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Is there someone that doesn’t want to know more about himself – where he came from, where his family is originally from, who his ancestors are and how they looked.

Many of our ressources can help you retrace the people that matters.
Do a Birth Record Search, Death Search, People Search to find out more about your family.

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Genealogy is defined as being the study of the descents of families and persons from an ancestor or ancestors.

People look for their personal and family origins because their interested by their past for many reasons.

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As a hobby it can become pleasantly addictive, at least to the person concerned. However the study is also undertaken professionally, not just in order to provide a commercial service that can be used by people who are seeking help in researching their origins, but also for very serious legal and financial reasons. Thus there are accepted standards for doing genealogy "properly" - standards that we recommend you seek to learn and emulate.

The service we are providing aims to get you with information and sources of guidance on both genealogy and family history - we hope it will help you whether you are an inhabitant of UK, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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However one word of warning - these notes of guidance should not be regarded as a substitute for good old-fashioned books. Especially if you are a beginner you are strongly advised to start by visiting your local library and doing some reading on genealogy. There are many useful introductory books on genealogy and family history which will provide you with more complete and coherent guidance as to how to get started than you will get here, or from merely posting a series of questions to the newsgroup or mailing list with which this server is associated.

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