A Guide to Tracing your Family History
Who are you, exactly? Regardless of your fame, fortune or standing, you are the result of an immensely complex and intricate mixture of genes, history, culture and geography that has taken place over generations - in fact, since the beginning of life on Earth. By researching your genealogy and family history, you dip your toe into this fascinating ocean of past events, and discover something of the unique place that you and your family hold within it. Why 1837? This is the year that formal 'civil registration' of births, deaths and marriages began in England and Wales - essential tools for anyone in pursuit of genealogy.