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From the lens Genealogy...Creating an Awesome Family Tree.

  • poddys Mar 11, 2012 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    My wife and I both use Legacy Family Tree. It's free, although there is a paid version with more features, but you can do pretty much anything with it. The other useful thing is to find forums and genealogy sites where there is an active membership. Debbie and I met via Rootschat, which is a UK based site that has helpful members who will help you out and even do research for you.

    If not for Squidoo, we would probably be working on our family histories now, instead of spending all our time on creating lenses.
  • pkmcr Sep 12, 2010 @ 10:34 am | delete
    Very straightforward and well organised advice for anyone getting involved in one of my great passions which is of course Genealogy! Blessed by a passing Squid Angel :-)
  • Apr 6, 2009 @ 5:33 pm | delete
    Great lens! The tip on using SquidWho to create a kind of online family tree was especially interesting.

    Stephanie at the Research Your Family Tree lens-stop by and see us!
  • mrscookie Apr 3, 2009 @ 1:33 pm | delete
    My own family history has taken up hours upon hours of research and I've loved every minute. It is amazing what you can find out and most people will tell you that they are incredibily proud of their ancestors no matter who they were.

    Take a look at my family history lens for advice on genealogy websites and how to avoid making mistakes.

    http://www.squidoo.com/family-history-uk
  • Robin_Forlonge_Patterson Mar 12, 2009 @ 10:13 pm | delete
    Good lens. But I disagree with the position of Step 1 - your relatives may be dead if you look for a program first. Move that step down!!

    Under "Genealogy Software", you should list some free programs as well as the commercial ones. PAF and the Standard Edition of Legacy are totally free.

    Another place to record research, publicly and collaboratively, and maybe to find a relative among the 28,000 articles, is the Genealogy Wikia. I've written a high-ranked introductory lens about that member of the Wikia group of communities.

    Happy hunting!
  • jooloo Oct 22, 2008 @ 3:56 am | delete
    Nice lens. I'm glad to see Legacy up there with Family Tree. It's hard to condense all this into a lens, isn't it. jooloo
  • d-artist Sep 2, 2008 @ 12:26 pm | delete
    nice lens, great links...I enjoy doing my genealogy eventhough i have no relatives left to help...5*s
  • rcsheehan Aug 20, 2008 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I'm old and lazy, but I intend to email your lense to all my family members.
    My sister has two genealogy sites. I don't remember herURLs just now, but you can get to hers from mine: http://isness-primordial.blogspot.com
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Aug 1, 2008 @ 5:32 am | delete
    Great information. Especially tip #4. Who would have thought that googling your name could get a source for this? But now that you mention it, it makes sense. There are Arrowsmiths, Byrds and Parrs who have already done some of the work!

    Would love to hear if you have uncovered any family legends in your search!
  • blue22d May 26, 2008 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    Nice lens. Excellent links. If you get a moment, stop by and visit my Family Genealogy Scout. Thanks.
  • LilMizMo Apr 9, 2008 @ 6:14 am | delete
    Excellent lens, full of great resources. You are welcome to share your thoughts and findings at our new genealogy community at http://bowiebiz.com/genealogy
  • familyman1 Jan 19, 2008 @ 1:19 pm | delete
    just been brousing around the squidoo site & coming across some vey interesting site based on what i am trying to achive.yet again a very interesting site
  • LeeD Sep 15, 2007 @ 6:08 pm | delete
    Great resources! I found out some of my my ancestors were tried for witchcraft when researched my family tree. Check out my lens - how to make a family tree.
  • jackclee Feb 27, 2007 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    I also recommend www.tribalpages.com for an online family tree maker. It is pretty easy to use and it can be exported to standard GED format.

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