Getting started

Everything you need to know to start growing your family tree

Highgate Cemetery stone angel death records

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Where to find death records

DNA family history

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The best websites for DNA family history research

Illegitimate child

Discover your past

How to find the father of an illegitimate child

Census records

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What census records are available?

British actor Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) with his fiance Merula Salaman 19th May 1938. They met while both working for John Gielgud's stage company at the Queen's Theatre in London. 1939 Register

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What is the 1939 Register?

FamilySearch free genealogy websites

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The best free genealogy websites

An early photograph of a baptism ceremony, c. 1860 baptism records

How to find baptism records

First World War soldiers at the Battle of Ypres, 1917 First World War records

How to find First World War records

A wedding party in Hellidon, Northamptonshire, c1896-c1920 marriage registers

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Where to find marriage registers in the UK

Trace your house history like David Olusoga on A House Through Time

House history: The best websites for tracing the history of your house

Irish ancestry. Farmers in Glenshesk, County Atrim, c. 1900

Overseas ancestry

Irish ancestry: How to find your Irish ancestors

An operation in a lecture theatre at University College Hospital Medical School, London, in 1898

How to find doctors and nurses in your family tree

How to find birth records

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How to find birth, marriage and death records

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Start Your Family Tree: Week 4