Family Tree Template

The British royal family tree is fairly large compared to most other charts of European monarchies.

One of the reasons for this is that the kings and queens of the United Kingdom seem to have a tradition of producing fairly many children – and on top of that also seem to be following the modern trend of divorcing. E.g. 3 out of Queen Elizabeth II’s 4 children have been divorced and both Prince Charles and Princess Anne have remarried.

On this page I will go through the history of the royal family tree of the British monarchy, an illustration of which, you will also find on this page a little bit further down.

The English royal family tree on this page is free to print. The dimensions of the British royal family chart is 25 cm x 19,23 cm which makes fit perfectly on an A4 piece of paper.

The resolution is fairly high, 215 dpi which gives it a pretty print result.

The 8 Generation British Royal Family Tree with Regent Queen Elizabeth II

Before going through the British royal genealogy, I will quickly sketch up the most important events in British royal history.

Important Events in the History of British Monarchy

The year 1603 was a landmark in the history of Britain as King James VI of Scotland got to inherit the British throne and thereby became the ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland together.

Another important year was 1707 as the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain were made when England and Scotland were joined together under Queen Anne.

Almost 100 years later under the rule of King George III Ireland was added too, making the name little longer: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Today Queen Elizabeth is regent of the United Kingdom (which includes Scotland and Northern Ireland), Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and is Head of the Commonwealth.

This was a very, very quick introduction to the history of the United Kingdom. If you want learn more in-depth you may e.g. go here.

Queen Elizabeth II and Her Immediate Relatives

Let’s start our tour of the British royal family tree with its main character, the current regent Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II has been the ruling monarch since 1952 when she inherited the throne after her late father King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II has one younger sister, Princess Margaret, who passed away in 2002, 71 years old.

In 1947 Queen Elizabeth II married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Together they have four children Charles Prince of Wales from 1948 (1st in line to the throne), Princess Anne born 1950, Prince Andrew from 1960, and Prince Edward born 1964.

The Heirs and Descendants of Queen Elizabeth II

The four children of Queen Elizabeth II all married and all produced a minimum of two children each, a few of which also have children which makes Elizabeth not only grandmother but also great grandmother.

1992: Elizabeth’s Annus Horribilis

As mentioned, the marital life of Elizabeth’s children has not been a walk on roses and in 1992 it all culminated in what Elizabeth named the Annus Horribilis:

• “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

• In this year the cracks in marriage between Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson became public with the announcement of their separation. They married in 1986 and ended in divorce 10 years later in 1996. Together they have two children: Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York
• Princess Anne divorced Mark Phillips with whom she has two children: Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall. Both children are married. Peter Phillips is married to Autumn Phillips and they have two children Savannah and Isla. Zara Tindall married Mike Phillips and with him has a daughter Mia Grace and Lena Elizabeth.
• The strenuous and unhappy marriage between Prince Charles and Princess Diana became ‘official’ public knowledge with the publication of the book, Diana: Her True Story, written by Andrew Morton. The book reveals among other things extramarital affairs of both Charles (his affair with his future wife Camilla Parker-Bowles who he marries in 2005) and Diana.

  Prince Charles and Princess Diana married in 1981 and divorced in 1996 – only a year before the tragic death of Diana in a car crash in Paris.

  Prince Charles and Lady Diana have two sons: Prince William from 1982 and Prince Henry from 1984.

In 2011 Prince William married Catherine Middleton and together they have two children: Prince George from 2013, Princess Charlotte from 2015, and Prince Louis from 2018.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Predecessors

As mentioned Queen Elizabeth II is the firstborn of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

The King Brothers: King Edward VIII and King George VI

As you can see on the royal family tree of Britain on this page there are two crown illustrations occurring within the same generation: There is both a crown on King George VI and on his older brother King Edward VIII.

This is because King George VI inherited the throne after King Edward VIII chose to abdicate from the throne in 1936 – the same year he was made king.

King Edward was in love with an American woman, Wallis Simpson, who was not only divorced once but in the middle of a second divorce.

Now all this divorcing was too much for royal British protocol, so King Edward chose to follow the path to love rather than status and chose to resign as King and thus pass on the throne to his brother instead.

