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I started doing a course on this subject last year and it really can be fascinating, although I confess I found some of it really hard going and eventually gave up. Pity in a way, I would have liked to have known more, but really needed patient to help me.

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[ Pity in a way, I would have liked to have known more, but really needed patient to help me.[/QUOTE]

Sorry, that should have read "someone patient" .

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So far I have found - with provenance - a Canon of the RC Church, several nuns, an author, several sea captains and an opera singer !

It is great fun!

Mups - what is it that you were stuck with - can we help you?

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I'm extremely fortunate living in London, which gives me access to Archives. I intend going back to the LMA where I spent hours on Wednesday, apart from the fact I was able to use Ancestry website on the PC without time restriction. I also plan on visiting Kew at some stage to see what's there. Also, I can visit the Essex museum (might go when I am on holiday next month in Clacton) to research the Army records for my grandfather. I might even find entries for the family which lived in Essex back in the 1800s.

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I'm sure we can help you between us Mups, how far did you get?

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That's really kind of you Silver Tabby & Valice. Trouble was, the chap that was teaching whizzed through everything much too fast, while I was trying to follow something carefully he had leapt on about 6 more generations. He also did most of the looking up for us, so I felt I was learning how to do it myself. Maybe I'll try to dig out the old paperwork sometime and have another think about it again. Once again thank you both very much.

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As far as I can remember, he belonged to all different search places which he had to pay tokens or something for, but I never really understood it.

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'Ancestry' (website)

You can do a 2 week freebie .... and/or buy 'family tree maker'.

Look on ebay/amazon and you should find FTM with 3 or 6 moths free Ancestry subscription thrown in

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Or try asking in your local library. Most have a free connection to Ancestry. That's what I use now. I refuse to pay for the pay as you go credits, when I can get it for nothing!!

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Hi, I have done two so far, my Father and my Father-in-Law. Unless you have a lot of spare time on your hands, then it's fun, but can also be expensive.

The best person on this site for Family Tree's is my friend BowieEyes.