GETTING STARTED
Write out a page for each family member alive or dead which should include yourself, your husband, brothers and sisters, and as much detail as you can about any of your predecessors.
Female relatives should include present surname and maiden name
ie: Jones (present surname) nee Roberts (maiden name) date of birth, date of marriage and to whom, date of death. Also include births of children for each individual.
The best and easiest place to start is at Genes Reunited. http://www.genesreunited.co.uk
Sign up for a membership (its free) and you can use their online family tree sitebuilder to build your family tree.
A little about Genes Reunited:
On that site are some free downloads (Printable family tree forms) the Pedigree Chart and the Family Group Sheet
A basic search engine for your relatives.
If after entering some of your family into the family tree a matching set of names and dates turns up on someone elses tree you will get an email to tell you this has happened. Nobody can see your family tree without you allowing them access to it and it is better to keep it that way until you are certain you have found a relative.
That website has a search of the 1901 census. The initial search is free and gives you the nearest possible links to your relatives, but you are going to need to get the detailed forms that you are directed to at some time or other and these you have to pay for but make sure you have filled in as much detail on your tree before you start paying out.
These sites you pay for have a time limit for using them wether or not you have used your money up or not.
Once you have done this initial form filling and you think you are stuck for ideas it is then time to use the links and or message board in this group to ask for ideas and suggestions as to where to go next.
We can do a free look-up for you from the Data Available page
You need to get hold of as many births, deaths, marriage certificates, family photos as you can get hold of. Make copies of them! Its surprising how many times you refer back to them. Nag any older relatives for details about their husbands, wives, aunties and uncles, cousins (and black sheep, hehe)
........... and most importantly buy a notebook (looseleaf folder is better as you can lay pages out alongside for comparison) and write it all down.
The above should get you off to a good and organised start.
Any other censuses you need to access will be located on other websites. They will be added to the links in here.
Can't think of anything else at the moment except please ask if you need help.
That's enough from me for now,
Best of luck with your searching.
serves as a clearinghouse of genealogy techniques: where to find records, how to organize the data found, what the terminology means and how to plan your next research effort.
At some time or other you may need to obtain Birth, marriage or death certificates and below is the link to the UK Registration Office
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
