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Alison Smith started looking into her family heritage\xa0and found some surprises.\nBy doing some genealogy research she found out that one of her relatives was a bit of a ruffian way back, and\xa0another surprise was the amazing amount of information which is now readily available online.\nIn days gone by you would have to write to get access to birth certificates, or copies of newspaper articles.\xa0 Now a couple of mouse clicks may get that information needed to find one's family heritage.\nIn this show Alison and Henry talk about her motivation for delving into the family background, how she went about it, and the resources she has found useful for locating information.\nThis is called “Geneology” and seems to be all the rage, all around the world, not just in Australia.\nAlison\xa0talks about a couple of ways you can go about finding your family tree.\xa0 Some people\xa0want to find out about where their ancestors came from, and a little about their lives. \xa0Others concentrate on just one or two family members, perhaps for the purpose of writing about them, or just for interest.\xa0 Both approaches can become equally addictive once you get in to the detective work.\nIn Any regard, delving into one's family heritage can be fun, and very informative as well.\nBelow\xa0are some of the resources mentioned in the podcast :\n\n* The stories of older living relatives.\n* Old photographs.\n* Local libraries.\n* Historical societies and genealogical societies.\n* Cemeteries and gravestones.\n* History books of the period to provide context to the search.\n* The internet.\n\nTwo sites Alison finds helpful\xa0are:\n\n* www.trove.nla.gov.au\xa0 is part of the National Library, has a massive archive of Australian newspapers.\n* www.ancestry.com.au\xa0can connect you to information and people from all round the world.\n\nDo you have resources we don't have listed here? \xa0Leave us\xa0a comment below if you have other resources which would be useful for people starting the search. \xa0It would be very helpful!\nSpecial Thanks to:\n\n* Angie Strehlow who helps us get great guests that help us with our retirement lifestyle while keeping everything on track\u2026and helps with these show notes!\n* Les Briney, my husband, and Danny Ozment of Emerald City Pro who edits the show and makes my guests and me sound terrific\n* Henry Shapiro, host of Retired Excited that airs on Fridays\n* YOU for telling your friends about the show, leaving comments below, and sharing episodes you really like on Facebook, and reviewing the show on iTunes\n\nThis post\xa0about retirement and\xa0Retirement Lifestyle first appeared on\xa0http://RockYourRetirement.com