How I did it: When my grandmother passed away, direct families as well as distant ones, attended the funeral.

That's when my dad introduced me to our relatives and I took note of their names, etc. I started asking more, too.

Meanwhile, my brother had already opened an account in a family tree website (which was very helpful!), so we let our relatives know about this and posted up everyone's details!

From there, the branches grew and even though you can never really complete your family tree, it's huge now and it's always humbling when you think about how we are all part of a big connection.

Lessons & tips: Attend family gatherings, and mingle with your relatives - distant ones, too. Have someone to guide you through it.

Let them know that you are interested in making a family tree.

Also, find a good website, which can hold all the details. Family tree websites help a lot, as to be a member, you have to put in everyone's emails. So everyone is in the know of any updates on the family tree. Plus, it serves as a contact book and birthday reminder!

Resources: I used MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com) to store all my family details/names. It was very helpful!

Mar 28, 03:38PM PDT | 1 comment | 1 cheer