Caution
Your family
Many of us who are curious to know more about our ancestors often start with a romantic view of where we originate from. Are we connected to royalty? the rich? the famous?—actors / inventors / politicians etc. In reality most of us descend from everyday working families and often these ordinary people have secrets, secrets that are usually never spoken about. If you wish to start researching your family please be prepared for the truth, see case histories.
Cases of Illegitimacy, previous marriages, divorce, previous children, mental health conditions, criminal activities and poverty appear in many family trees.
Family Information
Always listen carefully to any information given to you by a family member but do not take the information as gospel, see case histories.
Documentation
Even information on documents can sometimes be misleading, see case histories.
Results
Unfortunately results from research cannot be guaranteed, many factors are involved, common surnames, large cities, loss or damage to records, etc. See ‘10 family rules’ and ‘Murphys Law’
time to connect will keep in close contact with you during every step of your research and give advice accordingly as to further research costs.