Tracking down family history.

Zip · 22 Sep 2009 at 11:48

Whats the easyest way to go about this?

Im finding it incredibly hard with My dads side and Ancestry.com doesnt help much at all and just keeps getting dead ends.
Or ages and ages of tracking and trawling through the names.
Its so bad at the moment that i cant find any mention of anyone that lives or are related to My dads family in the Area they live.
Ive even tryed searching a few immigration records and still find nothing. :confused:

I think i may have a Mystery family down here!

So can anyone recommend me places to look and Web sites to search?

Thanks

Zip · 22 Sep 2009 at 12:04

Azagoth said:
Saw it advertised on TV not long back, don't know how good it is or how much it costs though.

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/

Thats the One ive been using.

Tis not getting me far

Zip · 22 Sep 2009 at 12:24

iamdjdz said:
I'll hand over to my dad:

Just been shown your request by my son. Need slightly more information. How far back in time have you got? Do you have documents relating to your father - or grandparents? A good way to progress is to look at Census returns. I have been doing my own tree for a while now and am back into the early 1700`s

It is not possible to track living relatives as access to them is frequently restricted due to confidentiality issues & laws.

If you want a more personal conversation about the topic please: (iamdjdz) - send an email to the one in my trust my trust with a phone number and I'll give you a ring when you're free.

Best Wishes, Charles.

Thanks Charles.

I Have access to Both sets of Grand Parents.
One Family was not too hard at all and most the leg work has been done apart from one little missing link.

But My other one is not going anywhere, Which is my dads side. Although they are still alive i dont get to see them to often at all,(Every couple of years)
Ill have to send an email when i have just that little bit more time. A phone call could be quite expensive due to being in Australia

Thanks for the offer

Zip · 22 Sep 2009 at 13:24

Vixen said:
As has been said, you won't get information on anyone living through sites such as ancestry. There's something like a 75 year wait before you can view birth/marriage/death records online. I don't know how the system works in Australia, but you can view the physical records in the Scotland in register house without the same delay. You'd still need to know names and dates though, otherwise you're looking at a very long search.

I'm a little confused by your posts, are you looking to go backwards or forwards with your family tree?

I have been trying both.

I try to go backwards until find a dead ends,

So then i go and try go forwards, which takes longer but this way can find some missing links, Then once ive found the right person/family line i go backwards again