In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being
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to the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by investigating their own family history. They can try to
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out more about where their families came from and what they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a
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short history, like Australia and the United States.
It is
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thing to spend some time
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through a book on family history and to take the
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to investigate your own family"s past. It is
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another to carry out the research work successfully. It is easy to set about it in a disorganized way and
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yourself many problems which could have been
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with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories tell you that you are
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with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, do not let this idea take over your research. Just
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it as an interesting possibility. A simple system
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collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get in your
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The most important thing, though, is to
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started. Who knows what you
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find?