Visiting your relatives

Planning your visit to your oldest relative you need to ask questions.

See attached questionnaire Can be expanded as required.

Information not discussed about family and relatives. These events which happened have been put away due to family embarrassment .

Eg. Daughter gave birth to child but mum brings up as her  own.

Family with no father marries husband with no wife. Children brought up from each previous marriage together as one family.

Take photos of your relatives. Remember to note date, place, time, names of those on the photos.

Any items shown to you take a photo. In time that fruit bowl may be the clue you are looking for when it appears on the table of an aunt some 15 years earlier.

Be aware it is very easy to stray from the route and that several of the big genealogy sites are very US bias.

Important to speak with relatives now.

Anyone in their 70’s, 80’s good place to start

So via their parents, you could get back 180 years.

Obviously today you can find names, address, phone numbers, e-mail etc.

You will understand some records are locked up for 100 years, you would not wish your personal information to be available during your lifetime. Your medical history, your census information, court judgments, prison history, children from other marriages, Army-navy-air force history.