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Hello everyone,
I am sure that there have been hundreds of messages like this and I apologise if I am going over old ground.

I have just started tracing my family tree and am enjoying it very much. I am quite fortunate in that my Grandma is 90 years old and her sister is 96 so I have plenty of first hand information and birth certificates etc.
I have got back as far as 1816 since I started on Tuesday and it seems that this is as far as online records go.

I have so many questions it is difficult to know what to ask first.

How do i go back further? Where do I go? What information will I need?

I am not just trying to go back as far as possible, I would also like to find out where and how they lived.

Also, what can military service records tell me? Where do I get them from? What information do I need to get them?

I know that is a lot of questions (sorry!) but any help would be greatly appreciated

If you read the tips board you will often find those questions answered. To go back further you can visit record offices in the areas your family lived, they are very helpful people who work there, it is free but you will need to get a reader ticket for which you need to produce a driving licence or passport for ID. ROs vary so it is best to check on line as to what they require.

You can also find information on Familysearch.com but be wary, the information is probably OK if it gives a reference for baptisms etc that you can check out but some are entered by family members, these will not have been verified.

When you say you are back to 1816 is that a birth? If so it will have given you the parents to concentrate on.

If you have specific requests put them on here, maybe on trying to find, there are loads of people who will help but please give as much info as you have and please don't put duplicate threads across the boards as the same people usually read all boards.

Good luck

Grant has this on the Tips Board also

He probably is not aware that most people read all boards. It doesn't matter.

sorry for cross posting everyone. If there is a moderator reading perhaps they could close one of the threads?

Thanks for all the info everyone, i'll update you all as to my progress.

Cheers

Grant if you go to your first post on the thread and press delete it will delete the thread.

Hi Grant. Have a look for a thread entitled Tips for Newbies - I'll nudge it up for you. Has some good ground rules and advice to follow. Regards. Cx.