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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. 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
  2. Lankylady
    Thanks! x 3

    New to the forum but not to family history

    Lankylady, Jan 1, 2020
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    Pauline
    Dec 30, 2022
  3. Caroline McD
    Thanks! x 3

    How I got started.

    Caroline McD, Nov 27, 2020
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    Bob Spiers
    Dec 3, 2020
  4. LindaC
    Thanks! x 4

    What got me into family history

    LindaC, Jan 19, 2020
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    jorghes
    Jan 31, 2020
  5. Underdown49

    It all started with a question.

    Underdown49, Feb 2, 2020
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    Underdown49
    Feb 3, 2020
  6. Barbie
    Thanks! x 4

    It all started with B.M.D. notices

    Barbie, Feb 5, 2021
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    Barbie
    Feb 5, 2021
  7. SueAt

    To Tasmania they came

    SueAt, Sep 13, 2020
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    Fern
    Sep 15, 2020
  8. AndrewB

    My Mother-in-Law asked about her Grandmother

    AndrewB, May 26, 2020
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    jorghes
    May 27, 2020
  9. Mike54

    It was all my Dad's fault

    Mike54, Apr 16, 2020
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    6,820
    Gillian
    Apr 16, 2020
  10. arizona68
    Thanks! x 7

    I had a Mother who read to me.

    arizona68, Sep 7, 2020
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    Sue_3
    Sep 7, 2020
  11. ValleyM
    Thanks! x 4

    My husband got me started

    ValleyM, Sep 15, 2020
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    ValleyM
    Sep 15, 2020
  12. JudithH

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

    JudithH, Sep 3, 2020
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    JudithH
    Sep 3, 2020
  13. DelphineInTopsham
    Thanks! x 5

    My mother had no aunties

    DelphineInTopsham, Dec 22, 2020
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    DelphineInTopsham
    Dec 22, 2020
  14. Joyce

    Going round in a circle

    Joyce, Dec 22, 2019
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    5,617
    canadianbeth
    Dec 24, 2019
  15. LynneB

    As a gift to my mum

    LynneB, May 26, 2015
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    5,213
    LynneB
    May 28, 2015
  16. RoseJA

    Twenty years and still going...

    RoseJA, Aug 19, 2021
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    1
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    5,169
    Susan48
    Aug 19, 2021
  17. Thomas

    How I got started

    Thomas, Dec 11, 2021
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    4,852
    peter
    Feb 1, 2022
  18. JMCWSW

    Family History beginnings... that have no end!

    JMCWSW, Mar 8, 2022
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    4,720
    Margery
    Mar 17, 2022
  19. DavidK
    Thanks! x 3

    You Break It, You Bought It!

    DavidK, Dec 6, 2019
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    DavidK
    Dec 6, 2019
  20. Franko
    Agree x 6

    15 years of Family History

    Franko, Nov 3, 2019
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    4,696
    Bob Spiers
    Nov 13, 2019
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