{"id":79567,"date":"2021-07-29T09:27:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T13:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=79567"},"modified":"2021-07-30T08:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:10:21","slug":"starting-your-family-tree-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/starting-your-family-tree-part-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"Starting Your Family Tree, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Jessica Edwards continues her three-part series giving tips how to start and maintain your family tree, and shows some free family history forms she downloaded from the internet. Jessica has had a lifelong interest in her family\u2019s history \u2013 especially on her father\u2019s side, which goes back to the first settlers in Pennsylvania, Jamestown and New England \u2013 and has documented and added more than 21,000 people to her family tree!<\/em><\/p>\n

If you decide to go the \u201cpaper route\u201d with your family tree, two types of forms that are really helpful in organizing the research you are doing for your family history are called \u201cFamily Group Sheets\u201d and \u201cPedigree Charts.\u201d Your local genealogy society might have physical copies for you to use. Alternatively, you can download free copies of these forms on the internet.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in Part I of this article, there are a variety of free family history forms (including family tree templates) available to download. If you Google the phrase \u201cfree family history forms,\u201d you will get about 1.5 billion returns!<\/p>\n

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Here in Part II, I\u2019m going to show you a few examples of the free forms I found with that simple Google search. There are many, many others; do this search yourself, look the forms over, and choose whichever forms you like the best. [A word of warning: be careful in clicking on links for a site you\u2019re not familiar with; some links may expose your computer to viruses and malware SO BE CAREFUL on where you choose to go. Examine a site carefully to make sure it\u2019s legitimate before downloading anything from it. Talk to some of your friends who enjoy genealogy and see what they have found.]<\/p>\n

Here are two reputable links for free downloadable family history forms:<\/p>\n