Hi there Tina Hooe you and yours are well . I've used Ancestry ....you can also get various Census direct too I think .....

Oh and there's Find My Past 

thanks baz all is good here rear moment lol xx hope your well

If you turn around and look behind, you can see your past

Simple and free advice - thank you

helpful as always

Unless you are travelling backwards on a train, all you see then is your onrushing future.

Simple, impartial advice. 

I like to think so 

what do you need when you start this ?....I have my mums birth ceritificate

That's a starting point Tina .....any certificates you have will help ...you can get your grandparents names and where they were living from that 

You can order your grandparents birth certificates once you know how old they are etc. and then from that you can get your great grandparents etc. 

thanks baz

You're welcome I did some of mine a few years ago ...its interesting stuff  

There aren't many FMs about at the moment Tina ....but I'm sure once there is they can give you some tips,

Hi Tina. I use 'Family Tree Maker. It's by Ancestry, but is a program that runs on your own computer rather than on a website, but it gives you links to websites and lets you publish your tree(s) to the web if you want to.

Haven't any knowledge about good sites but best of luck with it Tina  and good to see you back xx

im a bit scared doing it baz because my mum was adopted

I think that's hooked up with Ancestry now.

 . . . and the rest is all history 

 Aww Tina, that would make it even more emotional xx

Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:

thanks roger ...I want to know if it cost alot

Adoption CAN make things a bit tricky, but not necessarily. It also depends on whether you want to follow the adoptive family or the biological family. Of course the more you know about the antecedents - and I mean real hard facts - the better, but you can still ferret out details  EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH it's just a bit more work involved.

can I do it from my mums birth certificate

thanks xx

the reason im doing this is because is because of my kids ...my mum was lovely lady but kept a lot to her self ...she was adopted in the family

You should be able to. The certificate should give her mum's name and where the birth took place and the date of the birth and who registered the birth.

If her mum and dad were married (or on good enough terms) it'll give his name too and their occupations.

I see, like by an aunt or uncle or grandparents? So the adoptive family and the biological family are pretty much the same.

not married I know that .....not looked at mums stuff since she died got loads of stuff ....took my time really want to look now

Sorry Tina, I don't have any advice, I just wanted to say it's good to see you around.

Hope that helps  

You can also get hold of your ancestors wartime records Tina ....they are usually quite interesting ....and may  give you another lead

Im going to start this tomorrow when the children are at grans...do I use my mums real name ? or adopted one ? thanks

I guess your mum's real name is best , but try both and see what turns up ....its often a case of trial and error

Your best bet is Cinds, she helped me loads when I was doing mine, I'll see if she's about on Twitter

thank you

Quite often these things are linked and the one will bring up the other.

Yes  

well it will be intresting I know that much ..my mum did say before she died her dad was polish