Ways to find out my family tree other than through ancestry.org type of sites? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just out of curiosity. I don't have a real need for this.

So I've been trying to find info on my great-grandparents but after snooping around in ancestry.com and familysearch.com I realise there are no records for any of my parents, grandparents or great grandparents online. At least not on those sites.

And so I'm here wondering, what happened with those records? Anyone had any luck searching elsewhere? I've tried googling the names and nothing comes up either. Hooray for privacy I guess?

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[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

It's fucked up, but you could try the Mormons. They do this thing, retroactive conversion, so someone becomes Mormon, and they go back and make all that person's ancestors "Mormon". So they have incredibly good ancestry records. Just a thought.

[-] glans@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago

ancestry.com is mormon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.com#1983)

wouldn't be surprised if many other such resources also are. for the exact reasons as you explain. these people love "converting" the dead to their religion. they offer much less resistance than the living.

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Huh....TIL!

[-] ChicagoCommunist@hexbear.net 2 points 13 hours ago

Tracking dead people to do "baptisms for the dead", they call it, is legit one of their favorite pastimes.

Idk the exact numbers but iirc Hitler got baptized like 40 times before they put his name on the no-go list.

And it's like 14 year olds that they have getting baptized over and over for the dead names.

And while they're waiting they get to watch Johnny Lingo and similar garbage.

But yeah if you know any Mormons their databases are probably a good place to start

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