A family tree is a descriptive diagram that represents family relationships in the form of a chart. It is useful for establishing lineages in a traditional tree format that is easy to understand, even for children. Creating a family tree in Microsoft Word can be a great way to kickstart your journey in genealogy. The…
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What is a Pedigree Chart in Genealogy?
When you decide to print your family tree, you will need to choose the type of family tree chart you would like to display. A pedigree chart is one of the most common and possibly one of the first types of genealogy charts you will encounter while creating your family tree. But how does it…
Genealogy Spring Cleaning
I have always complained that I don’t have enough time to work on my genealogy the way I would like. Things fall behind, tasks get put off, but now that my family is at home practicing social distancing, I have had a lot of time on my hands. One task I have been wanting to…
How to Start a Family Tree
Starting a family tree can be a rewarding project, but where do you begin? A lot of people think you can just dive in, put a lot of names on a tree and like magic you have a complete family tree. Unfortunately, genealogy is not that simple. There are countless hours involved, weeding through endless…
Learn How to do Genealogy
Like any project you start, you don’t start out knowing how to do genealogy. There is learning and research, trial and error. But if you are a beginner and want to know how to start your family tree, there are a lot of ways available to learn how to do genealogy. Free Genealogy Learning Learning…
Are cousins immediate family?
If your family is like mine, it’s a hodgepodge of biological family with friends that you consider a part your family. I have a few friends that I am closer to than some of my own blood relatives and often tell them that they were they best family I could have ever handpicked. Unfortunately, even…
5 reasons you should cite your genealogy sources
Source citation for genealogy When I started my family tree, I was young and naive. I hated source citation for genealogy . Why should I sit here and cite every source I enter into my family tree? It’s boring and it takes up so much time. I quickly learned why it was important. One morning,…
How to Find Hard to Find Ancestors
Every family tree seems to have that elusive ancestor that just doesn’t want to be found. My family tree has several. On my mother’s side of the family, I have had a wealth of information handed down to me. Photos, previous family trees (some not so correct), books about famous family members, and even a…
Family Tree Projects for Children
While trying to figure out what I wanted to write about today, I was playing a game with my toddler grandson. I pointed at him and said, “Who are you?”. He answered me and I then asked “Well, who am I?”. I followed with each member of our household, some by pointing at the actual…
Are there any good free genealogy websites?
When I started using the internet to search my family history, one of the questions I kept finding myself asking was, are there any good free genealogy websites? My family was young, we lived paycheck to paycheck, and something like a subscription to a website was not affordable to us. By trying to keep…