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This site brings together the information I have on the various branches of my family. My main surnames include Whimpey (my maiden name), Willis, Casey, Marr, Docwra, Smith, Meiklejohn, Clyne, Leete, Sell.
I have more information that I haven't yet added to the site, so feel free to contact me to see if I have any more information on the branch you are interested in. This tree is a work in progress, and there may be errors in some of the information I have, so feel to advise any updates, corrections, or comments.
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Family Tree software I use Legacy for my family tree. I have tried a number of different other packages, but I prefer Legacy for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Legacy has shortcuts for copying source citations, making it easier to copy the same source to a number of different records, and it has a good range of source templates, making it easier to know exactly what information to put down for each type of source.
Secondly, Legacy allows you to mark an individual as invisible or private. This means you can add people to the tree for your own information, but you can keep invisible or private any people that you don't want to put into GEDCOMS or reports when sharing with others, eliminating the need to check manually before exporting the file or generating the report.
But it really comes down to personal preferences. If you're wanting to get a family tree program, try a few out first, and decide what suits you best. Legacy, Rootsmagic, Family Historian all have trial versions, and if you get Family Tree Maker you get a subscription to ancestry as well, which covers the cost of buying the program.
Main sources The main websites I use for my family history research are:
http://www.ancestry.com.au/
Has a large database of records from Australia, Canada, UK, USA.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk
For UK records
https://www.familysearch.org/
Has a large database of records from around the world.
http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl
Parish registers from the England, Wales, Scotland, Channel Isles
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Has the civil bdm indexes for England and Wales - these are also available at ancestry and find my past, but I find it can be useful sometimes to look at another database, if you can't find what you're looking for the first time
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