How To Start

[tinkerbell23]

The family tree.

Ive asked this before waaaay back i am sure.
I think i used a scottish website but my family goes back to ireland on both sides.

I remember a few folks on here were very good at this but i cant remember who!!! X

[Mamyalynne]

Try reposting in Genealogy topic which is under the main topic of History- the experts will see your plea better there.

[Old_Geezer]

You start by talking to all your surviving family and gathering every bit of information they can provide before they pop their clogs.

After that you subscribe to a site or use freebmd to check the records of those you know and find out who they may be related to. Use census too when they allow you to see them.

You purchase birth marriage and death certificates to get more info.

And if you need more you go around the country looking at graveyards and reading parish records. Also joining a local genealogy club or taking a look in your nearest town library may help too.

Get yourself some decent software to record al the information you get.

[tonyav]

Do has Mamya suggests tinks. I worked back from my parents / grandparents.

[Mamyalynne]

I didn't mean that any answers you got here would not be helpful - sorry if it sounded that way.

[Old_Geezer]

I'm sure some will know Scottish & Irish specific sites. But UK based ones may well have access to useful documents anyway.

[andrew1707]

For Scotland try http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

For Ireland: I found it easier to actually go to the records office in Dublin, but that was 10 years ago.