My interest in wanting to trace my family history started when I was left my Great Grandfather Strickson Landin's pocket watch, by my late father. Initially, I have to be honest and admit I had very little knowledge of my ancestors even though I do remember my mother talking about her 'relatives' - oh how I wish I'd paid more attention. However since that time I'm pleased with not only the amount of information I've managed to gather but also, and probably more importantly, the new friends / family I've found / made.  Another enjoyable aspect of tracing my extended family has been the wonderful villages I've read about and or visited. Woodnewton, Kings Cliffe and Nassington, to name but a few, are really lovely places and I would recommend people visit them if they have the time.  
Now I'm in the process of adding Pat's parents paper records to the tree so the extended family is certainly a lot bigger but I'm (we're) not finished yet, it will get bigger.