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Question: What is meant by Genealogy!? Draw achart indicating tree tips!?
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Genealogy is the study of ones family history!. There is far more to genealogy than charts I'm afraid!.
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Get a large sheet of paper and put your name and any sibling across the bottom!.
Draw a line up from yourself to your parents, say, your name is Fred
Smith!.
31Jan1995
St!.Georges, London
John Smith = Jane Jones
b!. !? [ b!. !?
where !? [ where !?
Fred Smith
b!. 01Jan1996
Hammersmith, London

Repeat this upwards for each of your parents so that you can display your grandparents' details!.
You can add other info, such as date and place of baptisms, jobs, dates of death, where buried, if there a Memorial Inscription, etc!.
Unfortunately, I can't display this accurately, your line should go to the plus sign!.
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familysearch!.org is a free site!.
Simply register and follow the easy instructions for creating your family tree!.
They have free charts, which you can print, for paper copies of your research!.
You will need a blank, formatted CD, to store your research on, as familysearch!.com does not store your tree on-line!.

There are too many different types of charts to draw one of each here!.
I prefer the lateral ancestral chart, and occassionally, the descending outline tree, depending on the amount of info I need to record and the purpose of the tree!.

Find one that works for you and enjoy "filling in the blanks "!.

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Trees and/or charts depending on how you use the terms, are tools used to visually display names and possibly some basic facts related to a family!. Most trees only show an individual and several generations of their direct ancestors, which is why many genealogists prefer to use reports that can include far more data, including siblings, adoptions, steps, etc!. Some people go more of a family history route, augmenting their reports with multimedia - photos, news clippings, video or sound clips, etc!. that show more of their ancestors lives!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The family tree chart is easy!. You should be able to download one for free on line!. It is self explanatory!. Yes the family tree and genealogy is your ancestors!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Genealogy is the study of one's ancestry, not necessarily the chart you can make!.Www@QuestionHome@Com