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Thank you LisaW and OxtonHill.

My grand father has given me loads of information to start me off, all I need to do now is peace it all together.

I have registered with genes reunited and wondering whether its worth subscribing as you get more access to records.

Also, I hear if you register with liverpool library they will give access to their account with ancestry.co.uk

Good luck with your research.You should always start with the living to find out as much as you can. Anything that is written or in other records will always be there,if you know what I mean.

Thanks Bezzymate

From purely a personal point of view, I'd give Genes-reunited a wide birth untill you have done a good deal more research, a lot on there is a load of old tosh.

Cannot comment on the Liverpool library bit, but if you find a link let us know?

I have to agree. I rarely use Genes Reunited now.

To put your tree together, maybe try this link to download a free family tree program from www.familysearch.org until you get more up to speed with it all rather than wasting your money on a subscription

I can help with the odd census/birth/marriage/death record for you to get you started on a bit further back.

I've learnt never to assume what others tell you is 100% when it comes to family history (not meaning your Grandad there obviously) A Cousin of mine researched our tree in the early 90's and i have since found out that she got one of the lines wrong and researched the wrong family going back to the 1600's

Get together any certificates you can get your hands on as these are always a good start.

Other sites to use

www.freebmd.org.uk
www.ancestry.co.uk (free 14 day trial at the moment) I pay £6.95 a month for my subscription that can be cancelled at any time
www.familysearch.org
www.cheshirebmd.org.uk
www.rootschat.org (especially for brickwalls as they love a challenge on that site :))

Hope that helps

Lisa

Thank you again to you both.

I did start to compile my family tree on the Genes Reunited site but I have sice decided to leave that on the advice of you both. I am interested in signing up to Ancestry.com but was unsure, now Lisa has assured me. I will give it a go. I will also check out the other links.

This is all a great help.