Start Your Family Tree is your 100-page hands-on guide to family history, featuring expert advice to help you discover your ancestors and their stories.

Produced in association with ancestry, the workbook includes:

• Step-by-step guides
• Tips to help you search smarter
• Advice on the key records and websites 
• Hacks to help you save time and keep organised

…everything you need to make the most of the time you spend doing your family history.

Topics covered in the comprehensive beginners guide will help you:

• Learn how to build a meaningful family tree with expert tips from Ancestry®
• Discover free and easy ways to start your family history research
• Explore the best websites and tools for tracing your ancestors online
• Get practical advice on organising your research and preserving your family archive
• Find out how to use vital records, census data and archives to uncover family stories
• Learn how DNA testing can help grow your tree and explore useful tools to interpret results
• Be inspired to write up and share your family history, and take the next steps in your journey

This essential guide is all you need to confidently start, grow and make real progress with your family history – packed with expert advice, practical tools and inspiring ideas to bring your ancestors’ stories to life.

Pre-orders now being taken. Publication date: 23 May 2025.
Please allow 5 working days for delivery.