ARE THERE ANY FORUMS FOR HELP IN RESEARCHING FAMILY TREES LOOKING FOR GOOD WEB SITES TIPS ETC

Don't really have any experience in family tree forums but you could try this link.

http://www.genealogy.org/

I've got some links on my laptop at home I'll have a look and get back to you. You could say "watch this space...":D

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/
Not stictly a forum althoug there is that option.
Could help you, it's helped me to some degree.

Here are a number of websites:

http://www.1837online.com

http://www.ancestry.com

http://www.familysearch.org

http://www.genuki.org.uk

http://www.yorkshireparishregisters.com

http://freereg.rootsweb.com/

http://www.rootsweb.com/ (Probably the largest single resource on the net). In particular if you go to http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ you can join a discussion group/forum for the English county of your choice.

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

http://freecen.rootsweb.com/

http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

One of the best things you can do is get down to the Sheffield Archives on Shoreham Street - they are very helpful.

ooh I didn't have any where near as many as these Saxon. That is really useful to me to thanks.

This is a friendly chat forum for the family historian

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php

I'm a member of genesreunited.co.uk where you can contact other members who appear to be related to you and ask to see their family trees. I've not been using it that long and already have had contact with several distant relatives, which has helped me to make considerable progress in building my tree. It is free to register, but costs £7.50 to become a full member in order to view other member's trees.

Also, freebmd.org.uk is a really useful source of info.