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!

out on a limb

TREE TALK • Readers’ favorite family finds

everything’s relative

Springing into Family History • Lisa Louise Cooke’s favorite family history books, tips, tools and hot spots.

To Your Health!

Kids’ Schoolwork

Double the Reward • A woman launches a genetic genealogy search for her grandfather—and discovers a nephew, too.

YOUR TURN

branching out

Behind the GOLDEN DOOR • Millions of our ancestors arrived at Ellis Island with everything they owned and their hopes for a better life. Our photo tour lets you follow in their footsteps.

Timeline

Heirloom Handoff • Passing on a houseful of family treasures to the next generation isn’t always a simple matter. Here’s how to work through that transition—and what to do if no one wants the stuff.

STATE GUIDE ARKANSAS

STATE GUIDE MICHIGAN

DNA DIRECTION • Not sure what to do now that you have your DNA test results? We’ll outline three “next steps” to help you use your results to make new genealogy discoveries.

HOLES in HISTORY • Major, record-destroying fires have likely impacted your ancestry search. We’ll help you raise your family tree from the ashes of these disasters.

LINKS in a CHAIN • Meet the journalist who’s bringing genealogy out of the past and into current events.

CHAIN MIGRATION

tree tips

NOW WHAT?

Gathering Together • Can clues in this group portrait help identify the people shown?

WHAT’S NEW

HOW TO Load a Microfilm Reader

ROUNDUP 6 Websites for Memorializing Loved Ones

WEBSITE The New Find A Grave

Related Multiple Ways

the rest is history