Starting Your Family History
Some useful tools to help with your research.
Starting Your Family History?
New to Family History? a leaflet explaining the first steps
Another useful guide can be found here
My Family Tree, a useful method of recording basic information, although aimed at children it is very useful to those starting out.
Pedigree Charts
A useful pedigree chart for you to print out
Relationship Charts
Triangular Chart (move your mouse over the chart to see the relationship)
| Common Ancestor | son / daughter | g son / g daughter | great grandson | g g grandson | g g g grandson | g g g g grandson |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| son / daughter | brother / sister | nephew / niece | grand nephew | great grand nephew | g g grand nephew | g g g grand nephew |
| g son / g daughter | nephew / niece | 1st cousin | 1st cousin 1 r | 1st cousin 2 r | 1st cousin 3 r | 1st cousin 4 r |
| great grandson | grand- nephew | 1st cousin 1 r | 2nd cousin | 2nd cousin 1 r | 2nd cousin 2 r | 2nd cousin 3 r |
| g g grandson | great grand nephew | 1st cousin 2 r | 2nd cousin 1 r | 3rd cousin | 3rd cousin 1 r | 3rd cousin 2 r |
| g g g grandson | g g grand nephew | 1st cousin 3 r | 2nd cousin 2 r | 3rd cousin 1 r | 4th cousin | 4th cousin 1 r |
| g g g g grandson | g g g grand nephew | 1st cousin 4 r | 2nd cousin 3 r | 3rd cousin 2 r | 4th cousin 1 r | 5th cousin |