King George VI was king from 1936 to his death in 1952.

King George V

Like his son King George VI, King George V wasn’t supposed to be king as he had an older brother closer in line to the throne. However, Prince Albert Victor died of influenza in 1892 and suddenly the future King George V was next in line to the throne.

King George V not only inherited the position as future king from his brother, he also married his fiance Mary of Teck.

King George V was king from 1910 to his death in 1936. He had six children.

King Edward VII

King Edward VII was the second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

The first child was Princess Victoria, however, being only heiress presumptive, she would have to give the position of heir to a brother if one such would be born.

Thus even though future King Edward VII was second born, he was still the immediate heir to the throne.

The reign King Edward VII was fairly short from 1901 to 1910 as his mother had a very long reign.

The Queen of King Edward VII was Alexandra of Denmark and together they had six children.

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was queen from 1837 when she was 18 years old to her death in 1901.

She inherited the throne not after her father Prince Edward but after his brother William IV – there were two more brothers besides besides Edward and William but they were already dead.

And since there were no more males in that line of succession (all four brothers were dead leaving no legitimate children) the throne was now Victoria’s.

Victoria married Prince Albert and together they had nine children.

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Family tree templates can be a very useful tool if you’re going to whip up your family tree, and the truth is that making an ancestry map using genealogy clipart or images can be a whole lot of fun for you and your family.

After all, you will be able to find out more about where you came from, and you can use creative family tree designs to make your own free genealogy charts. If you are interested in your history and your heritage, a family tree will be just the thing that you will need to help you learn more about your past. .

Free Blank Family Tree Template Charts to Print

Here are some printable high resolution homemade family tree designs of mine that I hope you will enjoy. Please note that they are for private use only 🙂 Enjoy! .

Large Oak Family Tree Template

On this tree you’ll be able to fill your family members all the way back to your great-great-grandparents just start with yourself in the trunk and work your way out. The image size is 23,67 x 20,01 cm in 250 dpi which makes it ideal to print on a normal A4 piece of paper.

The Large Oak Family Tree Chart for Kids to Color

This image has the same dimensions as the one above.

The Apple Tree Template (You Glue in the Apples)

This family tree chart is fun to do parents and kids together. Just print out the tree above and apples below, write in names or glue on photos on the apples and then glue the apples onto the tree. The image size of this tree is 27 x 19,76 cm in 250 dpi.

Red Apples for the Family Tree Design

The apples look relatively bigger than the tree here on the screen but don’t worry, they are not. They fit perfectly when you print them.

The Apple Tree Template as a Coloring Page for Kids

The image has the same dimensions as the tree above.

Blank Apples to Print and Color

Printable Spring Family Tree Template Design with Flowers

Image size is 24 cm x 16,76 in 200 dpi.

Free Family Tree Template for Children – Autumn Design

This is a very simple and cute printable family tree for children that only goes back a few generations. The size of this tree is 27 cm x 19,68 in 250 dpi.

Big 5 Generations Family Tree Free Form to Print

This tree is for the more ambitious person who wants to trace his or her family history all the way back to his or her great great great grandparents. The size of this tree is 26 cm x 20,22 in 250 dpi.

Another Printable 5 Generations Family Tree Chart Japanese Style

If you are into arts, particularly old Japanese arts – this tree might be for you. The image size is 23 cm x 20,24 in 250 dpi.

Beautiful Spring Family Tree Form to Print

This picture was taken by me on one of my spring walks in a nearby park. Fascinated by the sharp green color on the tree leaves, I just had to take a photo. Enjoy! The image size is 24 cm x 17,99 in 190 dpi.

Why Make a Family Tree

Making a family tree isn’t just a creative activity that you can do with your kids, but it can also be a very useful tool. There are many reasons that you may want to make a family tree, such as:

Researching Medical History

Finding out about your family’s medical history can be important, as that will help you to know if you are at risk of some medical conditions or issues. Heart disorders are often passed down from one generation to the next, and discovering your likelihood to have heart conditions can be very important.

It is a good idea to do research into your family in order to determine what your medical history looks like.

