Top tips for the beginner

Here is a range of advice and information for the complete newcomer to genealogy research with some useful reminders for the more experienced genealogy researcher.

• Talk to parents, grandparents and other family members about dates, places and stories.
• Join a local Family History Society and attend some of their meetings.  You may even consider volunteering to help to learn more.
• Make sure you have sorted out your record keeping.  If you have a Computer decide between computers and paper and folders.
• Check to see if any member or members of your family have already started researching your family.  You could join forces to make things easier and to share the workload..
• Remember that libraries have a vast amount of resources and can give you access to Census returns and parish records.
• Obtain primary records for any references you find and check the facts.
• Check for stories about ancestors with public records, archives and newspaper records.
• Check out where ancestors lived.  Find old houses and addresses and look at gravestones.
• Remember to get info on all siblings even if you don't think you will need it now. When researching later, a sibling's tree might just come in handy if you cannot find your own family tree.
• Be humble and share your findings with your family but don't bore your friends!

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