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Hi, I'm a newbie researching my family history any hints & tips for me?? :-D

You will do better on the Genealogy or Find Ancestors Boards.
This one is for eBay beginners, desert island disks and such.
OTOH hang around and see what the returned are hanging out. ;-)

I am puzzled by my tree as in my list of people are my nana and grandad but not on my tree. I also have people on my list twice!!! how can I delete this please????

Hi Claire, welcome to the boards.

How far have you got with your research?

There are a number of free sites to do look ups. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

https://beta.familysearch.org/

Hi Island

Not very far is the answer!!

I have used the free bmd one I will check out the other thanks

We are all researching our family trees Claire. Rollo is just being.......Rollo.

OTOH???

Welcome to the Boards.

As always, start with what you know as the absolute truth.
Assuming they are alive, ask to see your parents marriage certificate and their full birth certificates.
Talk to elderly relatives and make a note of what they have to say....then check for records to verify the names, places etc.

Although there are many sources free on-line, at some point you will need to spend some money.

Have a browse of the various threads usually at the top of Find Ancestors and Genealogy chat.

Here's one to get you started
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/tips_board/thread/1228273

Genes have published a 'getting started' list which is worth a read.
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/static/syftwtips

Most of all, enjoy this fascinating (addictive?) hobby!

OTHO - on the other hand.

Other abbreviations you might come across
BC - birth certifiicates
MC - marriage certificates
DC - (go, on have a guess ;-))
BMD - birth marriage and death
Bap - baptism
Bur - burial
GR - Genesreunited - A couple of people refer to this site as GRU
Gro - General Register Office - the only place to buy BMD
FMP - Find My Past

Although those are the ones which immediately come to mind, there are loads of others.

ah ok!!

how do I go about my problem of having people on my list but not on my tree and to delete my duplications????

Welcome to the boards Claire, lovely to see a new face ....Good luck in your search :-)

welcome to the nut house
opps i mean GR lol


good luck with your tree Claire;-) ;-)

As long as the duplicate person has no children, it ought to be fairly easy to delete them.
Click on the named person's box.
Under the basic details (name, birth, death) are 3 small boxes - click on the 'delete' one.
If they have children attached, you do have to delete all of them starting with the most recent generation.

If you get stuck, you might have to ask Support to do it for you.

Not sure why you have people in your 'List' who are not in your tree. Have you refreshed/reloaded the List after deleting someone?

If no one can give you a work-around, then ask GR.

[email protected]

welcome to GR,

goodluck with your family tree searching

Have you tried the other Tree Views? When you select your tree the view that comes up is typically your generation and parents.

If you select Ancestors or Pedigree do you see your grandparents displayed?