Finding New Relatives or Reconnecting with Old Ones

Everyone has cousins and relatives that they have never met, and many that they have no idea even exist. Making your own family tree can be a fun way to find out about new relatives that you were not familiar with before, and it will enable you to get in contact with them and strike up a relationship with your relatives.

Also, if you met some of your relatives but can’t remember their names, you can use a family tree to help you track down all of the information on your immediate relatives and trace your family to find those relatives. It will make it easier for you to get in touch with them if you know their name and family members.

Teaching Your Kids About Their Heritage

Every American is actually descended from someone that came from another country, and the truth is that there is a lot that has been lost in terms of heritage thanks to the fact that so many people embraced American citizenship and left their own behind.

If you want your kids to learn about their heritage, it’s important to understand where you came from. By making your own family tree, you can help your kids to learn about where they came from and who their ancestors were.

Share Facts with Your Family

Making a family tree isn’t just something that you can benefit from, but it can be something that your relatives and family may want to share with you. After all, if you are descended from great men or women from history, it would be good to know about it, right?

By doing the research and finding out as much as possible about your family and its history, you can discover amazing things about your heritage that you can share with your family.

Document Your Lineage For Future Generations

This may sound a bit conceited, but the truth is that it is a good idea for your kids to know where they came from. The purpose of making your own family tree is to have information that you can pass down to your children, which they will pass to their children, and so on.

You will find that having your lineage documented will ensure that your kids never forget where they come from, and it will ensure that they will always know the truth about their history.

These are some simple yet valid reasons why you may want to spend the time making your own family tree, and family tree templates will make it a whole lot easier for you to make your own family tree. You don’t need to follow the templates, but they are there so that you can organize your information as easily and quickly as possible.

How to Make the Tree Using Family Tree Templates

So, now you know WHY to make the family tree, so let’s get into HOW you can make the family tree for your family.

The very first thing to do is to start with your immediate family, such as your parents, your aunts and uncles, and even your grandparents if they’re still around. You should put all of the pertinent information on them in your family tree, such as their date of birth, the date of their marriages, etc.

(Remember: If you’re making a family group sheet, you will need all of the information on all of your relatives. If you’re making a pedigree chart, you will only need the information for your immediate ancestors – father, mother, grandfathers, grandmothers, etc.)

You should take the time to interview each of your relatives to find out information on your ancestors, as some of them may know a lot more than you do. Aunts and uncles are often a good source of information, though your grandparents on both sides of your family will be a great place to get information on their parents and grandparents. Asking questions to your immediate relatives is the best way to get started.

Once you have gotten all the information that you can from your relatives, it’s time to get online and start looking. You can check out genealogy websites, which offer information on your history and ancestors – for a fee, of course.

There are dozens of sites where you can find out information on your relatives and ancestors, or many of the websites will actually do the family tree research for you. If you are willing to spend money to get the information, these sites will ensure that you get the research done by professionals with years of experience doing this kind of research.

If you don’t want to spend money, you’re going to have to stick with all of the free resources – of which there are many. You can visit your local public records office to find out about the births and deaths of your ancestors, and you can find out who their parents were in order to trace them. You can spend time at the local libraries, many of which will offer you access to their vaults of information – information that is very ancient.

You can check out local cemeteries if your family has lived in the same city for many years, and you may want to check old newspapers to see if you can find clippings containing obituaries or birth notices for your ancestors.

The truth is that the information search is going to be a lot of work, but it can be a lot of fun if you are a history buff that wants a bit of a glimpse into their past. You will be able to find the information with a bit of work digging into records and the past, but it will be worth it in order to find out as much about your family and its history as possible!

Now that you have gathered the information, it’s time to input it into the family tree templates that you have chosen for your chart. It doesn’t matter what kind of chart you choose, provided you work with one that will help you to organize your information. You can make your own chart with large sheets of paper, or you can download free genealogy charts from the internet to make it easier for you to organize.

There are many free family tree templates that you can use to make your ancestry map, and you will find that creating the record of your family history will be an easy thing to do thanks to these simple templates.

