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It will give you the chance to find out more about genealogy generally, or even discover your own family's past - you just never know, you may be related to royalty or even a well known criminal!

麻豆社 Gloucestershire's CSV Action Desk Producer Martin Evans is keen to learn more about his ancestors. He said: 聯It will be interesting to see what my great great grandfather did for a living, and if there is anything from my family's past which has shaped my future, my likes and my dislikes聰

Martin is also keen to see how far his family's roots stretched back in the county. He said, 聯I know my nan was born in King Standley, which is in Stroud, and I聮m pretty sure her parents were born there as well from all the stories she used to tell me, so it聮s at least two centuries but it could be even more. It would be fascinating to discover what brought the family to Gloucestershire in the first place聰

Today Martin will start the arduous task of trawling through birth, death and marriage certificates, as well as censuses and record libraries in a bid to get the family tree started.

聯It聮s going to be an exiting journey, and a great learning curve," he saud. "I聮ve never done anything like this before so it should be interesting. Luckily my Mum is an organised person, and she has loads of documents to help me get started聰

Martin's journey into the past will also take him via The Gloucestershire Family History Society at Spreadeagle Court in Gloucester and also the Records Office.

You聮ll be able to hear his adventures all week leading up to the Family History Festival on Mark Cummings Lunchtime Show, on 麻豆社 Radio Gloucestershire from 29th November.

Martin's Historic Journey

Family History Festival

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