Yes, you can actually get all the information you seek about your family's origins, various members and where they are located, who married who and their extended family from going online to any one of the numerous genealogy websites on the Internet. All you need to begin with are some basic details of the family members you are looking up, such as date of birth, marriage details etc. and after entering these in the website's search engine program you'll have access to personal information about them as uploaded into the site by volunteers using census information besides other public records.
Ever since the inception of the Internet, modern society has advanced in many ways, including faster and more effective communication and so technology such as latest web tools at a finger's click away enable one to shop, search and find for free (and chargeable also, depending on the site you choose) various information. From groceries to exchanging letters to buying personal utility items, you can do it all online, so why would tracing your family tree be far behind, pray tell?
This is the question being answered by administrators of genealogy websites that collect and store different data online for members (membership may be free or paid) so they can access it during a random or even organized genealogy search. This is mostly conducted by individuals or even teams of people looking out for lost relative/s and wanting to figure out their roots.
The number of visitors to genealogy websites has increased tremendously with the high rate of success most people separated from their families post World War II have found by looking upon lost family members who may have migrated or are settled elsewhere - or sometimes even in the same country, but haven't kept in touch due to lack of information.
At times, conducting an online genealogy search at a comprehensive website can give one access to a lot of stored personal particulars about over 6 billion people: indeed, from birth records of the original settlers of your family to marriage, death and even immigration records, can all be found in the database.
Sometimes, people may even hire the services of a professional researcher to conduct the search for lost relatives and family history on their behalf at a fixed fee, including extra expenses for postage and handling, Photostats, pictures and records etc. However, these require qualified people to bring good results and mostly people prefer going online to ensure privacy and also because it's cheaper and convenient to make use of the latest Internet tools for rediscovering family ties.
Typing in simple information one remembers of the oral history of their family, such as birth details of a grandparent (or death, if they are no longer around, but have mentioned other family existing) in the US genealogy site is all that is needed to gain knowledge of useful links containing details about them.
For more comprehensive and accurate results though, web researchers looking at genealogy websites need may need to cough up some dough (paying sites) and pick one that offers other services for enhanced value for money deal besides success with getting those elusive family history details.
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