John the carpenter, John the cook and John the smith later on became Messrs. Carpenter, Cook or Cooke and Smith. Other names such as Taylor, Bishop, Miller and Carter all describe what an individual's ancestors did for a living. Searching for your family name A lot of resources online may be used to help you find out more about your roots. Sometimes, knowing the meaning of the ancestor s last name could also be of help. Do foreign language family name search. Search engines that are in foreign language can be accessed in Google. It offers 140 versions of international search engines. MSN can also be a good source. The site that claims to have the biggest collection of family history (which comes in free, thank goodness! The familysearch program is a collection of computer programs and files that are there to assist individuals in their search for info on their ancestors. The familysearch program include the family history catalog library, the genealogical international index, the ancestral file (a program which allow other patrons to arrange history family info), the death social security index, the church Scottish records, the military US index. Such tools that are for free are: Babel Fish Translation Program, Foreign Language Translation on the Internet, free genealogical translation, Google Language tools, Systran Translation (up to 150 words can be translated), and Xanadu. The free databases are the following: AccessGenealogy, Digital Archives (Norway), Genealogy service provided by Family Search, and Free Family Surname Search. Their descendants were sent to North America to become slaves during the 18th and 19th century. Most of them do not have records since they were considered as slaves with no rights. Despite of this, it should not hinder you from knowing your genealogy. You should start with the families you know and then research. There will be times that the information provided may not sound good but the person should not be discouraged because this has to be verified to make sure if it is true. When everything is finished, the individual can look back and see how far the genealogy tree extends. After all, a certain part of who the person is today is made up of something in the past making everyone unique.