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How I got started in Family History

Please use this forum to introduce yourself and to tell other members how you got started in family history.

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  1. davidNY

    Family Reunion got me hooked

    davidNY, Dec 30, 2014
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    Gillian
    Jan 3, 2015
  2. VG64
    Agree x 10

    40 years of searching!

    VG64, Jan 8, 2015
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    Marguerite
    Jan 26, 2015
  3. RichardJB
    Agree x 3

    To pass something on to my children

    RichardJB, Jan 30, 2015
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    AdrienneQ
    Apr 14, 2015
  4. KerryM
    Thanks! x 3

    Can't remember starting to research, but have been at it for over 30 years!

    KerryM, Nov 5, 2019
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    KerryM
    Nov 5, 2019
  5. CliveR

    Finally built a family tree...

    CliveR, Jun 3, 2023
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    1,351
    peter
    Jun 7, 2023
  6. SallyB
    Agree x 4

    Written Records More Informative Than Family?

    SallyB, Nov 4, 2019
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    SallyB
    Nov 4, 2019
  7. Earle

    My paternal grandfather died in 1970

    Earle, Dec 23, 2014
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    1,338
    Tim
    Dec 31, 2014
  8. Tim Clarke

    Hearing a Family story started me off!

    Tim Clarke, Nov 5, 2019
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    Tim Clarke
    Nov 5, 2019
  9. SusanH
    Thanks! x 4

    Its all because of Kunta Kinte

    SusanH, Nov 5, 2019
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    SusanH
    Nov 5, 2019
  10. cinders

    My mother was a Barnardo's Baby

    cinders, Nov 1, 2019
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    1,258
    canadianbeth
    Nov 3, 2019
  11. SandieCee

    The search begins!!

    SandieCee, Nov 1, 2019
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    1,247
    SandieCee
    Nov 3, 2019
  12. Spedders

    My Mum asked me to...

    Spedders, Mar 23, 2015
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    1,188
    AndyMick
    Mar 24, 2015
  13. Choccielover2006

    16 years on and still feel like a novice!

    Choccielover2006, Dec 21, 2014
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    1,157
    Margery
    Dec 21, 2014
  14. DavidW
    Thanks! x 3

    A Google search...

    DavidW, Jan 9, 2015
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    1,144
    teachersue
    Apr 13, 2015
  15. Tomb
    Thanks! x 3

    Absent parents - Who am I?

    Tomb, Feb 10, 2015
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    1,137
    Tim
    Feb 10, 2015
  16. teachersue

    Arrival of Internet resources

    teachersue, Apr 13, 2015
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    1,075
    Katie Bee
    Apr 18, 2015
  17. BarryD

    I started to find out who my mother’s father was.

    BarryD, Nov 1, 2019
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    1,029
    Helen7
    Nov 2, 2019
  18. AndyMick
    Agree x 4

    Died crossing the Platte River

    AndyMick, Aug 14, 2014
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    AndyMick
    Aug 14, 2014
  19. GillyGC
    Agree x 4

    My sister-in-law encouraged me ....

    GillyGC, Apr 14, 2015
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    GillyGC
    Apr 14, 2015
  20. Daviles

    Circus, What Circus

    Daviles, Nov 2, 2019
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    940
    Daviles
    Nov 2, 2019
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