Lois:
I know how difficult that is. Most of the people on both sides of my family
are either deceased, or just not talking to each other. On the
FamilySearch.org website, you can type in your grandmother's married name
adn it, possibly have her parents names on the data sheet.
Hope this helps.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois" <w5...@sbcglobal.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] family tree web sites
Thank you very much. I am trying to find out my grandmother's maden name.
I don't have anyone on that side of the family that I can ask.
Lois
----- Original Message -----
From: karen schrade
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] family tree web sites
Hi Lois, If you are looking for online records, There are several really
helpful free family tree websites. these are screen reader friendly:
the u. s. genweb.
http://www.usgenweb.org/
if you go to that site, you'll find a list of states. enter on the state
you
want and you'll get the counties lists. some counties have more
information
than others.
You can also check out rootsweb. it's free and you can search for your
relatives names, narrowing it to places as well through the advanced
search.
http://www.rootsweb.com
they have hundreds of mailing lists for surnames and places. if you know
where your relative lived, you can find a mailing list for that place and
search for the name.
They also have lots of user contributed family trees. if you're lucky,
you
may find a distant cousin. that's called World Connect.
then, you can check out the LDS genealogy site:
http://www.familysearch.org
if you type into the search box the name, first and last, then the place,
and narrow it to time, i. e. 1900 to 1930,, you will get lots of hits.
then, you can narrow that by birthplace, europe or us, death place,
the same, birth year, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s etc. you may find more than you
imagined. I've had very good luck with the family search site lately.
It's
a bit tricky to get used to but it's definitely doable.
good luck. If you have other questions about genealogy and screen
readers,
i'd be happy to try to help off list. karen
kschr...@sbcglobal.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois" <w5...@sbcglobal.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:41 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] family tree web sites
Are there any family tree web sites that don't charge an arm and leg?
Thanks
for the help in advance.
Lois
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