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Mr Gumbo · April 15th, 2008, 04:02 PM

Any of yall tried doing it? I'm doing it for my family, to date all the history we know has been passed down by word of mouth to a few here and there. I've always wanted to do it but never did until my pops found some old slave papers from 1885. It was a bond for marriage from my Great Great Grandfather and he also found something from 1896. Now I'm all gung ho over tracing it but hit brick walls because you have to pay for information. Does anyone know any good sites where you can find useful information for free? I know I'm eventually gonna have to pay but I'd like to get alot of background info before I'm ready for all that.

April 15th, 2008, 04:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr Gumbo Afro Resident Mr Gumbo is offline Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Louisiana Born Living In D-Town Texas Posts: 1,035 Thanks: 193 Thanked 371 Times in 223 Posts Rep Power: 48 Credits: 6,651	Tracing Family History Any of yall tried doing it? I'm doing it for my family, to date all the history we know has been passed down by word of mouth to a few here and there. I've always wanted to do it but never did until my pops found some old slave papers from 1885. It was a bond for marriage from my Great Great Grandfather and he also found something from 1896. Now I'm all gung ho over tracing it but hit brick walls because you have to pay for information. Does anyone know any good sites where you can find useful information for free? I know I'm eventually gonna have to pay but I'd like to get alot of background info before I'm ready for all that.