Finding and Using the Family Tree Charts

If you’re going to work with templates, you will be pleased to hear that they are actually surprisingly easy to download and work with. Sure, you’re going to have to spend a few minutes searching on the internet for the templates, but that’s what the internet is for, right? You will find dozens of templates within those few minutes, and you can download them and get working with these easily!

You may want to check on the sites that are known for offering family tree templates, such as Misbach Enterprises, Free Genealogy Forms and Charts, or some of the other pages on this site – where you will find templates that you can download. You can easily scroll through all of the options that the site will offer you, and you can see the various templates that they have. Find the one that you like best, and select that one.

Some of the sites that you will find will charge you to use their templates, though many of them will allow you to download the simpler templates for free. Other sites will charge you for the research, but give you the templates free of charge. You just have to find what it will cost you to access or download the templates, and that help you to know what you need to do to save them to your computer.

When saving the templates to your computer, it’s important that you save them in the right format. If you are going to fill them out on your computer, you will need the templates saved in a format that you can work with. Excel files (.xls) are the best to use if you want to work with a spreadsheet style program, or Microsoft Word files (.doc or .rtf) will allow you to edit the documents in your favorite word processor. These are the most common file extensions, though some spreadsheets will be opened in PowerPoint or another Microsoft Office program.

If you’re just going to print the document out to work on it using a pen or pencil, saving it as a PDF is the best way to go. A PDF file is a file that every single computer around the world can access, as the PDF software is available in many different varieties – most of which can work on Linux, Mac, and PC computers equally well. It will also be much easier for you to print out files saved as PDFs, so download it to your computer in that format and print it out.

Once you have the document, it’s just a matter of getting started filling out the charts with the information that you have found. It doesn’t matter if you’re printing out the family tree templates or working with them on your computer – you can easily input the information once you have collected it!

Make Your Own Pedigree Chart

Not interested in using family tree templates that you download from the internet? You can make your own pedigree chart very easily by following the steps below:

Step 1: Use a large piece of paper (sized according to the number of generations you want to trace your ancestry).

Step 2: Place your name at the bottom of the page, in a small box that is large enough to add your full name, date of birth, and date of death (not relevant for you).

Step 3: Make two short lines branching out above your box, and make two more boxes for your parents.

Step 4: From each of your parents’ boxes, make two more boxes above theirs for their parents, and continue to do so until you have made boxes for each of your direct ancestors as far back as you want to go.

Step 5: Start filling out the information (names, date of birth, date of death) into the chart.

Step 6: Add decorations and flourishes as desired.

See, it’s easy to make your own pedigree chart! You hardly need any design or artistic skills, as the template is easy to draw for yourself.

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Interested in tracing your family tree? There’s something you need to know, and the Blank Family Trees page will help you find out just what that is!

Not sure of where to start looking for your family history? Check out the Family Tree Chart page for some good starting place!

The Family Tree Forms page can give you some great ideas of how you can make your family tree easily and quickly!

There are many tools that you can use for your family tree research, and the Free Family Tree Template page will help you learn about a few of them!

Want to know how to fill in the information in your family tree? The Free Family Tree Forms page will give you all the tips you need to make filling out you chart easy and quick!

You can learn how to make your family tree chart just the way you like it on the Make A Family Tree page!

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Welcome to this artistic family tree template website, the place where you and your kids can find all kinds of useful, original and not to forget high resolution templates to make a free printable family tree.

Besides printing out these family charts (for private use only, thanks), you can learn everything you want to know about making your ancestry chart so that you can get going with creating your family tree chart with all of the information about your family and its rich history.

If you don’t know much about genealogy and how to find out about your ancestors, don’t worry! I’ve got lots of amazingly useful information on this page for you, so you will easily be able to use that information to make as simple or complex a family tree chart as you want.

Check out the pages on this site to find as much information about making your own family tree template and chart, and you may just find that there is exactly what you need for this fun project.

Good luck, and happy family mapping!

Beautiful, Artistic & Original Family Tree Chart Designs

Free and Printable for Private Use

The following genealogy tree charts come in two versions:
– Some all finished in colors, all ready to print out and insert family names into.
– Some as coloring pages for kids to color and then afterwards they can put in the names.

