Free sites to find out your family genealogy?

foundation built following research process:
1. interview living relatives.
2. examine documents , of relatives allow it.
3. prepare research learning basic genealogy, genealogy specific known ancestors.
4. organize data. free software available.
5. research 1 document @ time 1 generation @ time, 1 ancestor @ time.

there tens of thousands of free websites useful genealogists. resources vary depending on , when ancestor lived, records left behind, , available place/time. not online and/or free. best approach think information want, document might contain information, , record might be. location or website vary each record. i've found georgia's virtual vault, pennsylvania historical & museum commission, , canada's archives helpful me. won't if ancestors didn't live in these places , @ times these sites have records for.

few hints making use of resources: avoid user-submitted or prepared trees/pedigrees except have sources cited, , go sources. indexes , transcriptions better trees still have more errors. use these original source. try find , work original documents or images exclusively possible. understanding how each type of record collected , prepared , means invaluable tool assessing information.

following paper trail makes tracing lineage easier, common last name. use records contain several identifying details, , make sure details match up. remember, common last name small fraction of ancestry. and, rare ones harder find due spelling variants.

helpful starting places:
http://www.cyndislist.com/ (start how , genealogical standards , guidelines)
https://www.familysearch.org/
http://www.deathindexes.com/
http://www.censusfinder.com/
http://www.findagrave.com/ (not records, great finding leads)
here -- many of have resources or knowledge specific documents, times, places, , groups.
google -- local libraries, archives, agencies, , genwebs, or websites similar above ancestor's country.
offline -- libraries, archives, museums, genealogical societies, family history centers (operated mormons), etc. big note: fhcs , libraries have free access of paid subscription sites ancestry.

i wondering if knows free sites find family genealogy? family has common last name. there tips can give me find them? have been searching years , found nothing. information helps, thank in advance. =)

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