Right,

Passionford has a broad knowledge base so I thought best place to try would be here.

Was round at my mums last night and she was watching Chris Moyles - Who do you think you are? Got us talking about our family. My mum and her mothers family are all from London and have a very interesting history. We'd like to get all the details collated together while we still can, and my mum and other relatives are still alive and still able to remember.

Has anyone on here done this before, proper serious like. Researching old census and birth/death certificates etc?

Can anyone recommend any good Family Tree Software, either to buy or get from internet?

My mum is going down to London in September to see some old relatives and ideally we'd like to get some stuff together for her to take down.

Cheers
SMG