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Nowaday's researching your family tree can be easily done online but there are a few stumbling blocks along the way.and if you follow the wrong route can be very expensive.
the following steps are a guide to get you started
1. find out all you can from your older relatives some may be just hearsay but write it down anyway.
2. you should be able to form a tree with your parents, grand parents and possibly your great grandparents.
3. Aim to get back to 1939 from this you may be able to go online to find them on the 1939 census. before parting with any money join Ancestry, find my past etc. on their free trials but remember to cancel subscriptions prior to end of trial.
4. Try using the free website Familysearch.org.
5. the GRO have free access to look up births 1838-1919 so by using this you can find siblings and mothers maiden names.

These are just a few tips to get you started if you come across a problem or would like further help please feel free to message me.

It's important to talk about your family with the older generations as it's often during these conversations that you find out little snippets that can often amaze you. I was fortunate to have been told of my fathers paternal grandfather having been a mosaic worker at St Pauls, and his maternal grandfather was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by king George V1.
This sort of information doesn't come up when you do searches on the internet at the moment so it's important to investigate any family stories and pass them down so they do not get lost in history.