Want to trace your family tree, but have no idea where to start?

Maybe you have a few names. An old photograph. A date scribbled on the back of a certificate. Or simply a family story you've always wondered about.

That's enough to begin.

Find My Family is a simple 5-step beginner's guide that shows you how to start tracing your family history — where to look, what to search for and how to know you've found the right person.

No genealogy experience required.

20-page guide · 5 simple steps · Instant digital download

NZ$9

Stop wondering where to look next.

There are thousands of genealogy websites, databases and archives online.

The trick isn't knowing about all of them.

It's knowing where to start.

Inside the guide, I'll show you how to begin with what you already know, then take you through the websites, records and research techniques I actually use as a professional genealogist.

You'll discover:

• where to start with the names, dates, photographs and family information you already have
• the best free and paid genealogy websites — and what each is actually useful for
• where to find records for New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland
• professional search tricks for finding ancestors when the obvious search doesn't work
• how to look beyond the big genealogy websites to libraries, archives and local collections
• how to verify what you find so you don't accidentally spend six months researching somebody else's great-grandmother!

The guide also includes a one-page checklist to keep you on track as you start researching.

Created for beginners, by a professional genealogist.

I've spent more than 20 years researching family histories, and this is the guide I wish I'd had when I started — surrounded by names and pieces of paper with absolutely no idea what I was supposed to do next.

You don't need an expensive subscription or a perfectly completed family tree.

Start with what you know. Follow the clues. See where they take you.

Your family history is waiting to be found.

5 simple steps · 20-page digital guide · Instant download

A name and a place are enough to begin.