love indexing your past loved ones. So you can found them. Seven years now and counting.

I'd love to know my history

Sweet! Thanks for letting me know.

I would love to know some of those websites you mentioned here.

I'd like to know what those websites are also. 😊😊

Thanks for sharing your experience. These lesser known websites are constantly adding more and more details. It's exciting!

Thanks. Much appreciated.

You're so welcome!

Thanks for the sub!

I did learn a few new ones a well. That's why I like to ask others for their insights.

Yep. Mostly US since I'm primarily a US researcher. However, I could do a follow-up for international resources . What would be on your list.

You are welcome

I am not familiar with those locations. Whenever that happens, I check out the FamilySearch Wiki and see where the initial path to records leads. www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Main_Page

Yes. Try "Google Translate" then type or copy the text and select the languages.

Scan with your cell phone camera.

Howdy Neighbor. I live in Los Alamos. Richard is correct that Google Translate is helpful. If you have one or two lines to translate, there are some Facebook Groups that will do a small sampling for you. (Particularly helpful with Swedish church records.)

As a Swede. Depending on when they lived/when it was written. You may find some odd spelling which might give google translate some trouble. Though it’s a great place to start. Swedish spelling was standardised in surprisingly modern times. Because for much of Swedish history most written records that was deemed important business. Tended to be written in Latin, German, french or whatever was the latest trendy and powerful culture in Europe at the time. So written Swedish for long time of it’s history was mainly used by common people. People just wrote it like it sounded, and some might use common German spelling rules or other borrowed spelling rules. But the what comes across as bad or really different spelling today, wasn’t a reflection of that persons spelling ability. More or less all Swedes no matter what part of society they were could read and write since as far back as they kept records of grading people’s reading ability (since about the 1600s and 1700s). My suggestion would be to scan or photo the letter and make a post asking for help in a Swedish genealogy group. Sweden ranks as on of the best English speaking countries in the world that don’t have English as their first language. So no problem in making a post in English. I would suggest you to search groups containing “släktforskning” (genealogy in Swedish) or “släktforskarförening” (genealogy society, organisation?), on Facebook or something. You might also include “emigranter till amerika” (emigrants to America). As there is quite a big special interests group in Swedish genealogy in tracking relatives that moved to North America, as there were so many of them. Many will find siblings of their ancestors that moved to the us. Or had their direct ancestor move to the US for a couple of years to then move home. (Norway had close to 1/3 of their population emigrate, there were a lot of emigrants to the US from the Nordic’s around the late 1800s to early 1900s). There is also a big genealogy forum called anbytarforum, run by one of the big genealogy organisations called rötter, if Facebook isn’t your thing. You will find it on forum.rotter.se or by googling “rötter forum”. The modern spelling on the forum should work better with google translate. The EU also have multiple of their governments be investors in a project called transkribus. That uses AI to auto transcribe old records. It’s quite accurate and works with lots of different languages and common writing styles from different centuries. If you make a account you get 500 free credits that allows you to get 500 records processed and auto transcribed for free, and then a very small fee after that. I’m guessing the 500 credits limit is only there to avoid it to be abused by companies to try and transcribe huge databases of record’s and take up all their processing power. It works best when it has flowing text that are a bit on the longer side. So a letter will work better than say a census record. But say legal documents or other where they have pages and pages long documents to work with will work the best. I had a lot of luck with it to help out near to impossible for me to read 1500s and 1600s handwriting. Or especially sloppily written more modern records. Good luck!

We've actually lived in numerous places. However, I have ancestors who lived in Cincinnati.

You're best friend will be FamilySearch. It's a great place to build your family tree and access records (not all but some to get started) in Mexico. Check out this research that will introduce you to Mexican Genealogy. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Mexico_Genealogy Also, take advantage of genealogy resources from your library. Many libraries have "Library Editions" of various websites that are great. Good luck.

