How can i find out more about my ancestors if i have little to nothing to go on?
If you know where and when you were born, you can get a copy of your birth certificate. That is a start. It will tell you what your father’s name was, unless your mother was spiteful and put “Unknown”. Some women do that. If it is “Unknown”, you are stuck and will probably never know. The birth certificate will tell you your mother’s name, age and native state. If her name is “Mary Smith”, you are, again, stuck. If it is “Malinda McCorkle”, you may be able to find her on a state-wide death index or birth index. Then you start looking for HER parents, and theirs, working slowly. It is like doing a jig-saw puzzle. Some people have a harder time than others. If you know your mother and father’s names, but they can’t or won’t talk to you, you have a little bit of a start.
