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in recent years we have seen a considerable increase in people's attempts to trace their roots and find out about their ancestors it has almost become a national pastime but it can prove to be a time-consuming and expensive activity it is also much more complicated than it sounds it is not simply a matter of looking back through family records and letters or talking to the oldest living members of your family you need to gain access to a whole range of different records concerning births marriages and deaths that are certainly not all held in the same place

it can involve a great deal of detective work too people visit places all over the country to try to track down information in churches and town halls many websites have sprung up to eight people's searches giving sound advice on how to approach the task in general though if this is something you're considering think carefully it requires patience perseverance and dedication