answers1: Before you launch into websites and get fed up because you
can't find anything, do your groundwork first....... <br>
Have a look on this site, which will help you make a start in
understanding the principles of researching your family history <a
href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11010.html,"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_110...</a>
then down load some family history sheets <a
href="http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/forms/"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/forms/</a>
and starting with yourself fill one in, you will find the sheets act
as a check list and you may also find that you don't have all your own
information and have to go searching in your home and asking your
parents/other relations about it. <br>
Look at your own birth certificate, it gives you lots of information
and don't forget to write the registration number down on your form,
as this tells you that it is primary document information, which is
what you need for every piece of information you collect, once you
start researching you will notice many people don't have primary
information numbers on their research...which shows you it is hearsay,
copied from others and guesswork and there is no place in research for
guesswork. One wrong name in your tree and it means you are not
researching YOUR family. <br>
Fill a sheet in for your parents and any living relations you have, go
and talk to them, ask to see any certificates they have and write all
the information down they give you.....ask if they have any old
photographs as this gets people talking and remembering other people
in the family they had 'forgotten' about...write down any 'family
stories' you are told....some may be correct, however many are not and
you find once you start researching you can sometimes use these
stories in your research for clues about where to look at
records...........before you go near a website, this information give
you a 'feel' for who your family is and makes it s much easier to find
ancestors once you do start looking at websites ( they are not the
place to 'start' your research). <br>
By using the family sheets it makes it very easy for other relations
to see what you are doing and to understand the information you are
collecting and they are more likely to help and give you more
information....as most at first will say, "I don't know or I haven't
got any idea about our ancestors". It is also nice to be able to give
you relations a copy, as by doing this they will look at the
information, talk about it and may remember more information for you
or even find some paperwork that has been long forgotten. <br>
The very best sources of information is in your home and in the homes
of your living relations with any documents, certificates and
newspaper clippings that many people keep....you will get lots of
information, start lots of interest in what you are doing and will get
your family involved in helping you get started and are more likely
to have correct information <br>
If you want to then input this information onto a computer database a
free one is Brothers Keeper <a
href="http://www.bkwin.net/version6.htm"
rel="nofollow"class=Clr-b>http://www.bkwin.net/version6.htm</a> and
you can even add photographs, print out family trees, lists or add
notes/stories etc <br>
<br>
Good luck in your research <br>
<br>
This also may help once you have done your foundation research
http://www.indian-affairs.org/resources/aaia_research_ancestry.htm
answers2: The previous person gave you a good answer on researching
your genealogy. I am going to let you know that even once you have
done your genealogical work, it is likely that you will not qualify
for tribal enrollment (a card). You'd have to meet the tribe's
(BlackfEEt Tribe of Montana, I presume) enrollment requirements which
are 1/4 or more blood degree and lineal descent from a person listed
on the tribe's base roll. You'd have to contact the tribal enrollment
office yourself though to get the tribe's full enrollment requirements
and to find out if you are eligible.
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