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!

out on a limb

Family Tree

Letters to the Editor

Web Highlight: RootsTech from Home • A Tutorial for the RootsTech On-Demand Library

Behind the Scenes: Family Tree at RootsTech

5 QUESTIONS with: Linda Simpson - Director, Stories Behind the Stars

New Tools from the Big Sites • Highlights from before and during RootsTech

TURNOVER AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

IRELAND PREPS 1926 CENSUS

Waves of History

Home Again • Returning to an ancestral homeland helps one woman better understand her family—and herself.

RAISING the FLAG • Research your family members who fought in World War II in these five key records.

Falling in at Fold3

CASE STUDY: Dad and Uncle Art

Full Force • Dive into unindexed records with FamilySearch’s full-text search.

Found in Translation • Learn how online tools—from word lists to chatbots—can help you decipher foreign-language records.

KENTUCKY

PUERTO RICO

Find Your U.S. Ancestors

Reunion Ready • Whether you’re planning for first reunion or your 50th, these seven steps (plus a detailed checklist) will help.

Your Reunion-Planning Checklist • Note: The deadlines listed here are estimates. Find a downloadable version at <www.familytreemagazine.com/freebie/free-family-reunion-checklist>.

speaking softly • Navigate hard-to-talk-about subjects in family history interviews with these tips from journalists and other storytellers.

treetips

Tip of the Hat • Quirky props and dapper hats might help identify a man in this group photo.

Gazetteers

Locating Tombstones at Find a Grave • The free website Find a Grave <www.findagrave.com> is home to more than 250 million gravestone memorials around the world—and it keeps growing. Over a million contributors have crowdsourced new listings, updates, corrections and photos. Find a Grave is powered by Ancestry.com, which acquired the site in 2013 and redesigned it in 2018.

Preserving Old Photo Albums

NOW WHAT? • Q My father-inlaw, Alexios Letsos, was born in the village of Nestani, Greece. How can I find records there?

Researching US Military Service

Ancestry Pro Tools

MYHERITAGE • How to Find Records, Build Trees & More

MYHERITAGE BASICS

SEARCHING MYHERITAGE RECORDS

KEY RECORD COLLECTIONS

ANALYZING MYHERITAGE DNA MATCHES

9 FREE THINGS TO DO ON MYHERITAGE

Timeline

RESOURCES