How do I begin my pedigree research?

How do I begin my pedigree research?

If you want to start researching your pedigree, you have to start doing basic genealogy in the first place because you need to find the link between your family and existing families of pedigree. So a lot of it is the usual nuts and bolts, certificate census, wills. But wills I think are going to be a really key area. And there are lots of younger children who did not get a huge amount of money, and then had to go out and find jobs. Certainly from aristocratic families. And that is where maybe your family will find its routes. So generally the link between the existing pedigrees and the college of arms, or British Library, or other resources and your standard family history lies in a will. And these can be found in places like The National Archives, The Bothwick Institute in York, part of the University there, or in cancer record offices.