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When hiring a family history expert it’s a good idea to get references from people who know the persons work or pick someone who has well know family history qualifications like the IHGS or membership of the history society. If you are paying for your family history its worth setting out to the person you are hiring what you are trying to achieve. Do you want to search back through your family line, look laterally for living family members, flesh out the history of a specific family member or explore a particular side of your family history first.
Try asking various family members to gather family photo albums out check for information including, names, dates and places where your ancestors may have been. You never know what family history you might find on the back of an old photo. This can provide you with a new route for your family history investigations
Post your information including the family histories you are looking for on our history discussion forum. Family historians get together at the forum to discuss research methods and exchange material. You may get lucky and find missing family member or family history artifact. You don’t have much to lose from posting in many places and seeing what you can turn up but be careful what you post. It’s best not to post your home address or home phone online on open forums. If you want you can exchange further details using the secure arcalife message centre.
Family History research can sometimes involve personal questions that go past the average data about ancestors like births, deaths and marriages. You might have a list of questions that extend to subjects like immigration, occupation, religious beliefs, adoptions, estrangements, military service, habits, skills, education or family Stories about this person. These questions should always be considered because they not only expose new aspects of family history, but also add richness to your overall family history. Genealogy is after all more than births, deaths and marriages.
