| Let me say straight away that tracing
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| | you do not already have access to it, it
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| your family ancestry is a great hobby but
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| | shouldn't be hard to obtain their
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| very addictive, so unless you want to get
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| | marriage certificate. From there until
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| well and truly hooked, don't start.When I
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| | 1837, you can travel back fairly safely
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| travel around the country to Family
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| | with hatched, matched and dispatched
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| History Fairs, I am amazed at the number
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| | certificates from the Family Records
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| of people who say quite cheerfully,
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| | Centre in London. Pre 1837, you have to
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| "family history is so easy, I did mine in
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| | be able to access parish registers, and
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| half an hour on the internet." If they
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| | this is where the going can get tough. If
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| are happy with that, then good luck to
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| | you are unsure of the area your forbears
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| them, but for me, if I cannot prove it,
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| | are from, census returns can be very
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| it doesn't count.Family history is not
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| | helpful.In case you are planning to have
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| about just collecting a pile of names and
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| | a go at compiling your family tree, be
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| then trying to fit them all together like
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| | aware that you could be in for a few
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| a genealogical jigsaw puzzle. You must
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| | surprises (shocks). Just because granny
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| start with what you know to be true and
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| | always seemed prim and proper to you,
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| that is your birth certificate. On that
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| | doesn't make it so.
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| will be the names of your parents, so, if
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