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Step 1
Start with yourself. Write down your name, birth date, birthplace and who you're named after if you know. You might want to ask your parents or grandparents about that.
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Step 2
Continue on with your parents using the same format as mentioned above.
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Step 3
Continue on as far back as you know.
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Step 4
Call the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, which has the largest genealogical library in the world, to find out the number to contact their Family History Center in your area. It is an excellent source and you don't have to be Mormon. The Church has information on everybody regardless of faith and the staff at each center are most helpful.
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Step 5
Contact the embassies of the countries that your family came from. Explain to them about what you're doing and if they can direct you to the proper source that can help you. Let's just hope that the United States has diplomatic relations with that particular country.
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Step 6
If you can, make a trip to that country.
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Step 7
As a bonus, get a DNA test and explain to a geneticist which side of the family you are researching.
