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Social media has made it a lot easier to discover your ancestry and unravel the mysteries of your family tree. Here a few of the best ways to go about it. 

Social Media holds endless opportunities to anybody looking to expand their ancestry and genealogy knowledge. There are hundreds of sites and networks that allow you to access the relevant information to learn an expansive amount of detail about your family history.

Whether you are acquainted with the majority of your family members or in search of long-lost individuals, social networking is a great way to get started.

Sign- up and begin tracing your family history!

The first and most important step of this process is to get signed up with social media and family ancestry sites. Through the sources you can follow and make connections with surnames and locations core to your family research. Suitable sites to engage with also include public blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter.

Use sites specifically for Family History research

By having an active account with one or many of the Family Ancestry websites, you are able to connect with your living family members and begin researching into your history with access to censuses and parishes.

These sites also allow you to make informal and safe introductions with complete strangers or acquaintances you may be related to.

The possibilities of new information

Be sure to define your information registered online to ensure a field of precise findings. This includes registering current and past habituated locations, family names, ceremonial date specifications and employment and education history.

By supplying this information, not only will the vastness of your searches expand but outside sources and prospective family members will be able to contact you too.

Social networking also provides the ability to upload images and uncover new ancestral information through original and unfound photographs, so be sure to gather as much information and photographic accompaniments as possible.

Don’t forget your friends

Not only can you trace family members via the social media but you can also find long lost friends who could possibly hold that last link to some unfound information. With the personalised profiles provided when you register on these sites, you can contact and rebuild relationships with close friends, their friends and their friend's friends!

Researching your family history can be a long and painstaking pursuit but the rewards you may encounter make it all worth the wait. Whether you are starting from scratch or looking for that missing link to complete your family tree, social media for family networking purposes is the way forward!

Will you give it a go and unravel the history of your ancestors? Or have you got any personal experience using social media to track down friends or family?

Author Bio:
Naomi Clark is an English and Journalism graduate with an enthusiasm for blogging and all things creative. She specialises in Women’s lifestyle and the Arts. She writes for the Strategy Digital.