Ideas for help with my genealogy.?

I am trying to find more information on my family. All of my grandparents passed on when I was young for this side of the family so I have had to dig for information and it has been a long process. I know it takes time but I have come to a stand still with my search. Does anyone know any good sites that are free (putting myself through school and don’t have extra money) that I can use? I live in the United States. i have used the standard sites….my heritage, ancestry, rootsweb, ect. but i can’t seem to find anymore information. Please help

If you live in the county they did – or can visit it on weekends – obituaries and marriage articles on the society pages are a gold mine. Most people know about obits. Many ignore what they think of as “the fru-fru stuff” on the society page. A good marriage article will tell you the exact relationship of the best man, maid of honor, the names of all four parents, and list everyone else, which gives you a clue as to their names.

Just skip the parts about the ecru lace veil and the table decorated with white roses. Zoom in on “The groom’s cousin, Robert Richards, who is also his fraternity brother at Theta Beta Zeta, at Wisconsin Polytechnic in Beloit, acted as best man . . .” and “The bride’s older sister, Delilah (Mrs. Stewart Kings), acted as matron of honor . . .”

If you post specific names, birth dates/places, spouse’s names here, someone may look up their parents for you, which may get you back far enough the free sites will have data.

I’d also suggest the GenForum and ancestry boards for the surnames and counties; Roots Web mailing list archives for same; Google Books, for each name you have, in both forms
(“Thomas Alva Edison” and “Edison, Thomas Alva”).

Write if you need links.

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