Who has traced their family tree and how do you go about doing it?

Answer 1

I have.

http://www.tedpack.org/genhead.html

and the pages below it have more than you want to know about it.

Answer 2

I have traced my family tree; along some "branches" the tree goes back as much as 30 generations. To start, I would get a good program that helps you keep track of all your family members. The Mormon Church has a very good inexpensive one called Personal Ancestral File that's available for free download (I'm not Mormon, by the way); there are lots of others, but this is a good, intuitive program that's excellent for beginners.

Once you have the program, start to fill in what you know about yourself, your parents, and grandparents. Talk to living persons in your family about what they remember - you'd be surprised at how many clues you can get from ordinary recollections. Once you've gotten what you can from living persons, it's time to go online to various sites that offer ways for researchers to "meet" and share information. I'm including some web sites for you to check out below; as I said, I'm not affiliated with any group who does this, whether for money or for religious purposes - I just think it's interesting.

I've learned a LOT about US and European history in the course of my research; just be warned - it's an addictive hobby ;-)

Answer 3

I got lucky. I plugged in some of my family names into FamilySearch and Ancestry and the pedigree charts just popped up. Try census records, birth and death records. Go to the local genealogy library at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and they will help you get started.

Answer 4

I hate to reference them but the LDS (Mormons) have a vast information on geneology. Thier local churches usually have a genealogy lab you can use. They also have some good products on thier website (lds.org).

Answer 5

google a genealogy site or try your births deaths and marriages office