There are a number of ways to make family tree research interesting without it costing you too much money and this is partly due to the increase in popularity of this particular hobby in the last decade.
More people are now showing some kind of an interest in learning about their ancestors that this has resulted in a wide range of resources appearing online that may have that last vital piece of information that completes the picture of one particular branch.
However, in order to get anywhere with this hobby it is always best if you understand more of the basics about what you must do to build the tree in the first place.
Keeping that in mind, the points that follow are designed to make life that little bit easier and will at least allow you to work out how to get started with this rather interesting hobby.
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@ologsinquito thanks very much for your kind comments and I hope that you find those sites helpful
This is very good advice. Some branches of your tree are recorded much better than others and I was able to easily find some ancestors going back to the 1500s. (Somone else had already done the leg work and posted it online.) I guess I can try Rootsweb and FamilySearch for the others.
@Wednesday_Elf That's very kind of you and i hope this gets you off to a good start :-) Do let me know how you get on.
Thanks for the help & hints, Paul. I've been thinking of beginning to research my family tree for quite some time now, so your article is very timely! ~Elf