Researching Your Family Tree

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On 08/09/2019 at 20:35, vicky & John said:

As anyone started researching there family tree, if so have you got any tips on how to start. I need to find an interest and I think I would find this a great way to spend my spare time .

 

Are the websites that are advertised on TV a good starting point, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Hello Vicky & John.

Gather as much information as you can and lay it all down.

Make a list of what you don't know from the list of what you do know.

Talk to as many relatives as possible.

Do simple searches on the internet,

put your family name in. If you know where one of your relatives are buried

try the graveyards friends of societys. They are usually only to happy to help.

A couple of sites on't internet have photo's of gravestones & include transcriptions

you can see for nothing. (www.gravestonephotos.com) 

When all that is done - see what information you can get for nothing. 

(my Scottish blood showing through there) Get on a 14 day free trial & 

blast it, follow what ever leads you can (always cancell a few days before the free trial ends)

Have a breather, digest what you've got - have your next set of question ready.

(find another 14 day free trial etc)

Started my quest 3 year ago from some scribbled notes on the back of an envelope.

Be prepared for the unknown.

Don't think every thing you think you know already is going to stay that way.

Don't think you've ever finished.

I've got my direct bloodline as far back as 1736 and another line as far as 1650.

Best of luck Vicky and John.

Enjoy. I have.

Rocker