The Big Oak Template if You Have a Big Family

The image size of this tree is 20 x 24,1 cm in 300 dpi which is really good print quality/high resolution. If you save the image on your pc and then print it out e.g. from Word then it will fill out an A4 sized paper in horisontal position which I assume is what you want. At least it is what I would want 🙂

The Big Oak Template as a Coloring Page for Kids

Same size as the above image: 20 x 24,1 cm in 250 dpi.

The Non-Structured Family Tree with Leaves Enough to Include all Great Grandparents
– The Spring Version

This tree is 18 x 20,67 cm in 300 dpi. Also really good print quality and perfect for A4.

The Non-Structured Family Tree with Leaves Enough to Include all Great Grandparents
– The Autumn Version

Size is the same as the image above: 18 x 20,67 cm in 300 dpi.

The Non-Structured Family Tree as a Coloring Page for Kids

Size is the same as the image above: 18 x 20,67 cm in 250 dpi.

Large Family Tree Worksheet Going all the Way up to Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

This very simple ancestor tree design is 27 x 19,6 cm in 250 dpi, perfect for printing.

The Big Spring Beech Tree Chart

Even though this tree looks smaller on screen than the above ones, it isn’t. Like the ones above the image size is perfect for A4 in vertical position. This tree is 16,63 x 26 cm in 270 dpi.

The Big Autumn Beech Tree Chart

Almost the same size as the one above: 17,26 x 27 cm in 280 dpi.

The Big Beech Tree Chart as a Coloring Page

Almost same size as the one above: 16,78 x 27 cm in 250 dpi.

The Artistic Family Tree

Here you need a pair of scissors.

Print out the tree below and your preferred color of leaves (green/summer or orange/autumn) or if you prefer flowers instead, just print those out.

Cut out the leaves or flowers and glue them on to the tree and write the family names onto the leaves or flowers.

This tree also has really good resolution for printing. The size is 18 x 25,05 cm in 280 dpi

Green Summer Leaves for Printing and Cutting Out

Even though these leaves above and the leaves and flowers below look relatively bigger than the tree above, they are not when you actually print them. They should fit perfectly on the tree above.

Orange Autumn Leaves for Printing and Cutting Out

Orange Summer Flowers for Printing and Cutting Out

The Artistic Tree as a Kids Coloring Page

Leaves for Printing, Coloring and Cutting out

Flowers for Printing, Coloring and Cutting out

The Two Overall Types of Charts
– Descendant & Ascendant

When looking into the family tree template that you want to use, it’s important to remember that there are a few different types of charts that you can use. You can choose the simple family tree style, or you can get more complex and get into the professional charts that are made by renowned genealogists.

Here are the different types of charts that you can use as a template for mapping out the fascinating history of your family:

The Descendant Chart – The Complex Way for the Experts

The descendant chart is something that is used by many experts to trace the lineage from a specific person in the past to a person today.

Say you think that you are directly related to Christopher Columbus. You will then use a descendant chart with good ol’ Chris at the top of the chart, and you will use the chart to map out each of his descendants in order to find the connection to you.

You can trace the family line to you, but it will be a challenge if you don’t know how the famous person is connected to you. Usually you will have to have this information before you get started using a descendant chart.

The famous person will go in the prominent position, rather than you. You will need to do a bit of research to find out if the person truly is your ancestor, and you will have to trace him down the line of his children, grandchildren, and so on until the connection between the two of you is established.

This is like trying to find a way to connect two dots, and is a much more challenging type of chart – usually one best left for the professionals.

The Ascendant Chart – The Simple Way for Everybody

Ascendant charts are the simplest kind, as they are putting yourself in the primary position and working backwards to find out who your ancestors are.

They are the kind that most genealogists use to trace you family heritage, and you will find that they are a whole lot easier for you to work with.

You place yourself at the bottom of the chart, and you slowly trace your ascendants backwards through history – beginning with your parents and grandparents of course. It will be much easier to put the puzzle together in this way, as you will be able to find out information much more easily when you work backwards from the present.

There are two types of ascendant charts:

1. Ahnenfatel Chart

   This is a German chart (hence the German name), and it is usually used to trace ancestry.

