Start with your immediate family

You, your parents, siblings and grandparents or great-grandparents, if they are still alive, will be the starting point for gathering information to build the foundation for your family tree. Many genealogy web sites offer free family tree/relationship charts that you can download and print. Get one here at: www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html

You can also make one yourself very easily. It doesn’t have to be fancy or elaborate. A simple chart will be sufficient. Try and locate vital records such as birth, death, marriage, divorce and baptism certificates, or any other legal records that could supply you with conclusive information about your family. Most states have vital record archives where you can obtain this information.

Names, dates and places

These are very important elements that will need to be recorded during your research. Bible records are often the only source of this type of information so be sure to check those as well.

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