Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Family Research Amazing Hobby for Young & Old

Family research amazing hobby for young & old family members. Children do love to hear stories as much as the older family members will enjoy telling them.

My mother Gladise Hextall nee Hall

What better way is there to bond and unite a family than giving your family the knowledge of their family ancestry? A family tree along with your family genealogical source records is a lasting family legacy that will be treasured tour family tree will grow with every passing year.
Need a little help with your own family tree research ? leave your family genealogy questions here, I will get back to you a.s.a.p.
Over the years in my position as a family genealogy researcher I have heard the same thing over and over again I WISH I HAD ASKED MY ---- now they are no longer here and now sadly I or my family will never know the answers to the questions I wanted to ask.
Everyone should sit down NOW and talk to their older family members for the detail they can tell of their lives and your own family history are priceless, go through each of the boring? family photo albums with them, note on the back of each interesting snap shot details of the content of the photo this must be done now it is not just for your own benefit but for the benefit of your families future generations yet to come. Most of my own family are now sadly away.
I still come across old photo's of my own family members and I don't have a clue who is in the snap or where it was taken so it's sad I to have failed.
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FAMILY ANCESTRAL RECORDS & UK ANCESTRY RESEARCH

How to start your family ancestral records & UK ancestry research. Firstly have a BIG focus point and a small family genealogy research goal.

Don’t be tempted to try and go back too far in one go
Go back in small steps.
Remember the most satisfying family tree is based on facts.
1   What do I already know about the family or persons I wish to research?

2   How do I know this?
  • I have family letters / notes
  • Family documents / Births, Deaths, Marriage, (B.D.M) certificates etc.
  • A family member said so? Do listen but always confirm with documented evidence before adding this data to your records.

3   What do I want to know?
  • Did they marry and where.
  • Was there any children.
  • Where did they live?
  • What work did they do?
  • Were they in the armed forces

4   Where do I find It.? Below are the main sources of family documents records
  • Marriage Certificate
  • Birth records
  • Baptism/ Christening records
  • Death records
  • Probate records
  • Will and testament
  • First World War/ military records i.e. draft, pensions, medals, military burials
  • Personal family letters / documents
  • Census reports 1911. 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851, 1841.
  • England & Wales B.D.M registry 2007-1937. Can be researched free on-line freebmd.org.uk/
  • Scottish B.D.M registry 2014-1855 can be researched on-line (fee charges)