Genealogy Forum UK

I am looking for details of my family on my fathers side.
My name at birth is Paul Andrew O'Neill, born 07/02/1970 in Cardiff.
My fathers name is Michael John O'Neill born 04/08/1949.

Hi Paul,

You're unlikely to get much useful info from anyone else, as information that recent isn't widely available in the public domain. Your best bet in the first instance is to obtain a copy of your father's birth certificate. To do this, you'll need to find the certificate reference. You can do this online at 1837online.

Once you've got the reference, you can order the certificate online via the GRO website.

The certificate will then show parent's names.

To go beyond that, you'll probably have to find your grandparent's marriage, which will give approximate dates of birth, and you can repeat the whole birth certificate process again to find great grandparents names. Once you're back that far, you'll begin to be able to find names in censuses and other online indices.

Dominic

Thank you for your help.
I'm quite new to this and appreciate all the help I can get.
I'll check for marriage certificates, have already tried a span of 10 years without success, need more credits now.
Paul.