Always wanted to research your family history but don’t know where to start ?
Everyone is doing it … right? Confused about where to begin?
Since the advent of the Internet, the world of genealogy has transformed dramatically, and the quantity and quality of research material that’s now available online, and continuing to grow every day, is helping more and more family tree enthusiasts put together their own family ancestry.
You can now communicate with other people researching your same surname, find relatives you didn’t know you had, locate monumental inscriptions on graves, order birth, death or marriage certificates or just read about the village your great grandparents came from.
Knowing where to start in your search for your ancestors, where to find this mass of information that is now available out there in cyberspace and how to put it altogether is just the beginning. Let me introduce you to the wealth of information that is at your fingertips : all without leaving the comfort of your own home.
No more travelling hundreds (or even thousands) of kilometres to visit archive respositories and no more shoe boxes filled with scraps of paper (or envelope backs) with notes collected from various family members.
Firstly, a couple of assumptions on my part :
1. That you’ve already done a little groundwork that’s managed to pique your interest in your family history and
2. That you have a little computer and Internet experience – hey, you’re here, right ?
So … to begin …
