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How do i make a family tree on the internet?


i have all my info. i just need a website where i can put it all together. not kidspiration.
thx!


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The best way I know for you to learn about your roots is to:

Build your family tree on line.
You can use a paid site like:
http://www.ancestry.com/

OR You can do this for free on:

http://www.tribalpages.com/

Start with yourself, and then attach living family members.
Find out all you can about you family from living members, then attach it to your tree.
Now it is time to look for historical records and attach the info to your tree:

It is ALL about census records, and other historical records!

You might get lucky and others may have done some work on your family tree. Google family members names i.e. "Mary Smith" + "family tree"

Free sites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.findagrave.com/

Genealogy message board:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/messageboards/newgu...

http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx...

http://boards.ancestry.com/

http://www.gensource.com/common/search.c...

http://messages.yahoo.com/yahoo/family__...

http://genforum.genealogy.com/

http://www.genealogyforum.com/messages/...

http://www.progenealogists.com/messagebo...

http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/b...

http://boards.rootsweb.com/

ECT.
The time may come when you want more information than you can find for free. When this happens you can back up your "tribalpage" tree to your computer on a "GEDCOM" file
you can then go to (I think it is the best subscription site)

http://www.ancestry.com/

Upload your "GEDCOM" file
and start to work!
You might need to make a few adjustments to your tree to make it look better. Source(s):
z You can try rootsweb.com or make a disk and send it to LDS to put on familysearch.org. There are a lot of sites out there so you really need to decide do you want to make people pay for it? if so, you can use myfamily.com, genealogy.com or ancestry.com. If you want it to be free to everyone I would use rootsweb.com. If you just want your family to see it you could put it on myspace. Just make sure you don't list any living people to protect them from identify theft. Never list living people online no matter what site you use.

Are you sure you want to put it online or are you just needing software to put it in your computer. Most people download a program called PAF for free or buy one, and enter their data into their PC. I bought Roots Magic, but Family Tree Maker is very popular. That gives you lots of flexibility. Ancestry will let you build one on-line:

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/startped.as...

Write if you'd like links for PAF, FTM or RM. I would do the tribal pages. They are free and the site is awesome. You can add pictures. It is really cool trust me:) Check it out. I know you will like it. The others charge. www.tribalpages.com



This yahoo answer was provide by a free genealogy yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genealogyc...

If you need any more help in your genealogy just join our group and post and we will be happy to help you in your search. Not sure if we can help you but we are about 75 percent on target. 100% in helping you with links and wisdom to help you. A free site to place your tree (and share with your family and relatives) is:

http://www.geni.com/ Try genebase.com or ancestry.com they are the best.