Creating a family tree is a wonderful way to share your history with your children and other loved ones. Many people choose to create family trees when they welcome a new baby to the home. This is a fun addition for their scrapbook as it teaches your children where they are in the family history and they can research their ancestors a little bit. To help leave a legacy for your children, consider building a family tree online.
There are several websites you can use to build a family tree online and share your history with your loved ones. Having all of your family information located on one page will make it much easier to find when you need to do a search if you are planning to make large or small family trees and to research information about your different loved ones. Each online family tree website is different and they all have different tools, some of which may be free while other sites will charge for using the site.
FamilySearch.org
A great website to use when you are just getting started with your family history is FamilySearch.org. This website allows you to research your relatives and you may find other members of your family have already gone in and done a lot of the research and hard work for you. Using the information from this site, you can then create your own artistic family tree to share with your loved ones. FamilySearch.org is free to use and it is easy to use.
MyHeritage.com
Another great website to use to build an online family tree is MyHeritage.com. This website costs about $9.95 a month to use but you can create your own profile and open it to your loved ones so they can log in and see how your family tree is shaping up. Keeping your information private is a great way to make sure only your loved ones can see it. If you don’t set it to private, MyHeritage.com will automatically set it to be public and anyone can gain access to your family history. To build a family tree, you will need to download the family tree building software where you can organize the information and upload pictures to make the website a little more interactive and meaningful for you and your loved ones. Building an interactive family tree like this is a wonderful way to keep your family history information safe as you don’t run the risk of losing it if your home is in a fire. You can access your family tree at any time and from any computer in the world as long as you have your password and user name information.
TribalPages.com
Similar tot MyHeritage.com, this website provides you with the opportunity to create your own family tree online. There is a basic membership that you can sign up for and it is free to use and will provide you with an introduction to the website so you can determine if you like the site. After you have been using the website for awhile and you find that you like it, you can upgrade your membership and it will cost you about $4.00 a month to hold a monthly membership. With TribalPages.com, you are able to upload pictures and customize your family tree so it reflects your design preferences. Your family members can also gain access to your family tree to view it online but they are not permitted to make changes unless you give them access and they create an account with the site. It’s a simple way to create a unique family tree instead of always opting for a paper family tree to share.
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