So you have decided that you would like to research your family's history and learn more about your ancestors. That is great news! You are now embarking into a lifetime of fun, addictive and pleasurable research.
Before you dash off to the local library or Record Office with your new notebook and pens the best place to start is at home.
Start with yourself and jot down your full name, date and place of birth. Now working backwards note down the same information for parents and grandparents. Many people now begin to get stuck as in our busy lives we don't often stop to ask questions about our ancestors.
So that is exactly what the next step would be - go and ask questions. Spend some time with your oldest relations and ask them about your family and see if they can add any more information to the family tree which you are starting to build.
You will now find that you have several more names, dates and places and that your note pads may be starting to get a little higgeldy piggeldy. Assuming that you have access to a PC as you are reading this you may wish to download a FREE programme that will allow you to build up your family history in a way that will allow you to add, edit and print off various types of trees and reports.
Visit the site http://www.familysearch.org this site is very useful and I will come back to it later on. But for now if you look at the bottom right hand of the screen you will see that you can download a programme called PAF - Personal Ancestral File. This is a great basic programme and is absolutely fine for when you are first starting out on this big adventure!
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