How would I start to trace my family tree? Where do I get a copy of my birth certificate from? My family are all across the world, where do I start? My family are from Scotland, where do I start? My family are from Ireland, where do I start? My family are Welsh, where do I start? What do I do if I find skeletons in my family history? I’ve fo...

What is the civil registration for births, marriages and deaths? What is the County Record Office? Are they useful to me? Where else can I go to search records? What is a birth certificate? Where can I obtain a copy? What should I do if I am adopted? How do I look for a marriage within my family History? How do I look for and obtain a copy of Birt...

Before you panic about the idea of charting your family tree, take a quick trip around the internet. There are a lot of genealogy sites that offer free “starters” from which you can fashion your own documentation, including a Google genealogy chart.. I strongly advocate this approach if you’re a beginner to family tree research. It helps a l...