These blank family tree charts will help you to hand-record your family history - great for class handouts. These can be used to create a family tree diagram for simple 4-generation family tree project, or you can cross-reference multiple family tree sheets for larger projects.
If you want to save your work, we'd strongly recommend that you use our Free Family Tree Template or some other family tree software see some of the resources below. Description : This family tree chart template for Excel and Word allows you to easily insert photos from your computer. The tree looks great with photos added. In case it's not obvious, you start with yourself at the base of the tree, enter your parents in the two spaces in the upper part of the trunk, and work up the branches from there to list grandparents and great-grandparents.
Description : For my own research, I wanted to see more than just 4 generations on a single page. Almost all other 6-generation family tree templates that I've seen make the space for the names way too small and wasted a lost of space on the left side of the page. This is the new design we came up with and it works great for showing 6 generations.
It prints in portrait orientation. License : Personal Use not for distribution or resale. These Excel-based Family Tree Templates are great for creating multi-generational family tree pedigree charts. The Excel workbook contains 2 different styles and orientations. See the screenshots on the right.
It also includes the blank family tree charts used to create the PDF's listed above and the example Kennedy Family Tree shown below. This is an example of a four generation family tree based on John F.
Kennedy and family, created using the family tree template. Blank Family Tree Chart Portrait. Blank Family Tree Chart Landscape. Screenshots: 1 2.
Excel Landscape Portrait. Our Blank Family Tree Chart Template is not a plain document, but has the basic parameters drawn and asked you to fill in your details. However, you need not stick to the same format. If you know the location of an ancestor's birth, marriage, or death, begin with those counties to request basic records. While you're there, search land records deeds , court cases, and tax rolls. Court filings that can be helpful in a genealogy search include adoption, guardianship, and probate records.
The federal income tax was introduced not long after the Civil War, and those records may also contain valuable information to help you flesh out your family history. Census records become available to the public after 72 years. For instance, in , the census became public record. Such documents are available from the National Archives, and the institution advises people to start with the most recent census and work backward. Sites such as Ancestry.
Otherwise, you'll have to find the exact page your ancestors appear on, and since the census takers went street by street collecting data, the information is not alphabetical order. To find actual records through the National Archives site, you need to know where your ancestors lived at the time the census was taken. Even if you think you know the exact address, you might be faced with sifting through pages and pages filled with hard-to-decipher handwriting to find their names.
When searching a genealogy database indexed by name, don't be afraid to try multiple spellings, and don't fill in every search parameter box. Variations can help you find what you're looking for.
For instance, check nicknames, especially when hunting for children named after a parent: James may lead you to Jim, Robert to Bob, and so forth. Those, of course, are the easy ones. Onomastics is the study of names and you might have to do a little research in this area. While Peggy is a common name, not everyone knows that it's a diminutive of Margaret.
Another variation to be on the lookout are names tied to a specific religion or ethnicity—especially those that rely on a different alphabet such as Hebrew, Chinese, or Russian or pronunciation such as Gaelic. Genealogy can be a lifelong pursuit when handed down among families. Having the information you've collected and the sources you've already consulted organized saves time by eliminating duplicate research. Keep lists as to whom you've written for information, what links you've searched for which ancestors, and any other pertinent information.
Even knowing what turned out to be dead ends may prove useful down the road. Keeping track of detailed data for each ancestor on separate pages can also be helpful. Family tree documents are great for at-a-glance information but don't offer enough room for all the stories you're bound to gather.
Two of the following documents are interactive which will allow you to type information in the fields online before saving it locally to your computer or sending the updated document to family members.
The advantage here is that typed entries are neater than those of the hand-written variety, plus they are editable should you find more information and need to correct or update them.
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