Family Tree / DNA

[jamieccfc]

Impossible to answer.
Are you talking doing it yourself or paying someone?
If you do it yourself, you need access to Ancestry and FindMyPast - which are available at Cardiff libraries or a free trial. You may need to buy certs to be sure you are tracing the right line (£9.25 each). But there is a limit to what you can research from home and almost certainly you'll need to visit county record offices (and maybe the National Archives) - or pay them or a local researcher to do your research. I spent £25 recently buying microfiche from Suffolk to trace a line back three more generations after getting through a brick wall.
A lot depends on how far you want to take it and how much you want to dig. It is amazing how much information lurks in dusty corners of archives. It's just a matter of knowing where and how to look - which is why using an experienced researcher might be considered.

If I ever wanted to do it i would have to get a pro as I would just give up after awhile, I’m sure my grandfather (fathers) has a family tree of sorts but not sure how far it goes back I think he put me off when mentioning our family was from the carrot crunching side of the world

[Mrs Steve R]

If I ever wanted to do it i would have to get a pro as I would just give up after awhile, I’m sure my grandfather (fathers) has a family tree of sorts but not sure how far it goes back I think he put me off when mentioning our family was from the carrot crunching side of the world

There is a great article in Family tree magazine (July 2017) on the benefits of using a professional researcher, it features my ancestors in the case study's so I guess I would say that () but it's a good read.

[Cyclops]

There is a great article in Family tree magazine (July 2017) on the benefits of using a professional researcher, it features my ancestors in the case study's so I guess I would say that () but it's a good read.

Maybe, but the writer has a badly-skewed view of the matter and seems intent on drumming up business for his personal benefit.

[Mrs Steve R]

Maybe, but the writer has a badly-skewed view of the matter and seems intent on drumming up business for his personal benefit.

Not sure what to say to that as the writer is you there is no way I would ever have found the things you found, I could not even read the birth certificates

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Not sure what to say to that as the writer is you there is no way I would ever have found the things you found, I could not even read the birth certificates

Cyclops knows his stuff, that's for sure. Bloody good egg regarding these matters.