| Creating a family tree is something that | | | | family tree of your own. |
| everybody may have done as a school project. | | | | 1. On Hand Documents |
| Back then, elementary or high school teachers | | | | It is always start with all the resources that are |
| required students to cut pictures of their relatives | | | | available right at your home. These resources can |
| and have them put the cut outs in a self – | | | | be documents like birth, death and residency |
| made family tree. It is often required to make | | | | certificates. These certificate can give you |
| the students more proud of their relatives and | | | | important data that can help you get started. |
| heritage. | | | | 1. Public Documents |
| Family trees are often composed of boxes. | | | | If the mentioned documents are not readily |
| Those boxes are interconnected with each other | | | | available, you can always visit your local state |
| to signify the relationship of one family member | | | | house to check what kind of records they have |
| to another. For example, people who are married | | | | about your ancestors. Just be warned though that |
| are often connected through a horizontal line. | | | | doing the research this way can be tiresome and |
| Parents and children on the other hand are | | | | time consuming. |
| commonly linked to each other with the use of a | | | | 1. Genealogy Websites |
| vertical or a diagonal line with an upward or | | | | Using the Internet as a source can also be very |
| downward orientation. | | | | helpful. By providing them with the salient |
| Technically, a three generation family tree is | | | | information that they require, the may be able to |
| relatively easy to make. Why? Because it would | | | | come up with a list of your possible relatives in |
| only show you with your siblings, your parents | | | | just minutes. All you need to do then is to check |
| with their brothers and sisters and the generation | | | | out the list of names to see which among those |
| of your grand parents as well. So researching is | | | | possible matches are your relatives. However, the |
| not exactly hard. All you need to do is to sit | | | | services of these websites are not entirely free |
| down with your mom and your dad and perhaps | | | | you should be ready to shell out some bucks for |
| have them supply you with the information that | | | | them. |
| you need. However, this method of research may | | | | Then again, if you are someone who are |
| not be too effective if you are planning to go | | | | someone who loves to keep a personal touch to |
| further than the third or fourth generation. For | | | | your family chart, you can always go for the first |
| one, looking for a resource person may be quite | | | | two research methods. If you are a novice at this |
| difficult if most of them turn out to be elderly, | | | | and you do not know where to start, you can |
| forgetful or worse, deceased. | | | | always get self – help e – books like The |
| So what are you to do? Here are some | | | | Kitchen Table Genealogist that can teach you how |
| resources that can help you start to make a free | | | | to make a free family tree in no time. |