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Family History - Get Started

Family History: Getting Started

By Dr Nick Barratt

If you're tackling archives for the first time in a search for your family's past, this guide will help you get organised, and direct you towards further help and the incredible resources available on the internet.

Faces from the past
Faces from the past 
Introduction

No doubt you will know someone who has traced their family tree, or seen one of the episodes of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' and been inspired to begin delving into your own roots. Yet for the uninitiated beginner, starting to research ones ancestors can be daunting, difficult and confusing task. The aim of this guide is to take you on the first stages of your journey of discovering, starting with the basic preparatory steps. By sticking to this initial route map, you will quickly gain both relevant information and confidence to embark on the next stage of the process - working in archives.


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Published: 2006-08-26

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