And your family tree is the skeleton around which the body of your family's history is wrapped.
So, creating your family tree is one of the key building blocks in preparing to record your life story or in helping a loved one prepare to tell their story.
Here are a few good, downloadable and free family tree templates.
1. This family tree template from Ancestry.com is good because it doesn't define the starting point – it could be you, your grandchild or your great-grandparent.
2. Family Search has some good-looking family tree templates that kids will enjoy. They start from you, building up and back through the generations - an excellent way for children to see how they are connected to wider family. Most do not provide space for siblings, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc.
3. More comprehensive, is this Eight Generation Family Tree from Family Tree Templates. It puts you at the centre and lets you document back to your Great-Great-Grandparents and forward to your Great-Grandchildren.
Your family tree is just the beginning. It points to all the precious and unique life stories of your family members. Stories that are part of your story, and part of the story of your children and their descendants.
Make sure those stories are not lost. We here at Living Legacy would love to help you create a Living Legacy Video Biography of your life story or the life story of a loved one - a treasured heirloom to enrich future generations.
