Probably, it will not be wrong to believe that every person at a certain stage of his life begins to be interested in the history of his family. Despite the fact that now few people know something about their distant relatives, interest in family ties is starting to grow noticeably. It is even becoming fashionable to create pedigrees today, as a result of which there is a huge number of TV shows about the history of surnames, as well as agencies and Internet sites that are ready to help everyone who wants to restore the history of their family.
Instructions
Step 1
But is it necessary to turn to the services of companies in order to draw up your family tree, because their work, of course, will not be free, and at the same time there are no guarantees that as a result you will receive a true genealogical tree of your family? Of course, you can do it yourself, especially since this activity is really interesting.
Step 2
So you've decided to create your own pedigree. Where to start? First of all, of course, it is better to turn to the oldest relatives, because who, however they may be, will be able to tell you about all family ties and relationships.
In addition, when drawing up a pedigree, it will be useful to study old family photos, documents and letters, from which you can learn a lot of interesting things.
Step 3
You can organize all the information received about relatives with the help of a family tree - a scheme consisting of rectangles or circles with the names of relatives, interconnected in accordance with family ties. you can start the tree with the oldest ancestors known to you, gradually moving from them to younger generations, but, most likely, it will be more convenient to restore family ties, starting with yourself and moving to your parents, grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
Since you won't be able to fit all the information received on the family tree, and it's a pity to lose it, you can create individual cards for each of the relatives included in the diagram.
Step 4
The more time you devote to creating your family tree, the larger your family tree will become, the clearer all the family ties between your family members will become for you. The resulting scheme, together with individual cards, you can beautifully design and place in the family archive, so that your children and grandchildren continue compiling the pedigree.
