Congratulations on doing so well! Glad it is going smoothly, but I am sure you will come across some sticklers in due course!!!
Sounds like you are going about it very sensibly.
As for finding out more about them all - why yes! I would say that is half (or more) of the fun. To me a simple list of names doesnt mean a lot.
So - once you are back to 1901, and from there back to 1841, there are the censuses. Every ten years.
They will give you an address for the people, which coupled with the addresses that you find on their birth/ marriage and death certs, will give you a good idea of their movements. Look up on a local map to see if th roads are still there. If you can, take a trip there and see them for yourself. Likewise look up the churches where the family weddings and christenings and burials took place, many town websites will have a photo of the parish church, or better still take a trip there and see them yourself.
Censuses, along with the certificates, will also give occupations. Find out all you can about those occupations. If it involves a local shop or factory, see if the local record office has any photos or memorabilia. Directoroies can be useful here too
It sounds like your tree is the sort that starts with one person at the bottom and branches out as it goes up (to 2, then 4, then 8etc) as opposed to one that starts at the top with one person and follows one particular line or name downwards, getting wider as it goes. Therfore I guess that you will not have explored siblings of each person. So - to build up a true picture of their family life, starting with when they were growing up at home, find out what brothers and sisters they had, and what happened to them as they grew up.
Just a few ideas for you to mull over - hopefully you will really 'get to know' your ancestors as you progress with your tree.
HAppy hunting!
