Researching your family history?

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I am really interested in researching my family history, particularly because plenty of people have said i look very meditaranian/foreign looking, dark hair and dark eyes!. My father is very spanish type looking, and so are some of his brothers and sisters!. I am keen to find out where this comes from!. The family name is Birch, so i want to research my fathers line, starting with my grandfather Eric Birch who has sadly passed away!. I dont have any contact with my Father or Fathers side anymore, but im really interested in finding out if i have foreign blood in me if that makes sense lol!. I have looked on various sites, and they are expensive to join!. I cannot visit the library as i am quite busy and that would be time consuming!. Can anyone help me!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Start with what your family knows as for certain (names, birth dates and places, marriage dates and place, death dates and places!. Get all the siblings too where you know you have the right family!. Go back as far as you can go!. Then check out the following websites for HINTS!. Don't take any of it as right!. Do your own research to PROVE it right or wrong!. I have inadvertently put the wrong John to the right father!. There were 2 sons named John but when the 1st John died as a baby they named the next son born John too!. I put all th children of the 2nd John for the 1st John!. Confusing, HUH!? So get it right!.
http://www!.ancestry!.com/
http://wc!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.com/
http://pilot!.familysearch!.org/recordsear!.!.!.
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