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Finding a family from Kent
See how a family of Dad, Mum and 4 children grew to Dad, Mum, 4 grandparents and 10 children. Some of the strategies that helped:
- Join internet message boards from your interest area
- Do not trust transcriptions
- Do not get stuck insisting a name must be spelt one way
- You do not have to have personal family knowledge to find your ancestors
Get to Know Those Cousins
Why are those distant cousins worth knowing? Read how in one week of visiting with 1st, 2nd and 3rd cousins produced:
- Photos of 30 family members spanning 3 generations.
- Numerous stories relating to all parts of the family.
- Over 45 New Zealand and England; Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates.
- At least 14 articles relating to the lives of several Gough’s
Hidden Treasures of Census Records
Many new families and extra generations were found in the England Census records by following a few strategies:
- Look at several pages each side of your main person
- Enumerators wrote what they heard
- Relationships don’t always have the modern meaning
- Form a hypothesis - then prove it right or wrong
FamilySearch - how can I use it?
- Some of my favourite things to do on this site, as a Kiwi with British ancestry.
- Search for ancestors
- Research help, forms, maps,
- Family History Library catalogue
It Is Possible They are on the Internet - Somewhere
To illustrate the variety of data available this article will show some information on each member of a 4 generation family tree by using the internet for free. We do not need to know each place to search – a good genealogy search engine can give us many choices.
Visiting the Family History Library in Salt Lake City - Kiwi style
All the things you need to know to make your trip to this wonderful institution and city the most rewarding. Before you go, when to go, where to stay, what you should take, food, getting around, recreation and making the most of the Family History Library
What records have I looked at?
A Research Log is a documented list of everything you have searched, what you were searching for, where to find it again and what you plan to search. In short it is the major, most important tool in family history research.
Family Tree Packages
Mini Package
- One family surname
- 1 to 3 generations
- Up to 7 hours research and analysis
Supa Package
- Paternal or Maternal line
- Up to 4 generations back from your starting point
- Up to 15 hours research and analysis
Mega Package
- Whole pedigree research over several generations
- Up to 30 hours research and analysis
