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Janet

Janet Report 23 Feb 2012 11:06

Welcome to the boards Alan .

The first bit of advice I give to anyone starting, is to buy an 'Ancestral File' for about a fiver from a family history site . Its saves making lists, scraps of paper, attaching relatives to the wrong generation etc. , and keeps the information in one place.-jl

Researching:
Mellors of Fulstone- Haighs of Fulstone- Haighs of Horbury -Fowlers of Sheffield -Ashton/Acomb of Keighley-Broadheads of Mearhouse-Nixons of Bradfield- Hopwood of Dewsbury and Elland-Procter/Proctors of Malham

tinkers

tinkers Report 22 Feb 2012 23:35

hi alan and welcome to the boards

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 22 Feb 2012 23:02

Welcome Alan :) Hope you enjoy your time here. :-D

Joy

Joy Report 22 Feb 2012 22:59

Welcome.

Some useful tips have been given to you, and I would recommend reading
the thread "ABSOLUTE BASICS FOR BEGINNERS PLEASE READ" at the top of the Find Ancestors board.

Happy hunting, and please ask for help as and when you need it.

Carol 430181

Carol 430181 Report 22 Feb 2012 22:08

Welcome Alan, Piglets Pal has given good advice.

Carol

Researching:
Vosper Cornwall /Devon. Courtney Cornwall. Arundel Cornwall. Godolphin Cornwall. Tremethick Cornwall. Langdon Cornwall/Devon. Buley Devon. Parsons Cornwall. Bains(wish I knew) Samuels London.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 22 Feb 2012 21:51

welcome to GR alan
good luck with your quest :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 22 Feb 2012 21:21

hello alan and welcome to the boards :-D

Researching:
It wasn't me

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 22 Feb 2012 21:20

Hello Alan

The best advice is to start with what you know and then work your way back.

Also what are you looking for and hoping to achieve.

The first thing to do is to write your own mini tree down, starting with yourself and then your parents and then work back. Any brick walls then you could put some names & dates on here,

A very good site to look up Birth Deaths & Marriages is FreeBMD.

Do not worry about any questions you ask, we all had to start somewhere and I can assure you we all asked some really odd questions and some silly or pointless ones (I know I often cringe when I think about what I did when I first set out!!!)

No-one on here bites so welcome to the site and enjoy this hobby, which can become an obsession. :-)

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Feb 2012 21:19

Welcome to the boards Alan :-)

Start with what you are sure of, parents and grandparents perhaps, and make full use of free info like Freebmd.

On here 'Finding Ancestors' board does what it says on the tin, there is always someone about to help or point you towards the right records, General chat tends to be just that, very general lol, and genealogy queries may get lost in the chatter but everyone will help if they can :-)

Researching:

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 22 Feb 2012 21:15

Hello Alan - welcome to the boards.

Have you done anything with your research so far?

Albo

Albo Report 22 Feb 2012 21:14

Hi to all members I am new to member and I would appreciate any help on the best place to start my research

Thanks Alan