Genealogy Chat

how are you supposed to do a family tree with very lil info

You work from what information you have. Ask everyone living what they know and remember and collect certificates of births, marriages and deaths that anyone in the family has. What have you got? Do you have your parents marriage certificate? Then you will have your grandfathers names on that cert, you work backwards looking for people until you get before 1901 and then you use the census we have available back to 1841 then before 1837 you use parish records. You will have to buy certificates along the way to verify the information. You buy certs for £7 from the GRO online. But tell us what you have first.

You start with what you know. So e.g.your parents names, then order their marriage certificate to find out their fathers names and occupations, and hopefully the bride and grooms ages. Your birth certificate will tell you your mothers maiden name. Then you just work your way back, ordering their birth certificates etc until you get to the latest census of 1901 then you can start looking on there.

snap heather!

i have my mothers birth citificate i have put her parents on the tree but no one knows anything all i know is my mums family originated in ireland

Did your mums parents marry in england/wales? or was it over in ireland

Well, there is a separate Records Office for Ireland - put 'Irish' in the search box at the top of this page to bring up advice on searching for Irish ancestors. So did your mum marry your dad? Is mum or dad alive to help you? If they married you can buy their marriage certificate to find out who their fathers were. OK, you already have mums dad - when you say they originated in Ireland - was mum Irish? Were your grandparents Irish - or are we talking much further back?

i belive they married over here there last name was ryan but thats a common name

Where was your mum born, England or Ireland? Do you know when her parents were married and whether it was in England or Ireland? If it was over here, tells us your grandparent's names (from your mum's birth certificate). When (approximately) was their eldest child born and where? Sam x

Do you know their first names? Your mums birth certificate should tell you her mums maiden name as well.

Well, were both their names Ryan? You have both?

i think it goes further back my mum was born in england i think her mum was born here too im not sure how far back it goes but my mum was brought up a cathlic

Lucy On your mums birth certificate you have her parents names, if you tell us what they are then we might be able to find a marriage for them.

my mums mums maider name was coates

and first names? and what year was your mum born, and does she have older brother/sisters? so we can work out an approximate year to search around.

Lucy, when was mum born? Does she have any older brothers or sisters?

Lucy - we can't help if you don't give us info! What were your grandparents FULL names? Where in England was your mum born? When? Sam x

my mum was born 23/12/1958 i dnt know her parent date of birth

We need her parents first names

Iris Gwendoline ryan (formaly coates) Edward john ryan