Have you done a family tree or ancestry.com?

AviatorJJ

If you have done a family tree did you buy a program to do it on? Does ancestry .com offer one? I have all this info about my family but I need an orderly way to write it all down. Thanks!

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I just did mine on paper.  It got very confusing!  I used ancestry.com a bit and I'm pretty sure it has that feature, I had just already started mine on paper and had no idea it would get so big.

AnnapolisLari

I started on Ancestry, but quickly moved to Family Tree Maker software. It works with Ancestry, but has all kinds of tracking and reporting options. Totally worth it.

littlemermaid

We just did this past year since my son needed it for one of his classes.  I used Ancestry.com and I also made one using an Excel spreadsheet.

Emiliana7

I use "My heritage Family tree builder" just the free version. I hope to get to upgrade to the paid version and also get an ancestry.com membership one day (gotta get out of debt first).

I use alot of free places- but you do have to be wary if its just info out there laying around the web- it may not be right.

Check your library, or the library near where your family is from. Through my library I get access to census records (that are released)- easy to search too- not sure what extra ancestry.com would offer though.

if you happen to have any WV connections they have a great site wvculture.org- lots of info and also a place to search birth death and marriage certs.

In my database, I've input over 1800 people and still have hundreds more to do that I know of currently, just need the time to input. So it can become a huge project.

AnnapolisLari

I don't have a constant Ancestry membership.

I started with the 2 week free trial and then quit. About 6 months later I paid for a month to get the new info and then quit again. I usually pay for a month every 6-9 months.