Family challenge
Find one thing nobody knew
Follow a clue, add a record or ask someone who remembers. Every useful answer helps settle a family question.
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What would you like to find out, remember or add today?
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Checking birthdays, anniversaries and family moments.
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What the family has added
Family questions
Help fill the gaps
What we already know, followed by the next useful question.
From the scrapbook
Photographs, places and family memories
Dad's Capri, Mam's birthplace and the small details people remember are all part of the family story.
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Family around Neil
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Our people
Family tree
Start with someone you know, then follow their parents, brothers and sisters, children and grandchildren. Family nicknames stay with the people who use them.
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See the people, places, work and records linked to each branch.
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Scout checks the records we already have and looks in relevant archives for answers. Pick a question to start a search.
How it works
Tell us what you know. We keep family memories alongside the records that help confirm them.
Timeline
Family through time
Move through the years and see who was around, where the family was living, what they were doing and what changed.
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Family places
Where our stories happened
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Stories
Family stories
The people, places, jobs, photographs and memories that make the family feel real.
Archive
Photographs, voices and records
Family photographs, documents, recordings and memories: all in one place.
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Family photographs
Photographs
Keep the original image, tag the people in it and preserve what the family knows about the moment.
In their own words
Voices
Record a memory in someone's own voice, including the phrases, humour and differences that make it theirs.
Records
Letters and records
Preserve certificates, letters, cuttings and family documents alongside the people and claims they support.
Open questions
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