There's someone on here who is both helpful and very knowledgeable about such stuff. I won't proffer his name but he is a star!
Still trying to trace my maternal grandparents (as she was adopted) in what is probably a vain attempt to get an EU passport. Even did a DNA test this week lest someone genetically close to me is around. No gibbon jokes, thank you!
For us amateurs I found findmypast a much better tool than some of the others.