   It will allow you to trace your ancestors in a specific order, which will ensure that you can find each of the people in turn.

   You begin with yourself, and you are given the number designation of 1. Your father has the number 2, and your mother has the number 3. Your father’s grandfather has the number 4, and your father’s grandmother has the number 5. Your mother’s grandfather and grandmother have the numbers 6 and 7 respectively, and so on and so forth.

   You will use the chart to number each of your ancestors, with the mothers receiving an odd number and the fathers receiving an even number.

   If you want to see an example of such an Ahnenfatel template, you can go here.

2. The Pedigree Chart

   A pedigree chart starts out looking like a ‘normal’ family tree but it soon it gets more complex than that.

   You see, a pedigree chart will help you show how certain human traits are passed on from generation to generation thus showing how e.g. brown hair or blond hair works its way down the tree.

   Here is a good video that will explain how to ‘code’ the passing on of certain traits in your own template:

A Handy Tool

Did you know that there is a handy tool that you can use to make mapping the information a lot easier for you?

This tool is called a Family Group Sheet, and will help you to store all of the information about a specific family group – information which you will then include on your chart.

The sheet comes with a space for three names:

• The child
• The mother
• The father

This will make it easier for you if you are going to be doing research on a specific family group, such as your great great great great grandfather and his parents.

You will be able to carry these sheets around with you, and you can use them to write down all of the information that you find as you do your research in the public libraries, records and archives, and online.

Once you have found the information that you’re looking for on the specific family group, you can then take the sheets with you back to your chart (which is probably fairly large by now), and you can input the information from the sheets.

It will make it easier for you to keep track of the people that you are researching, and will guarantee that you never lose the information that you have found!

On this page on www.ancestry.com you’ll find a downloadable family group sheet along with many other kinds of research sheets, you may find handy in your research phase.

More Free Blank Tree Forms to Print and Fill Out

Another Printable Oak Tree Chart

Image size of this tree is 20 x 25,03 in 300 dpi – perfect for A4 printing.

A Different Winter Version

Image size of this tree is 20 x 20,56 in 280 dpi.

Printable Genealogy Chart Tracing Family Back to Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

This blank genealogy template is 24,53 x 20,01 in 250 dpi – a great fit for an A4 paper.

The Printable Genealogy Chart as a Free Coloring Page for Your Kids

This chart has the same size as the colored one above.

A Family Tree Chart Asian Style
– Just Write the Names inside the Flowers

This tree is 18 x 22,51 in 280 dpi – also good printing quality.

The Traditional Family Tree

Image size is 19 x 21,66 in 280 dpi.

The Starting Guide
– Okay Now You Have a Bunch of Printable Templates but How Do You Go about It Now?

So, you want to start using a family tree template to make your own family tree chart?

It’s actually going to be a lot easier than you might expect, but it’s important that you get started the right way.

Here are a few simple steps to get you started:

Step 1: Find the Genealogy Charts

Remember that you’re going to need to print out all of the information that you are discovering about your family, and you will need to input all the information into the ancestry chart.

If you want to make a fancy chart, you can download and print out a fancy one, or you can create it yourself using all your arts and crafts skills.

In order to prevent mistakes, you can find a free printable family tree, which you can fill out until you are sure that you have all the facts straight. Once you have everything, you can put the information on the fancy chart!

Step 2: Get your research started

Before you can start filling out the chart, you’re going to have to start digging into your past to find out about your ancestors.

Obviously the place to start will be with your parents, and you can get their information quickly and put it down on the chart. You will then need to find out about the grandparents, great grandparents, etc., and this may require you to start talking to some of your older relatives if your parents aren’t sure of all the facts.

You may be able to get your information straight from the documents of your ancestors, which your family has hopefully stored. At least you should start asking questions to your relatives and finding out as much as possible.

Step 3: Check through old documents

There is always the off chance that your parents or grandparents have stored information or documents from your ancestors. This may include pictures with the name of your ancestors, birth certificates, tax liens, home information, and more.

You may find that your grandparents’ attic will be a place of wonder, as they may have all kinds of awesome things that will help you to trace your ancestry back as far as possible.

