Start your family tree week
Start your Genes family tree – in a week!
26th December – 1st January is Start Your Family Tree Week
Printable Charts
Getting started
Competition
26 Dec
It’s Boxing Day, a time when many families get together. Make the most of it and ask your relatives as many questions as you can about your family. Fill in the gaps in these charts. Maybe they’ll have photos, letters and other documents they could share with you.
27 Dec
Start adding the names you have been gathering to our improved tree builder. It’s free and easy to use. You only need to know a name and you can add the other details later on. We’ll help you by offering both tree and records matches against the names you’ve added.
28 Dec
As your tree grows sign up for our Hot Matches email. We will match the names in your tree with the same names added to over 12 million trees on the site. You can send the tree owner a message and share information.
29 Dec
We have made some great improvements to our message centre. You can now send attachments to other members such as photos and documents. It’s an easy way to share information with each other!
30 Dec
Over the last year we have added many more records to our collection, including 35 million Parish records, Travel Records and Military Records. Take a look at them and see if you can find out more about your family’s past.
31 Dec
Our birth, marriage and death records are all indexed. When you search for a name we only show you the exact matches and possible spouse matches. You can order a copy of the certificate to verify your research.
1 Jan
Are there some parts of your tree where you’re really stuck? Then visit our thriving community and ask for help. There’s also a lot of activity and fun competitions on our Facebook and Twitter Come and join in the conversation!
2012
Make it your New Year's resolution to carry on researching your family history - imagine what you’ll be able to show your family next year!
