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Just wondering if anybody has done their family tree? It seems to be taking over my life much to the annoyance of my wife. I have traced back to around 1813ish by using Ancestory.co.uk and family knowledge, does anyone know of anywhere else that I might be able to get information from as I seem to have hit a brick wall.

Thanks for your help :)
 
My dad has done ours spent over 15 years on it, mind you he has gone back to around 493AD.

The Morman church hold very good records, also if you can find a local Family History Sociaty I am sure they would be very helpful aswell
 
Cheers for the replies, I'll see what else I can find out! :thumbs:
 
also local knowledge if you know an ancester was a cobbler and you roughly know the area you could look for shops in that area in archives perhaps?
 
I traced mam's side back to about 1856 but only because she had loads of old documents and knew some of the history herself. No idea where to start on dad's side of the family though. I'd love to find out more on how to do it but don't know where to start.
 
BigLoada said:
No idea where to start on dad's side of the family though. I'd love to find out more on how to do it but don't know where to start.
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It sounds stupid, but start with your dad! If you know his parents, it's a great help, but I'm sure he'll fill you in if he can
 
CarolF said:
It sounds stupid, but start with your dad! If you know his parents, it's a great help, but I'm sure he'll fill you in if he can
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Tried that but his memory is shot to bits, and a lot of his old relatives went away to other places like America so theres not really anyone left here. Maybe I could try the online census actually, I dont think its too expensive.
 
BigLoada said:
Maybe I could try the online census actually, I dont think its too expensive.
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The census won't do you any good until you've gone back a couple of generations at least. The most recent one available is 1901, with 1911 due to follow next year.

Start with your own birth certificate, then get your parents' marriage certificate (which should name the fathers of both your parents). Then get your parents' birth certificates, followed by the marriage certificates of their parents. And so on. Take it back, generation by generation, step by step. Always get the certificates and never make assumptions without testing the assumptions against reality.

Talk to any surviving relatives and note down anything they can tell you. Bear in mind that some elderly relatives tend to gloss over dodgy bits of history and will twist the truth or tell downright lies if they can't face reality. I have an elderly aunt who is in complete denial that her grandmother was illegitimate and that her grandparents married only the day before they registered the birth of their first child.

And don't do it at all unless you're prepared to deal with any skeletons in the cupboard, eg illegitimacy or someone being hanged for murder or (worst of all) transported to Australia.
 
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