How To Start Tracing Your Family Tree

How would I start to trace my family tree?

If you wanted to trace your family tree, the first thing you would do is stop, think and write down everything you know about yourself and your immediate family, focusing on their names. That's full names, not pet names or "Aunt Mabel". It has got to be a Christian name, a surname and any middle names as well. Dates of birth, marriage or death and the places where these things happened. That's the immediate thing you need to do first.