Geneology

**gilmore** · 28th October 08, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Redregon

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i wonder, has there ever been a website that lists family trees going back as far as possible? ....

There are several that purport to, but as was mentioned earlier, it's best to take them with a grain of salt, as a places to start that need to be verified independently. Most of them have no quality control at all and just post whatever people send them.

You might try here http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp and here http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

There is also ancestry.com, but it is a pay site.

Good luck!

**Phogfan86** · 3rd November 08, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by gilmore

There is also ancestry.com, but it is a pay site.

Good luck!

The great thing about ancestry.com is, all I had to do was go back about six generations until I hooked up with someone who shared a 4x or 5x great-grandfather, and all the work before that had already been done by others. I learned a lot really fast.

The hunt wasn't so much the reward for me. I needed the information in a hurry.

**gilmore** · 3rd November 08, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Phogfan86

The great thing about ancestry.com is, all I had to do was go back about six generations until I hooked up with someone who shared a 4x or 5x great-grandfather, and all the work before that had already been done by others. I learned a lot really fast.

The hunt wasn't so much the reward for me. I needed the information in a hurry.

Of course I hope all the information you have come across is accurate, but a word of caution. One relies on other people's research at one's peril.

**Phogfan86** · 4th November 08, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by gilmore

Of course I hope all the information you have come across is accurate, but a word of caution. One relies on other people's research at one's peril.

True dat.

**SteveB** · 5th November 08, 06:08 PM

Ancestry.com is a good Guide. I have found about fifty percent of it able to be documented. The rest is usually a bit of wishful mythology.

**Downix** · 7th November 08, 12:41 PM

Ancestery and Geneology is a fun thing to research. The furthest back we can reliably track is to Thomas Downs, my g-g-g grandfather. We know his fathers name, Noah Downs, and where he lived, but when we go to there, we have a Noah Downs living there 10 years apart, seems workable... until you then get the Obituary for him in the middle of those 10 years. Turns out, Noah died in 1804, and ANOTHER Noah moved into the area, or was his son who took over the head of household. **boggle**