How can I trace my family history?

-I'm Mexican but confident that I have stong European influence in my past because of my physical traits. Are there any tactics, sites, or ways to trace family history back to find out my lineage?Tactics? physical traits?



Family history research is about researching documents to prove, not assupmtions on how you look



So before you rush to the internet and start looking for websites to find your ancestors and waste a lot of time.



Do your groundwork first or you just won't know who you are looking for, where they are from and if who you do find are your ancestors or not. Read this first, http://familytimeline.webs.com/

then.....



Collect all the information you have in your own home and in your relations homes is the first place to start , its free and it will encourage your family to look for more and help you.



This is primary information, so it is more likely to be correct and you will achieve an impressive start with your family tree, also learn a lot about your family which will help you when you do start looking at records in the Records Office or on Internet cited databases.ancestry.com