My pleasure

Do you mean the FamilySearch website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website? While I agree that many of these websites are US-focused, I think a future video that shares little known websites from around the world would be fun. Now... to find professional genealogy contacts from that area to supply their answers.

Sadly, I have to recommend that you being learning Spanish. The language barrier will prevent you from getting very far without a foundation in the language regarding names, dates, places, and relationships. However, the good news is that if you discover your Mexican ancestors are Catholic, you're in for a treat. When you contact the Catholic Church, you may be able to access baptismal records that identify children, their parents, and their grandparents (all in one record). That's three generations. It's pretty cool. Until that time, treat your case like other adoptees. Check out this video series that can help . kzfaq.info/sun/PLcVx-GSCjcdk1GsAs9NfLWKvACcjE3Afg

Google is a great website. Thanks. I didn't include it because I figured folks have used it before. But I guess I should have included it.

Marcea, you do have to double check the sources for found online trees. I use those as guides, but never as 100% fact. Use them to find the sources to be sure someone didn't cobble together people that "look good". I found a missing daughter on some trees on Ancestry last week. I was excited to find her... she definitely fit. Right name, right age... but then I found her marriage record with a different first initial for her father. A instead of T. Figured it COULD be a handwriting error on the original, perhaps... then I found something else which told me her father was Austin, not Thomas. I needed a daughter of Thomas Rose. So... all these folks in Ancestry... I figured one found this girl, plugged her in without finding ALL the documentation... and others just copied it b/c she "looked good". She fit. She fooled me... until I kept searching. I don't trust any other research 100% until I have verified it.

Oh man. When records run out, I then strive to leverage DNA results. I would recommend putting your potential relative (the other Breynard on the ship) into your family tree as a possible relative. Make LOTS OF NOTES so others can know this is a theory. Then see what the DNA results show. Ancestry ThruLines and MyHeritage Theory of Relativity use DNA + family trees to make recommendations.

Good luck! I hope that wiewaswie does help your search.

They've updated things. Try this link. edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names

Great question. Sadly, there isn't a repository for Bible Records. BUT, there is a a place to find additional links to bible collections. Check this one out. www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States_Bible_Records

Check out this resource for any French records online. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/France_Online_Genealogy_Records

What do you want to sync with Family Tree Maker? Family Tree Maker syncs with Ancestry.com and no other platform.

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics FTM 2019

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Family Tree Maker 2019

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics FTM 2019 also syncs with FamilySearch.

Thanks Laura for the tip.

Domonic. Google can only do so much. If you have a tight budget, use FamilySearch (Free) and utilize library access to Ancestry, MyHeritage and so forth. Also get familiar with the Illinois State Archives

Online at the National Archives (uk website) click on Discovery and roll down the screen. Some are downloadable for a fee. Happy searching.

Thanks Marie. Your suggestions are welcome.

Thanks. Glad you think so.

Well hello there. If I travel up to Taos, perhaps we could meet up for a meal or dessert.

Yep. I have early Cincinnati relatives.

Yep. At some point the paper trail does run out. However, I did break through one, check out this series. kzfaq.info/sun/PLcVx-GSCjcdkUTzh5k8Vr3dtWwjyOaVST

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics Thank you for this. What are my options at this point? I'm trying to trace one particular ethnicity marker. Curiously, a lot of the more obscure markers have been right on the money. I ended up being able to trace those ancestors, which surprised me. I'll watch the video.

Gotcha... this is a DNA question since you're looking at markers. You'd have to ask Andy. Use the form to ensure we see the question. www.familyhistoryfanatics.com/contact

This website doesn't have much but it's always where I start. The FamilySearch Wiki www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Chinese_in_Jamaica

That's definitely something to add to a 10 More Video. Keep the ideas coming and if you know about registries in Europe, please let me know below.

