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I will try to give you some basic tips to get you started but you must remember that you need to research a lot unless there’s already some kind of family tree created by some of your ancestors.
If you are serious, invest on a family tree software that will organize all the information you find. Paperwork may become overwhelming as you will notice.
Here are there methods which you could go about designing your family tree:
- On-line Family Tree software program
- Offline Family Tree on your laptop
- Designing a Family Tree by hand (from scratch)
These options you may select from in accordance with how creative you are. The best option for students that have to create a household tree for a faculty mission would be to create a family tree from scratch. All that might be wanted is a poster board, household names, images (optionally available), glue, additional stuff to design with, scissors, and something further which you could add would be optional.
Interest in family tree research is growing rapidly, with North America, the UK and the Antipodies leading the way. Perhaps this is hardly surprising as North America, Australia and New Zealand are the ‘New World’ seeded by Europe, and by Britain and Ireland in particular. The histories of all these countries are intertwined and for any English speaking family historian looking further back than the 1900′s, it is likely that part of the family is located in these areas. For those living in the New World, who are not from the indigenous population, all roads lead to Europe, at least as far as family history research goes.
Luckily, family tree research and creation has never been easier, even though distance from the source can still be a problem. There are numerous free family tree software packages on the web giving information and support on how to create a family tree and enabling users to create and print their family tree in ever more interesting ways. One downside of these “free” family tree products is that sometimes they are integrated within commercial websites that require you to use their other (paid for) services in order to access this “free” service. Also, always check the terms and conditions to ensure that by using a free site to begin building your family tree you are not giving the provider any rights over the family tree information that you add. The website My Heritage is an exception and offers free access to family tree charts and other helpful services with no strings attached. Family tree software is also free to download from the Legacy Family Tree website, and the Family Search site, whereas the very popular Family Tree Maker by Ancestry.com has to be paid for.