What to research family tree, any advice welcome!

[Kendodd]

Both parents and grandparents all born in England.

I only know my parents date and place of birth, they were born in the 1920s and 30s. Don't know about grandparents.
Where do I start finding grandparents, great grandparents and beyond?

Start with getting your parents' birth certs, then look for their parents' marriage, and then their birth certs.

The 1939 register on ancestry/findmypast may be useful too - you have to pay a sub or you may be able to access it at your local library.

Then try the censuses, also on those sites, 1841-1911. Searching can be tricky if you have a common name or they live in a large city.

What's the 1939 register?

Ancestry.

Work systematically. Try and find birth, marriage and death for each person you discover.

Decide if you want to go back, or outwards to find cousins, second cousins, 3rd cousins...

Ancestry likes to suggest records and connections. They arent always correct so think critically. Just because someone has written something online doesnt mean its true.

I think thats all I got.

I take it it's this site you're talking about.
Thanks for answering.

www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/ancestry-family?ancid=yejljd5jdi&gclsrc=aw.ds&pgrid=26360187430&ptaid=aud-850517473600%3akwd-29052520&s_kwcid=ancestry&gclid=CjwKCAjw0qOIBhBhEiwAyvVcf6qxH5ys0TbsxieNXoxbQ4qfuQIdC_6R2QX7c72bWKoTy_armgKJfhoC9gAQAvD_BwE&o_xid=108304&o_lid=108304&o_sch=Paid+Search+Brand

Thats the badger.

The 1939 register was a register of everyone living in the UK taken soon after the start of the WWII. The England and Wales register is available on ancestry and findmypast, although records for people still living are not viewable.

MN has a board dedicated to this topic.

The trick is to go backwards and in theme and not skip a generation, see paper records for each key birth/marriage.
Use census records to supplement info and even newspaper reports to add info.
I've spent over 20 yrs doing mine. I'm still researching.
Once you get into it, a dna test can help you confirm lines of research.
I wish I could start again, so so interesting.

Ok, I'll look to find the board.

This is quite helpful and free;
www.futurelearn.com/courses/genealogy