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[pastafreak]

how do i research my family history in the US from here? where do I start? I only have my fathers name and that of his mother. I don't have any info on those ancesters who crossed the pond to the US-pos in the post revolutionary war period

[dot.hawkes]

you can join Ancestry.com from the UK and it includes the social security death index and the various records from each state, have a look at the site to see what there is and write down as much as you know, you could also look at the International Genealogical index which would cover alot of the US .
http://www.familysearch.org/

[Clanad]

Good advice from dot... however, if you want to stick your toe in before paying for the Ancestry.com service, take a look at a couple of sites that can be helpful, such as:

http://www.genealinks.com/
http://www.ancestorhunt.com/
http://www.rootsweb.com/
http://www.usgenweb.com/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
http://www.cyndislist.com/
http://genforum.genealogy.com/ (This one has a really good chat room for exchanging information and asking questions)

Good luck!