"Mr. Video45" <MrVideo45@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> hello everyone, kinda new to this
> i have only recently begun to find any information whatsoever on my
> families geneaology even tho i have been curious for many years but
> still i am finding it very hard
The first thing to do is get the data you're sure of organised, see
what certificates the family has, that sort of thing. Make a note of
family stories, but put them to one side as potential clues, but also
potential red herrings.
> i apologize in advance if this seems to complicated or if i'm being
> just
> too hopefull in finding anything with this bit of information
> on one side i can only go back to my grandfather, he moved from
> Germany
> to Scotland shortly after WW2 and then married my grandmother,
Then they should have a wedding certificate in Scotland. That will be
worth tracing as it will give full names, occupations, where they were
living, and their parents' names and father's occupations.
Unfortunately marriage certificates are only available on line from
Scotlands People from 1832 back, but if you have the names and year
you can buy a hard copy from GROS here http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/
they
> later both immigrated to the US, there was some sort of falling out
> between them and my mother so i never met them, my biological father
> was
> an orphan and has no family information
I'll leave this to the specialists in US research, but the obvious
thing is to collect birth certificates, which will name parents, etc.
There's a huge collection of info including advice for beginners here
http://www.cyndislist.com/
> would anyone be able to offer advice or some sort of search method
> that
> i could possibly try that i may have overlooked?
>
Well, since you don't say where you've looked, we can't tell you where
else to look. If you'd added some names, dates and/or locations,
someone might have been able to offer specific help.
Since you're a beginner, I'll offer a bit of advice on effective
posts:
Help us to help you - say who you're looking for, where they were when
you last heard of them, and when that was. Apart from anything else,
locationsmake a big diffeence as to what records are available.
Keep posts simple, with an attention-grabbing subject line. If I'm in
a hurry, I only read messages that sound as though they fall within my
area of interest.
Punctuation makes messages much easier to read.
It also helps to know where you are - there's no point in my telling
you to visit the archives in London if you're sitting in New Zealand,
for example. If, as I suspect, you're in the USA, you'll probably have
a LDS Family Centre near you. They have tons of useful information,
and are generally very helpful.
Be warned, this is an addiction, not a hobby.
Welcome in!
Lesley
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