Family Tree

Family Tree Magazine will help point the way toward the best research tools and practices to trace your family's history. Each issue includes tips on locating, collecting, and preserving photos, letters, diaries, church and government records, and other documentation, plus fun articles about creating scrapbooks, organizing family reunions, and vacation ideas that combine history with leisure!

Family Tree

out on a limb

TREE TALK • We asked about your favorite time and place to research. Here’s how you responded.

Ancestry.com Pro Tools • New Family Tree Tools, Subscription Add-on

EXTREMEGENES ENDS WEEKLY SHOW

ORIGINAL UK WILLS IN DANGER

New Features at MyHeritage

Re-Discovering Memories

Sister, Sister

FOREST FOR THE TREES • Where should you “plant” your family tree? This roundup of 18 online tree options will help you find the best website for your research.

The Next Steps • DNA tests can lead to surprising discoveries about your genetic family. Follow this first-hand advice for navigating your emotions and deciding what to do next.

KISSING COUSINS • Learn a history of cousin marriage (once a common practice in many cultures), and what it means for your research.

NEW YORK

WYOMING

Find Your U.S. Ancestors

MAY the ROAD RISE to MEET YOU • Make your own good fortune with expert tips for scaling brick walls in your Irish genealogy research.

Where in the World? • If your ancestors hail from a place for which there aren’t many reliable genealogy guides, you’ll love these resources for building your own.

treetips

Copy That • Details in this image suggest the original was taken decades earlier.

Estate Records

Building a Family Tree at Geni • Geni  is the world’s second-largest collaborative family tree website, with millions of ancestral profiles added each year. Are your relatives among them? Owned by MyHeritage, Geni has a worldwide reach and is available in many languages. See what the site can offer you—either as a resource for finding family, or a place for storing your research.

Saving Hair Keepsakes

treetips NOW WHAT?

Help Resources at the Big Genealogy Websites

Y-DNA and Surnames

Online FamilyTreeTracker • Make notes about where you’ve published your research online.

ANCESTRYDNA

THE BASICS OF GENETIC GENEALOGY

ETHNICITY ESTIMATES (ORIGINS) • AncestryDNA’s Origins report is perhaps its most widely marketed feature, attracting even non-genealogists. Learn how to interpret your results, why they change, and how you can use them in your research.

DNA MATCHES • The other major feature of AncestryDNA’s results are DNA matches: other test takers that AncestryDNA has determined you share DNA with.

OTHER DNA TOOLS

ANCESTRYDNA TIPS