General Chat

To Hollie Brock What a fantastic age to start researching your family - I'm (only) 32 but all but one of my grandparents have died and they can generally the source of so much information. There's an excellent article in the May 2003 issue of Family History Monthly which gives pointers on how to start researching your family tree. E-mail me if you want to know more. The best tip I think I can give you is to get every piece of information possible from your older family members (ie names, dates of birth, death and marriages, names of brothers and sisters and indeed any other relatives they remember). Write it all down and work out later where everyone fits in. Also, if you have old family photos go through them with a relative who remembers the people and write on the back in felt tip (this shouldn't damage the image on the front) who the people are and dates where possible. I have a tin full of late 19th and early 20th century photos and have no idea of who most of them are. Good luck in your research Lesley