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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. CliveR

    Finally built a family tree...

    CliveR, Jun 3, 2023
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    830
    peter
    Jun 7, 2023
  2. CherylR
    Thanks! x 5

    My Dad said... it's in the family bible

    CherylR, Apr 30, 2020 ... 2
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    Susan48
    Mar 28, 2023
  3. Lankylady
    Thanks! x 3

    New to the forum but not to family history

    Lankylady, Jan 1, 2020
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    7,992
    Pauline
    Dec 30, 2022
  4. JMCWSW

    Family History beginnings... that have no end!

    JMCWSW, Mar 8, 2022
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    10
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    4,356
    Margery
    Mar 17, 2022
  5. Just Martin

    My family won't be there

    Just Martin, Mar 11, 2022
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    2,867
    Just Martin
    Mar 11, 2022
  6. Thomas

    How I got started

    Thomas, Dec 11, 2021
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    12
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    4,437
    peter
    Feb 1, 2022
  7. TerriB
    Thanks! x 5

    I wanted to find a cousin . . .

    TerriB, Dec 22, 2021
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    3,770
    Margery
    Dec 30, 2021
  8. Prussian

    Thank You Uncle Bill

    Prussian, Dec 3, 2021
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    1
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    3,672
    Susan48
    Dec 3, 2021
  9. Eliz Purves

    Why I decided to research my family tree

    Eliz Purves, Dec 1, 2021
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    3,663
    Eliz Purves
    Dec 2, 2021
  10. RoseJA

    Twenty years and still going...

    RoseJA, Aug 19, 2021
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    1
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    4,870
    Susan48
    Aug 19, 2021
  11. Barbie
    Thanks! x 4

    It all started with B.M.D. notices

    Barbie, Feb 5, 2021
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    6,626
    Barbie
    Feb 5, 2021
  12. DelphineInTopsham
    Thanks! x 5

    My mother had no aunties

    DelphineInTopsham, Dec 22, 2020
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    DelphineInTopsham
    Dec 22, 2020
  13. Caroline McD
    Thanks! x 3

    How I got started.

    Caroline McD, Nov 27, 2020
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    6,814
    Bob Spiers
    Dec 3, 2020
  14. SueAt

    To Tasmania they came

    SueAt, Sep 13, 2020
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    4
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    6,661
    Fern
    Sep 15, 2020
  15. ValleyM
    Thanks! x 4

    My husband got me started

    ValleyM, Sep 15, 2020
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    6,364
    ValleyM
    Sep 15, 2020
  16. arizona68
    Thanks! x 7

    I had a Mother who read to me.

    arizona68, Sep 7, 2020
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    2
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    6,412
    Sue_3
    Sep 7, 2020
  17. JudithH

    A family story of our descent from a well-known local squire

    JudithH, Sep 3, 2020
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    6,452
    JudithH
    Sep 3, 2020
  18. AndrewB

    My Mother-in-Law asked about her Grandmother

    AndrewB, May 26, 2020
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    4
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    6,724
    jorghes
    May 27, 2020
  19. Mike54

    It was all my Dad's fault

    Mike54, Apr 16, 2020
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    1
    Views:
    6,690
    Gillian
    Apr 16, 2020
  20. Underdown49

    It all started with a question.

    Underdown49, Feb 2, 2020
    Replies:
    2
    Views:
    6,943
    Underdown49
    Feb 3, 2020
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