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Genealogy

Genealogy is right up there amongst the three most popular pastimes in the world.  This section of the Retirement Revenue site is intended to help you get started on this fascinating hobby.  In our more mature years we have longer memories and therefore more information available to us about our parents, grandparents and even great grandparents than the younger generation.  We are therefore in the best position to start to put together our family tree.

Constructing a family tree is much easier now than it ever has been before.  No longer is it necessary to physically visit records offices and churches to uncover information about past relatives, at least in the early stages.  There is a vast amount of data available on the internet and the links that we provide you with will help to get you started.  Lots of information is available on microfilm in the larger libraries or from some family history societies. 

But be warned!  Genealogy is addictive.  What starts out as a fascination about where you came from, or a physical attribute that runs through the family or maybe a box of old photographs, can turn into an obsession.   History itself is an intriguing subject, but your own family history is up close and personal.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET STARTED IS RIGHT HERE! 
 
     
   

 

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 These are four of the best books on the subject:- 
    
  



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