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Ever wondered about the secrets your family history may reveal or just curious about your roots?
Ancestral Searching
To research one's ancestors is an exciting journey backwards through time. It is a hope that our genealogy efforts will make the search easier for future generations. It not only acquaints one with one's ancestors but gives an insight into their lives and the social history of their times. On top of that it is a general history and geography lesson which puts everything into prospective. Perhaps you have not got the time, or are not in the right locality to research easily. That is where a family history researcher can help and encourage you. Pat provides a genealogy tracing service which goes back to the commencement of civil registration in England (1837). Some people just want one line traced, some just want names and dates, while others want to try and bring their antecedents to life as much as possible. They are not going anywhere, you just have to be patient and trust that the information resurfaces. Those 'brick walls' will come down eventually even if it does take a while.
Some people are worried by the skeletons and the illegitimacies - don't be afraid, they add colour and we all have some of both. Before embarking on this voyage of discovery talk to your elderly relatives and search the cupboards for certificates and clues. Have you got a family bible, old family photographs with, hopefully, names and dates on the back, old letters, postcards? All these can give clues and help with your search.
A bit about Pat
My interest in family history began in 1997 with researching my own maternal family tree. I had also done some searches to help a friend in New Zealand whilst on holiday in Jersey some years earlier. Since then I have undertaken searches for people across the world. Some successes include putting searchers in touch with relations they did not know they had and with relatives they had 'lost'. Suddenly the world becomes a smaller place.
If you would like to know more about me and the work I have done please take a look at About Pat or have a look at the results of some of the searches I have done, such as the Sample Family Tree, alternatively e-mail any questions you may have that cannot be answered in the FAQ. You may wish to read some testimonials from people I have previously done searches for, if so please check them out on the About Pat page. If you wish to go ahead with a search just fill in an enquiry form.
Many thanks for visiting my Family History research page.
Happy hunting
Pat Peryer