Getting started building your family tree: Difference between revisions

Even a few years ago, people who wanted to begin their family trees started with nicely sharpened lead pencils and a little stack of "Family Group Sheets".&nbsp; This method was useful in organizing the information that they already had in their possession but it did nothing to help them in their search for new information. To find new information they utilized tools such as pens, papers, and letters mailed to different state and county entities seeking records on their long dead ancestors. It was a lonely and solitary pursuit that was often unfruitful and frequently involved travel to libraries and county seats. None of us who were industriously filing hard copies of documents into binders and completing family group sheets dreamed of the future that lay waiting for genealogists the world over.<br>