The a-b-c s of family history genealogy search The fact of the matter is that tracing the roots of your family history is a cumbersome if not a very tedious work, yet in the long run is extremely rewarding. It is a treasure hut of sorts that could unearth plenty of rare gems. Thanks to the internet, documentation and research has never been as easy. You could also use and access a lot more computers a block away, specifically in the Memorial Building of Joseph Smith. These computers that are found off-site have actual access to the indexes of the library and is generally recommended for LDS family history library beginners. Checking out of books and films are limited to five at one time. There are numerous characters originated and used according to Korean and Japanese definitions which will represent as native words. The free relationship between character and phonetics made writings of different and not related languages a possibility. Sinographs is the other term for Chinese characters thus their writing is called sinography. com)- it claims to be the oldest free site on genealogy. It offers resource tools, databases for census records, research on civil war, narratives of slaves, substitute for 1890 census, periodical source (index), history of the great migration and the biographical index for American genealogy. Ancestorquest. Not all black were slave before the civil war because some of them were already called free man. You can check the 1860 census to see whether your ancestor is a freeman or not. If you are already sure that your ancestor was a slave, identifying his or her last owner is the next priority. There are some slaves who used their last owner s name when they were declared free but then most of them didn t. SSDI (Social Security Death Index)- there are several search fields such as the social itself, surname search, middle name, first name, last recorded residence, date of birth, last benefit and date of death. Ethnicity Search- focuses on African-Americans and Jews. Database set up by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints- also known as FamilySearch.