It’s important to dig through all of these documents and pictures, as they can be incredibly helpful in getting you started down the path to finding out more about your ancestors.

Step 4: Set goals for your research

It’s important that you know how far back you want to trace your ancestry, as that will ensure that you keep your eyes on the prize. If you just decide that you want to trace it back as far as you can, chances are that you will end up getting discouraged when you can’t find some information from hundreds of years ago.

However, if you have a goal in mind, you will be able to start doing your research and checking out all the relevant information, but you will be able to focus on putting together the final pieces of your puzzle without getting discouraged about your lack of progress.

This is just the beginning, but you will find that the past will open up to you as you spend time digging into it and researching the fascinating history of your family!

Different Approaches on How to Make Your Family Tree

If you’re planning on making your own family tree, the good news is that you have a lot of options available to you.

There are many tools that you can use to make the family tree, and you will find that these tools will make it a lot easier for you to compile all of the facts and research on your family.

Here are some of the ways that you can make your family tree:

• Hire a Professional
  If you want something done right, it’s always recommended that you hire a professional to do it.

  You will find that working with a professional will ensure that your family tree is prepared a lot more quickly, and the information is much more likely to be accurate.

  This is because the professional does it for a living, so he will know where all of the best information is likely to be. It won’t be too costly, and it can be a good way to ensure 100% accuracy for your family tree.

• Joint Venture
  Another way to get your family tree done is working with all of the members of your family, as that way the load will be spread out with all of the other siblings and relatives that have a vested interest in finding out as much about their history as possible.

  It will be a lot quicker and easier if you have many hands and eyes doing the hard work and research, but it’s important that you organize yourselves properly if you’re going to work on it all together. The goal is that you all pitch in to help come up with the information to fill out your family tree, and the division of labor can help things to move much more quickly.

• Online Web Templates
  There are many sites where you can fill out family tree templates, which you can then download once they are filled out.

  These sites will often contain links to a number of archives and libraries where you can find information online, and this will be a good way to get access to all of the data you need to fill out your family tree.

  The templates are always easy to use, and they will provide you with blank spaces to fill in all of the information that you find on your relatives.

  For those who prefer using the computer to doing legwork, this is the choice for you.

• Physical Research … Good Old Fashioned Leg Work
  The good old fashioned way has rarely failed, and the truth is that you’re probably going to have to spend some time poring over books in libraries or visiting the public archives to find out more information in person.

  It will take a lot more time to get your hands on the information, but it will be worth it in order to have credible facts that are verifiable. It will cost you a lot more sweat and effort, but that’s what you signed up for when you took on the project of making the family tree, right?

Make a Tree Using PowerPoint
– Simple, Easy … and Pretty Too!

PowerPoint is a great tool that you can use to make a family tree template, and you will find that you can whip up your own blank template for genealogy charts and family trees in a matter of minutes.

Here is my example of a very simple family chart made in PowerPoint:

The program – like all Microsoft Office programs – is incredibly easy to use, and following the steps below will help you to produce a family tree template easily and quickly:

Step 1: Open a new blank document. It can be the standard document, as you won’t really need to animate anything.

Step 2: Insert a picture – it can either be from PowerPoint’s own collection or maybe a photo of a tree that you have taken yourself.

Step 3: Insert the shape of your choice, usually a square or circle. You can make the shape as fancy as you want, using the color, fill, and outline tools to help you give it the final shape and color of your choice.

Step 4: Copy the shapes by pressing Control + C and paste them onto the document using Control + V, or hold down the Control button and drag the shape.

Step 5: Make sure that you have a primary shape and two shapes directly above it, and use the text tool to input the people’s titles (mother, father, father’s mother, etc.) into the boxes.

Step 6: Use the line tool to draw a line between each of the boxes, and copy the lines for each connection that you make.

See how easy that is?

In just a matter of minutes you have made a simple family tree template that you can copy and expand as much as you like, and you can add as many family members as you want.

Seeing as the program is so easy to use, you can customize your family tree template as much as you want, and you can make it simple or fancy – it’s up to you!