Thanks for asking. I currently am not accepting new clients. HOWEVER, I have two suggestions for you. First, if you have the funds and want to hire someone, then I recommend my colleagues at www.legacytree.com/fhfanatics. They have researchers experienced in finding biological relatives. If money is an option, and hey, it is. Then watch our video series about genealogy research for adoptees. You'll find some strategies you can use yourself. You can also find some groups that help out adoptees. kzfaq.info/sun/PLcVx-GSCjcdk1GsAs9NfLWKvACcjE3Afg

We'll see what we can do.

This was a great list. I agree.

What records do you have for your father? Birth record, marriage record, passports, photo albums, etc? The first place to start to find your dad's parents is to fully document your father using genealogically relevant records. The clues you seek might be on those records.

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics only records i have are what I’ve found on ancestry

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Oh, I can so relate. But I always say, you never know when something will turn up.

I'm not sure but I hope you find out.

That's an option. But isn't Google a well known website? Duck Duck Go isn't. Sot that's a great alternative. Thanks.

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics You are mistaken. Duck Duck Go is very well known by people that prefer security.

Again, that's a smaller niche compared to the market size and name familiarity of Google. It's like Kleenex to mean tissues rather than Puffs.

Did you look at the show notes? I thought I explained it but it's linked in the show notes.

Look for the link in the video description box.

Awww... thanks for the help.

I only know what's available on the FamilySearch Wiki for this region. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Russia_Genealogy www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prussia_(Preu%C3%9Fen),_German_Empire_Genealogy

Are you saying it would be better to have to pay to access the index that societies have before you discover they don't have anything that would be valuable to your research? I celebrate societies that make their indexes free to search so I know where to spend my genealogy research budget.

If you can't find the citation then I would not make the claim. If your Mom was really 40% clearly she would know the relative. It would have to be a grandparent or a couple of Great Grandparents. I wish you luck in your search.

@@karlshaner2453 my mom is of Mexican American heritage. Both her parents Mexican Americans, their parents were all from Sinaloa, MX and other regions of Mexico. My DNA puts me at 19% Indigenous. My dad is mostly Western European. So, definitely the ancestry is there, we just can’t find who??? I’ve heard this is actually more common than not. My Tio was found by an Apache relative connected via the DNA by Ancestry.com, a 2nd /3rd cousin but still not able to find the direct connection other than the DNA. As well as, Chumash, Yakama and Pima. We are not able to find the native ancestor names. Anyway, just very frustrating.

@@hannah3250 DNA companies are for entertainment only. They do not tell you anything about who you are. They are doing nothing more than guessing.

@@hannah3250 I’m sure just being Mexican will give you the Native American dna. That’s IMO though. I think Mexican and the Indians that used to be there are related or mingled.

@@karlshaner2453 I don’t think that is a fair assessment. I used Ancestry and they are spot on. Amazingly, I was matched to two distant cousins, that I know, at 18cM. Also Ancestry accurately identified the countries my relatives were from. My son’s ethnicity estimate is 29 percent indigenous Mexico, and Ancestry accurately identified the state, in Mexico, that his family is from.

Google, GenWeb, and Wolfram alpha have information for many regions beyond the background you named. However, when I do a follow-up video of 10 more websites professionals use, what would you add to the list?

My first stop for all places I don't know how to research is the FamilySearch Wiki. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ukraine_Genealogy After that, I look for genealogy societies that serve my area. www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ukraine_Societies

Ugh. That's all kinds of wrong

Most genealogy societies require some fee in order to keep the group going and support their preservation efforts. So, that's no surprise.

Thanks for the clarification. I can recognize German, Spanish, and English. I'll have to share the Latin documents with Accredited Genealogists who can read Latin.

Huh?

That's a subject of much debate. I say genealogy the way Lisa Louise Cooke of the Genealogy Gems podcast says it.

The debate continues!!! From what I understand as a family history fanatic is that both pronunciations are acceptable.

I LOVE US GEN WEB PROJECT !!!!