Has anyone got any recommendations as to a good website to use? Thanks

Ancestry.com probably the best for the range of resources. The Mormons have a huge database in Salt Lake City, and I think the public have access to it. Public libraries and record centres usually have access to all the released census records, but virtually every database makes some sort of charge for access to records.

Don’t do it mate.

I got swept up in the whole “Who do you think you are thing” as well.

Bloody nightmare.

I assumed that my family, like me, were all from Belfast but have just discovered that my great great grand father was originally from London and after having being a hero in WW1, he came to Irelend in 1920 and became a Black and Tan. Probably committed some horrible acts against civilians.

The dead are dead for a reason. Don’t go bringing them back to life. It will only end in tears.

Came close to destroying me mentally

Think hard before proceeding