You can buy the Lawpack Trace Your Family Tree Kit from this website - but you don't need a computer and an internet connection to use it. The Kit makes an ideal present for anyone who wants to learn about this fascinating field, with all the forms and information to start work immediately.

There is a guidance manual written by experts at the Society of Genealogists that's packed with tips and advice on how and where to begin your research. It includes the all-important sources of information and details of further reading. Loose-leaf record-keeping documents and family tree charts are also included.

• Beginning the search
• Recording the information as you go
• Developing your knowledge
• Is somebody else working on this family?
• Has it been done before?
• One-name studies, family associations & clans
• Civil registration
• Census returns 1841-1901
• Wills & administrations
• Parish registers
• Nonconformist registers
• County record offices & libraries
• Local family history societies
• The National Archives
• Family History Centres
• Professional assistance
• Bibliography
• Timeline of research resources by historical period

Loose-leaf forms included:

Ancestry chart - 1 copy
Birth brief - 2 copies
Family group sheet - 2 copies