Next, talk to your family, especially the older generations who should be able to remember details about their parents and grandparents, people who you may never have met.
The first thing is to write down everything you know about yourself and your immediate family, concentrating on names, dates of birth, marriage and death, and where these events took place - geography plays an important part in tracing your family tree, as people have a habit of moving around the country. Next, talk to your family, especially the older generations who should be able to remember details about their parents and grandparents, people who you may never have met.