caflowerluver, I don't know if your question was rhetorical or serious, but here's a partial list of free or nearly free places. I don’t know what you're looking for. Some of these links will be to the specific page I was looking at but you should be able to find the home page. Google is your friend. Sign up for any newsletters these sites offer. http://www.theancestorhunt.com/ https://news.google.com/newspapers?hl=en https://www.elephind.com/?a=q&r=1&results=1&txf=txINtxCO&e=-------en-10--1--txt-txINtxCO-walworth%2c+wisconsin--------- http://shs.umsystem.edu/newspaper/mdnp/mdnptable.shtml search for the historical society or the GENweb project for individual localities http://www.usgenweb.org/states/index.shtml http://crpubliclibrary.newspaperarchive.com/ http://www.newspaperlinks.com/where-to-find-and-access-records-of-old-newspapers/ https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECM=S&SWECmd=Login&SRN=&SWEHo=eservices.archives.gov&SWEFullRefresh=1&TglPrtclRfrsh=1 https://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/search.php?q=william+walker&showposts=0&s=&securitytoken=guest&do=process&contenttype=vBForum_Post&forumchoice%255B%255D=418&childforums=1&exactname=1 http://www.castlegarden.org/searcher.php http://www.censusrecords.us/ http://www.censusdiggins.com/#Our Free Database Menu http://ma-vitalrecords.org/ www.findagrave.com https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32490-16331-90?cc=2074276&wc=M9MG-LGM:n1779387919#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fcollection%2F2074276%2Fwaypoints http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/freedata.shtml there is so much here you will get dizzy. http://www.germanroots.com/databases.html https://books.google.com/googlebooks/about/index.html http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx https://archive.org/ http://www.censusfinder.com/iowa-census-records5.htm http://www.genealogytoday.com/guide/railroad-employees.html http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.thefamilyhistorystore.com/ http://www.mta.ca/marshland/pages/links.htm http://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx http://www.jillsgenealogy.com/links/misc-genealogy-research-links.html http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/records-search/deaths.php http://www.theshipslist.com/pictures/wardsis.shtml http://www.sos.mo.gov/categories.asp?id=4 http://www.genealogysearch.org/canada/novascotia.html http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=1122-430&docClass=MW&sid=1euautj3.out http://archive.org/stream/populationsc17900012unit#page/n107/mode/2up http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=29aug2012 http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/KeywordGenealogy http://catalog.loc.gov/ http://www.genealogyintime.com/NewsStories/2012/Q1/top%20100%20most%20popular%20genealogy%20websites%20page3.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjmartin/wm-w_21.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm https://archive.org/stream/mayflowerherlogj00amesuoft#page/n35/mode/2up http://mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/WilliamLatham.php https://books.google.com/books?id=F51pAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Manasseh+COOK%22+OR+%22Manasseh++COOK%22+OR+%22COOK,+Manasseh%22&dq=%22Manasseh+COOK%22+OR+%22Manasseh++COOK%22+OR+%22COOK,+Manasseh%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dnAOUoTYGIOT2gWuwIGIDw&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCA http://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html http://www.davidrumsey.com/home My eyes have glazed just making this much of a list. If there is a specific location you are looking for Google it. Wikipedia might give you a hint of what else or where else to look. If you just blinked and thought to yourself, this is too much! post an inquiry at the kitchen table and we’ll all brainstorm.

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I’ve had my DNA done through Ancestry and use it mostly for cousin matching. Within each person's ethnicity estimate, you can expand each region to learn more about it. Ancestry has a series of short videos on their DNA test that I found very informative: https://www.ancestry.com/academy/course/ancestry-dna-101 There one video of less than 7 minutes that’s specifically about ethnicity. You might want to check it out. As I recall, it said that the ethnicity estimates go back 500 to 1000 years.

I've been away from the Table for a while, and just now saw this message. Click on my name on this post, and send me a message through Houzz, telling me what you are looking for. I will see what I can find. Be sure to activate messaging in your profile so that I can send you replies. Or, in your message to me, give me your e-mail address and I will reply that way. As an aside, you could also check the Ellis Island Passenger Search for folks. Not everyone came through Ellis Island, but so many did... Also, be aware that often names are transcribed incorrectly; and many immigrants changed the spelling of their surnames when arriving in the States (usually by changing a vowel or dropping the final vowel if the name ended in a vowel).