How to create a Family Tree Creating a Family Tree is fun and easy. We have gone back to the 1600's with our Family Tree and learned so much great information about our ancestors.
Step 1 - Find a program to enter your data in. Good ones include www.familytreemaker.com, www.legacy.com and www.ancestory.com.
Step 2 - Interview your family and write down the dates and stories about things like births, deaths, marriages, occupations, military service and anecdotes.
Step 3 - Search the census records for more information. You can get this information on www.ancestory.com they even have a free 2-week trial membership.
Step 4 - Search the message boards for long lost relatives. Someone may have even done a Family Tree on your family that you did not know about. www.rootsweb.com has a great free message board.
Step 5 - Look for old photos. Use Family Old Photos at www.familyoldphotos.com to look up photos by name. I love this site and have found a few surprises here.
Step 6 - Use US Gen Web to look up free information by state at www.usgenweb.org They have great stuff like maps, county vital records and burial records
Step 7 - Go to the library. Some communites even have a genealogy deparment. You can look up information on there databases and view photos, newspapers and documents from that area.
Step 8 - Have fun. Learning about your Family Tree is a lot of fun and educational. Researching a Family Tree is a great hobby that you can pass down to future generations.
