GenForum

When I am working on my genealogy research, one of the main sites I use is www.genforum.com. It is sponsored by Genealogy.com and is a place where people can go and look up the surname they are researching and search to see if anyone is looking for the same people they are or to post a message to find out if anyone is looking for the same information or already has the information.

You can look up information through surnames, regions, countries or just general genealogy research questions. Now one of the things to remember is that names can be missed spelled or the spelling changed on names especially in the United States. When the people immigrated to the US the agents who worked the ship manifests and logs weren't always able to spell the people's names so they guessed which caused the person's surname to change. That is why there are so many different spellings for the same last name.

Another thing to remember is that just because you find information that you links to your information does not mean it is factual. It is always important to go and verify the information that you have with the court houses, churches and cemeteries so that you have paperwork to backup your information.

It is also important that if you see information on this site that meshes with your, don't just think about how it will benefit you, think about how the information you have will benefit the other person. What I mean by this is, don't just download their information, send them an email letting them know that you found a possible link so that you can possibly help them also. By doing this you might also be helping yourself because the person might have found more information by then.

I hope the review helped and happy hunting!
Patti