Family Tree

Family Tree Magazine will help point the way toward the best research tools and practices to trace your family's history. Each issue includes tips on locating, collecting, and preserving photos, letters, diaries, church and government records, and other documentation, plus fun articles about creating scrapbooks, organizing family reunions, and vacation ideas that combine history with leisure!

Family Tree

out on a limb

Letters to the Editor

Web Highlight: What’s in a (Papal) Name?

Viewpoint: Tear Down That ‘Brick Wall’ • Re-imagine your research problems, then solve them in three steps.

Take your research to the next level!

23andMe Declares Bankruptcy • COMPANY SEEKS NEW OWNER THROUGH CHAPTER 11 LITIGATION

SOFTWARE RELEASE: FAMILY TREE MAKER 2024

Budget Cuts Threaten Libraries, Archives

AMERICAN ANCESTORS OPENS GENEALOGY CENTER

NEW EDITOR FOR NGS MAGAZINE

Military Honors

Passion Project • Love blooms as two genealogists research their families’ shared past.

TO BOLDLY GO • Embrace the future of technology while honoring the past with these interstellar 101 Best Genealogy Websites.

The Best “Non-Genealogy” Websites

SIGNS of LIFE • Has your search for birth, death and marriage records flatlined? Re-energize your efforts with these strategies for accessing vital records.

CALIFORNIA

OHIO

Find Your U.S. Ancestors

America the Beautiful • This guide to US genealogy—plus a list of the 75 Best State Genealogy Websites—will help you find your ancestors from sea to shining sea.

75 Best State Genealogy Websites

book report • Self-publishing services make it easier than ever to make your own family history book. Here’s how.

treetips

Clues Up Your Sleeve • Hair and clothing styles home in on a time period in a studio photograph.

Fraternal Records

At a Glance: Fraternal Membership Card

Using the FamilySearch Catalogs

Saving Diaries, Calendars and Planners

NOW WHAT?

Using Record Hints

DNA Q&A Changing Ethnicity Estimates

ORGANIZING GENEALOGY • How to Sort Files, Plan Research, & Track Your Findings