Have you ever wanted to know who your ancestors were, or if you are related to someone famous, or perhaps even an infamous person, but you haven't the time to
search?
Perhaps you just don't know how to find the information you want?
As a genealogical researcher I can help you find out about your line and even produce for you a fantastic printed Family Tree.
Perhaps you would like a place on the internet where the research into your ancestors could attract other branches of long lost "cousins" to contact you?
Once you have some names in your tree I'd advise you to set up a web site. Mine started out as a couple of pages, but has grown some since it was first published.
Over the years it has attracted hits from distant "cousins", those people who are descended from the same ancestor as me. This is a great way of growing your tree! Of course you need to check their research yourself.
(These links to my personal family history
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I have competitive packages that start at only £49.95 for a search of Births Marriages and Deaths and census returns for 4 generations.
Or my Silver package that starts at only £89.95 for 7 generations.
Want to do it yourself?
I find the following websites invaluable to me. I highly recommend you take a look at them if you want to make a start on your own research.
The Genealogist - for UK census, BMDs and more online from just £4.66 a month is a website that I use for census and Parish Records.
It has in December 2008, and quite justly in my view, won the Your Family Tree magazine award 2008 for Census and BMD Website of the year! Well worth a look.
"This collection is backed by truly innovative search tools, such as the opportunity to use name variants, and to look for groups of forenames in particular family groups."
- Your Family Tree magazine December 2008.
If you were to ask me which website has helped me to discovered more distant "cousins" than any other then it has to be Genes Reunited. Early on in my research I posted a few of my ancestors into a family tree that I loaded into this site and I have been contacted by all sorts of people descended from the same ancestors as I am. They helped me with my research and I was able to make contact with a branch of my grandfather's family I had previously not known existed! For that reason I recommend you Join Genes Reunited - the UK's no.1 family tree and genealogy site.
Gigantic is the word I'd use to describe the records collection of Ancestry.com perhaps the most useful website for
those of you in North America. It is one fantastic genealogical website. Why not try a new Ancestry.com Membership!
Or, if you are in the UK then I would recommend you to Ancestry.co.uk that has a mammoth database of UK records
which are added to all the time.
In fact it won the Your Family Tree magazine award 2008 for Advanced Records Website of the year!
"The company's focus on the UK has grown in the past couple of years, and we've gained as a result...Ancestry's presentation is second-to-none, making the task of wading through all this information far more pleasant."
- Your Family Tree magazine December 2008.
The Origins network is home to a wealth of information and is especially good for wills, marriage registers and apprentice records relating to England & Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Also within the site are location related images and survey maps that are unique to the Origins Network. The operators, through a partnership with
the Society of Genealogists and others, have much exclusive material. Access unique Irish and British genealogical data at The
Origins Network
What other business tools are available from me?
I shall shortly be offering Teach-Your-Self Family History videos here.
As a marketing professional (MCIM) I have also written a downloadable
Marketing Plan to Copy which is now available at: http://www.promarketer.co.uk/indexmarketingplan.html
