{"id":3628,"date":"2025-09-27T23:40:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2025-09-27T23:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:51:47","slug":"need-help-with-family-history-heres-where-to-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.garwheritage.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"<h2>Need Help with Family History? Here&#8217;s Where to Start<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We regularly receive queries and requests from people looking to uncover more about local people and places, especially in connection with family history. While we&#8217;re always happy to provide photographs or copies of documents from our archives, we aren&#8217;t usually able to assist with building <em>full family trees<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But don\u2019t worry\u2014there are some great resources online and locally that can help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start with Online Family History Sites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re just getting started or looking to fill in some missing branches of your family tree, these genealogy websites are a good place to begin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancestry<\/a> \u2013 A subscription-based service with access to census records, birth\/marriage\/death indexes, military records, and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findmypast.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find My Past<\/a> \u2013 Offers a range of UK-specific records and newspapers, also subscription-based.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freebmd.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FreeBMD<\/a> \u2013 A free resource for searching UK <strong>Births, Marriages, and Deaths<\/strong> from civil registration indexes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local Help: Glamorgan Family History Society<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re researching <strong>family connections in Glamorgan<\/strong> or the wider South Wales area, we highly recommend getting in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/glamfhs.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glamorgan Family History Society<\/a>. They&#8217;re a knowledgeable group based in <strong>Aberkenfig<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They run <strong>open days on alternate Tuesdays<\/strong>, where anyone can drop in and ask for help. It&#8217;s a friendly, informal setting where experienced volunteers can guide you through the process of tracing your Welsh roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If more extensive help is needed, they may request a small donation or fee to cover the time and resources used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Aberkenfig Resource Centre (ARC)<br><strong>Contact Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:arc2@glamfhs.org.uk\">arc2@glamfhs.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re just beginning your journey or hitting a brick wall in your research, the Glamorgan Family History Society is a fantastic local resource to help you get back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We regularly receive queries and requests from people looking to uncover more about local people and places, especially in connection with family history. While we&#8217;re always happy to provide photographs or copies of documents from our archives, we aren&#8217;t usually able to assist with building full family trees. 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