Build Your Family Tree

After you have enough information about your ancestry, maintaining the same is difficult. You need to sort it down for proper reference. This sorting of the information in the form of a tree is called a Family Tree. It is the representation of our ancestry in the form of a tree/chart. Family Trees are also called as Pedigree Charts.

The main aim of a family tree is to show the connection between different members of a family. A well-charted family tree should include individuals with their names, occupations and places of residence if available. The relation they share, like marriage must name the links connecting different family members.

An example of a family tree:


                                            8.  Great-grandfather 

                    4. Paternal grandfather-|

                    |                       9.  Great-grandmother

         2. Father--|

         |          |                       10. Great-grandfather

         |          5. Paternal grandmother-|

         |                                  11. Great-grandmother

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1. Person-|

         |

         |                                  12. Great-grandfather

         |          6. Maternal grandfather-|

         |          |                       13. Great-grandmother

         3. Mother--|

                    |                       14. Great-grandfather

                    7. Maternal grandmother-|

                                            15. Great-grandmother

Some of the programs available that allow you to build your family tree are:

Family Tree Maker
Family Tree Legend
Agelong Tree
Ancestry Family Tree
Cumberland Family Tree for Windows
DoroTree
Ezitree
Family Tree Builder
Family Tree Detective
Family Trees Quick and Easy
Famtree
Genius Family Tree
GenTree
MacFamilyTree
Simple Family Tree
The Times Family Tree

Some online Family tree programs are:

Family Tree Drillet
Family Tree Guide
GeneoTree
MyTrees Online
OneFamilyTree
Online Family Tree
Treefic
TreeShare