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My top tip is to talk to family members, the older ones in particular. Chances are they will remember things about your ancestors that later turn out to be very helpful. They might not remember who your distant cousin married but they might remember his occupation or some obscure detail like the town they once lived in. Later when faced with a database containing 100's of people with the same name that little bit of information might make all the difference and allow you to narrow the list down.
I'm having great fun doing my tree. So far I'm back to about 1815 and my search had turned up ancestors from all over the country.
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