FIND OLD RECORDS
The internet has revolutionised family history research, allowing you to tackle your family tree from your own living room. Although well-known sources, such as BMD Indexes, censuses and parish records are readily available on the internet, you’re going to need to use a wider range of records if you want to find your ancestors in the 16th century and earlier. Luckily, many of these are easy to access online, and should soon help you begin to identify your medieval ancestors.
Having taken your family tree back to the early parish registers in the 16th or 17th centuries, it’s time to explore your medieval and early modern ancestors. There are a wealth of resources available to help you,