This is an excellent pastime, and it will open the doors of history to you, so happy charting.

But Why Genaology in the First Place?

Well, if Your Mind Likes Puzzles, It Will Love Family Research

Genealogy is a popular hobby for many people, and it can be an amazing way to spend time finding out more about your family and its rich history. There are many people around the world that indulge in a bit of research into their family’s history, and they find out a whole lot of amazing things about themselves and their heritage.

Here are some reasons why genealogy can be a fun project for you:

• It’s a fascinating hobby – If there is one thing that is fascinating, it is finding out about you family and its history. Perhaps your grandfather won a medal for his bravery in World War I or World War II. Maybe your great, great, great grandfather was around when the Declaration of Independence was signed, or your ancestors were on the Mayflower when it sailed into Plymouth Rock. You may find out all kinds of amazing facts about your family, and few other hobbies are more fascinating to history buffs!
• It’s a great stress reliever – Just like doing a puzzle, creating your own family tree and ancestry chart can actually help to give you an output for your energy and stress. Rather than coming home all tired, you can spend a bit at the library doing research into your family history. Just like you feel triumph when you finally find that tough piece that you’ve been missing in your puzzle, so too you will experience the same feeling when you finally find the birth and death information for one of your great ancestors. It can help to eliminate stress, and will be a lot of fun.
• It’s good for your mind – Doing research isn’t only going to benefit you as you make your family tree, but you will find that your mind will develop and become a lot sharper thanks to the fact that you are spending time poring through books and records. You will find that you can read and comprehend facts a lot faster, and you will gain valuable skills that will aid you in any research that you do later in your life. If you can develop the research skills that will help you to create your family tree, you will find that any other kind of research you do in the future will be much easier.
• It’s good practice with the computer – Many people dislike using computers for genealogy research, as they find that the databases and archives available online are very complex. However, did you know that Google has access to a whole lot of information, information that you will need for your research? If you want to be more effective in your research, you’ll need to use the computer. The time you spend on the computer will help to develop your computer skills, which will come in handy no matter what you do!
• It will teach you a whole lot – If you want to learn about history, there is no better way to do so than studying your genealogy. If you find out that your grandfather was fighting in Iwo Jima, you will never forget the dates and locations for the battle.

  If you find out that one of your ancestors was on the ship with Columbus, chances are you’ll always remember the day that Columbus sailed. You can learn a whole lot of fascinating facts about history, and you will find that your memory of historical facts and trivia will be greatly improved thanks to the time you spend working on your family tree template.

• It may qualify you for different things – You may not find out that you are the nearest relative to a Duke who is going to die and leave you a castle as an inheritance (this isn’t a Hollywood movie), but you may find that you are qualified for different societies or groups. If you have a Native American ancestor, you may be qualified to join a society of these fascinating people. You may be able to trace your lineage back to the American Revolution, which will qualify you to join groups like the Daughters of the American Revolution. You’ll never know until you find out who your ancestors are.

The truth is that tracing your heritage and family history is going to be fascinating, and it will be very similar to doing an incredibly interesting puzzle.

You will be able to trace your family back a couple of generations easily, but then it’s going to take a bit of sleuthing and researching work in order to find out more.

It will be an amazing way for you to find out more about where you come from, and you may just be surprised at what you find when you put the pieces of your family’s puzzle together!

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Don’t know what type of family tree you want to use? Take a look at the types on the A Printable Blank Family Tree page!

Interested in tracing your family tree? There’s something you need to know, and the Blank Family Trees page will help you find out just what that is!

Not sure of where to start looking for your family history? Check out the Family Tree Chart page for some good starting place!

The Family Tree Forms page can give you some great ideas of how you can make your family tree easily and quickly!

If you don’t know how to use templates to make your family tree, check out the Family Tree Charts page for some simple pointers!

There are many tools that you can use for your family tree research, and the Free Family Tree Template page will help you learn about a few of them!

Want to know how to fill in the information in your family tree? The Free Family Tree Forms page will give you all the tips you need to make filling out you chart easy and quick!

You can learn how to make your family tree chart just the way you like it on the Make A Family Tree page!

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