The Internet is an amazing modern tool, creating new ways to shop, entertain, and communicate. But, one of the most profound things the Internet is doing is helping people to discover their family histories.
While it may be a cliché that “we can’t know who we are until we know where we came from,” don’t tell that to the millions of people that have taken to the new online craze for family research. While some Americans are lucky enough to know their family tree going back hundreds of years, most people only know of a few generations before things get murky. But now, new online services are changing that for many people.
Why should we care about our family history? Well, for starters, most people who set out to research their roots find the experience interesting, exciting, and hugely rewarding. Chances are there are many interesting characters—both heroes and villains—in your family line. And you may even have relatives living close by that you did not even know about.
But, best of all, building and maintaining a family tree and understanding our ancestors' experiences can provide meaning and continuity to our lives, while providing something priceless to pass on to the next generation.
So, what’s facilitated this new craze? To start, billions of historical documents from city, county, state, federal, and military archives have been placed on the Internet where they can be easily searched and downloaded by anyone. Secondly, new services have emerged that provide ordinary Americans an easy way to research and organize their family histories and share them with their family and friends.
One of the best of these new services is called Archives.com.
Archives.com gives you access to all of the data you need on one, comprehensive site. With over one billion searchable digital records—and thousands of new ones added daily—it’s a key resource for your family history search. Archives.com provides far more than access to your records. It will also show you where to start your search, how to construct your family tree, and how to get past seemingly dead-ends in your hunt for information.
The service also provides an easy family-tree module for you to build and share your family tree, and is compatible with many other family-tree programs that you may already be using. You can get access to copies of many original records such as birth and death certificates, newspaper clippings, and other fascinating public records about your family. These can be downloaded and printed for scrapbooks or even for replacements of original documents that you may have lost.
Another of the fun things you can do using Archives.com is to look up old newspaper clippings from 50, 100, or even 150 years ago that mention your family members. Archives.com also gives you access to expert genealogists that can help if needed, and contains a wealth of articles on special topics such as researching African-American histories, military research, and more.
Archives.com offers a variety of low price subscription plans which are considerably lower than other online services offering this type of service. But, best of all, they are currently offering new customers a free 7-day trial. You can jump right in to begin researching your family and see the amazing amount of information available through the service for free.
Click here to enjoy a free, 7-day trial membership and see what secrets Archives.com can uncover from your past!
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