The past............


Once bitten by the genealogy bug, there is no turning back.

But you might not like all you find !!

 Grandma & Grandad + My Dad + sister Francis -  My Tree


Top 10 Indicators That You've Become A Gene-Aholic
  • You introduce your daughter as your descendent.
  • You've never met any of the people you send e-mail to, even though you're related.
  • You can recite your lineage back eight generations, but can't remember your nephew's name.
  • You have more photographs of dead people than living ones.
  • You've ever taken a tape recorder and/or notebook to a family reunion.
  • You've not only read the latest GEDCOM standard, but also you understand it.
  • The only film you've seen in the last year was the 1851 census index.
  • More than half of your CD collection is made up of marriage records or pedigrees.






Find out the meaning of and where your surname was in England in 1891

Some sites to start you of:
Find My Past (subsciption)
Free BDM (free)
The National Archives (partly free)

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