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!

Family Tree

out on a limb

TREE TALK • We asked you to share your favorite genealogy website. Here’s how you responded.

everything’s relative

Back to (Genealogy) School

Paper Pushers

Reading the Good Book

Website Account Tracker • Keep all your usernames and passwords in one place.

Archiving Diaries and Journals

branching out

SEEING 20/20 • See your ancestors more clearly with our 20th annual list of the 101 Best Genealogy Websites.

Pinching Pennies • Young or old, new or veteran researcher, most of us work with limited resources. Stay under budget with these tips.

Research Trip Budget Worksheet

FAST FACTS

STATE GUIDE MONTANA

timeline

TOOLKIT

FAST FACTS

STATE GUIDE TENNESSEE

timeline

TOOLKIT

PARDON YOUR FRENCH • Brush up on your Français with this in-depth guide to genealogy records from la République.

French Genealogy Toolkit

LUCKY 13 • Set yourself up for research success with these 13 tips for using the free megasite FamilySearch.org.

FamilySearch Quick Links

Making Peace with the Past • Many family historians grapple with troubling truths revealed by DNA or documentary evidence. Here’s what some have discovered—and what they’re doing about it.

How to Handle Family History Surprises

Tales of Discovery

tree tips

1939 Register for England & Wales

NOW WHAT?

GEDmatch Rolls Out New Interface

Create a Family Photo Card

Writing Life Stories

New Ancestry Tool: MyTreeTags

Ethnicity Estimates

the rest is history