Family Tree

Family Tree Magazine will help point the way toward the best research tools and practices to trace your family's history. Each issue includes tips on locating, collecting, and preserving photos, letters, diaries, church and government records, and other documentation, plus fun articles about creating scrapbooks, organizing family reunions, and vacation ideas that combine history with leisure!

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Working the Web

The CLASS of 2018 • With genetic genealogy testing now in its late adolescence, these five autosomal DNA tests are making the grade with millions of consumers. Here’s why each one may be worth your while.

23andMe

AncestryDNA

Family Tree DNA

MyHeritage DNA

Living DNA

ON YOUR MARK • Not getting the results you want on Ancestry.com ? Our close look at the site’s search options will help you refocus those off-target searches to find your ancestors’ records.

ONLINE SEARCH PROBLEMS (and How to Solve Them)

YOUR FOREVER FAMILY TREE • Follow our 34 tips to find ancestors and preserve your family tree forever at FamilySearch.

NEW & NOW • Thanks to new digitization and transcription projects, here are seven online records to look for today.

Should You Take the Hint? • Hints in your online family tree make it easy to find new genealogy records about your ancestors. But are those records about the right folks? Our answers to 12 common questions will help you make the right call.

Moving Along • Nowadays, the web is where to look for your ancestors’ immigration records. Start your searches for ships’ passenger lists and other documents at these 15 websites.

FREE PRESS • Extra! Extra! Read all about your ancestors in these free, online historical newspapers. We’ll show you the best resources for finding free digital newspapers, and how to use them.

Picture Perfection • Step into your ancestors’ world with the historical photos in these 22 online databases.

Do Your SHARE • You’ve started discovering your family history—now it’s time to share it. These 10 top tech tools will help you tell your family story in engaging ways.

CALLS to ORDER • End family collection chaos! These seven tech tools help you turn your archive of old photos, papers and artifacts into an organized research resource.