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From: "Denise Smart" <>
Subject: RE: [Lon] overwhelmed at Kew
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 12:17:05 -0000
In-Reply-To: <0d4e01c5e2b9$84c4e310$0100a8c0@EWART>


I have now been about a dozen times and still feel quite like a newbie as
each time you go you may looking for different information. The staff are
very helpful, but the one aid I found was to buy a book about what I was
researching. For instance I bought tracing your Navel ancestors for
£14.99 - the best money I have spent for a long time. I bought because I
noticed the staff consulting the book when advising me and without it I am
sure I would not have made as much progress as I have as quickly. Each
member of staff seems to have expertise in a different area, so you have to
be lucky to get to talk to the one with the same expertise as you are
researching. Yesterday I was reading original letters written by my gggg
grandfather - I found the references in the book. With the book I found it
easier to search on the web before I went and was far more organised.

Remember if you have a digital camera to take it - it is quite expensive to
get scanned images of documents, so buying the book and taking a camera is
cheaper in the long run.

Good luck
Denise


-----Original Message-----
From: Gillie Ewart [mailto:]
Sent: 06 November 2005 10:05
To:
Subject: [Lon] overwhelmed at Kew


I haven't been to Kew yet but have been to both the Gloucester and Bristol
Records office and know the feeling! I achieved very little. The staff
were very helpful but busy. There was so much information to search I
didn't know where to start. Does anyone have any hints on what to do, I
will be travelling from the West country for the day so do not want to waste
the day.

Gillie
http://groups.msn.com/Magicalminiatures/pictures or
http://gillie1945.tripod.com
http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/gillie


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