Creating a family tree can be great fun. It can teach you a lot about your family, where you come from and it can answer questions about your history and roots. It can be made as simple or as complex as you want it to be. How complex it is, is totally up to you. The good news is that you always know the starting point. The starting point of any family tree is you.
You can design your family tree on paper or online. Paper is more personal, but perhaps not as organized. Online is convenient, but a bit cold. It depends on why you are doing it and what you are comfortable with. Any family tree takes a lot of digging. Start the branches with who you know such as your parents and siblings, and perhaps your grandparent and aunt/uncles. Add birth dates, deceased dates and wedding dates. Also add any other date of significance such as relocation to other countries and such. After you have the information you know yourself, it is time to dig. You can start by interviewing those relatives that are older to ask them to add to the history. You can also look in registries for births and deaths. You have the option of digging in newspapers and other available historical resources. The key is to research. As you get more information, add it to the tree and then dig lower into the family tree.
Family trees are great to have for anyone. It is a good historical reference that you can pass down to your children or other family members to keep the tree going. Children often have to do research projects like this in school. Get involved and help them out. Even you will probably be learning some valuable knowledge.
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