After a full christmas day surrounded by my family and wonderul grand nieces and nephews (wonderul to have children around isn't it?)
I am having a kick back solo Boxing Day.
I intend to do some genealogy and watch the cricket.
As I have a lot of resources (lots of CDs, directories and on line- including worldwide Ancestory) I am happy to do lookups for anyone out there today.
Rip and Rosie, Do you have any favourite free internet sites for researching family history? Also what program is good to keep your family tree records in? I have joined the local genealogy club and they have lots of resources which i will eventually check out.
Hi Pam, I use Ancestral Quest, but have used Family Tree maker. There are lots of good ones, but in my mind, none are "perfect".
If you are just starting off, try a free programme. Personal Ancestral File (PAF) is a free genealogy and family history program. PAF allows you to quickly and easily collect, organize and share your family history and genealogy information, which you can dowload free from www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
Later when you are ready to spend money you can import your data into the new one without any loss.
Best free sites- be careful to trust nothing you find online, and double check everything- Later Day Saints - www.lds.org Rootsweb Cyndi's list is a great site with lots of llinks www.cyndislist.com
Thanks for your reply Rosie. I have been dabbling and the first lesson I have learnt is to mark down your sources. I often copy stuff to word then copy and paste the web link. otherwise you soon forget where snippets come from. I really need to spend more time organising what I already have.
