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1. Write down what you know from your family

Make a copy of a blank Ancestry/Pedigree Chart and fill in the names of family members beginning with yourself, including the dates and places of birth, death and marriage of each person. Compile Family Group Sheets for each couple/family you are researching, showing full details with sources.

Ask your extended family for information to help fill in the gaps. Search for items such as photographs, birth, death and marriage (BDM) certificates, diaries, school records, family bibles, etc., which various family members may have kept.