Question/answer » What use is a family tree to me if I am not a researcher myself?

You do not have to be a researcher to get something out of a family tree. Has someone in your family worked out the family tree? Then it is valuable for you too.

Memories that last

A family tree contains your late parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. With dates, places, and often with photos and stories. It is a place where you find them again. And where your children can later see who their ancestors were.

Answers to family questions

  • Where does our family name come from?
  • Why did grandpa live in a different village than his parents?
  • Is the story true that there was a miller in the family?
  • How exactly am I related to that second cousin?

A family tree gives those answers, with sources.

History becomes real

A family tree on Genealogy Online shows on a map where your family lived. For every ancestor you see what happened in those days. Suddenly history becomes your own history.

New family

Through a family tree you sometimes find relatives you did not know. A second cousin in Canada, a branch of the family in another province. That often starts with a short message to the researcher.

You can contribute

Do you have old photos, a marriage booklet or a story your grandmother told? The researcher in your family will be glad to have them. That way the family tree becomes more complete and your items are preserved. Have a look at the image bank to see how photos and documents end up in a family tree.


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