Making a family tree requires that you study and trace your family pedigree. You will be required to collect names of family members, living and deceased, connecting with relatives who are primary, secondary or related by circumstantial evidence thus allowing you to build a cohesive family tree. It requires calls, documentation of information retrieved, tracking leads and general detective work about people that are mentioned in passing. I decided to start my search by making a phone call to the most natural, historian in my family. My mother. I make the phone call, "Mom, you won't believe it, yes, yes I know its nearly midnight, yes I know you are going to sleep, but you're not going to believe it, I found the link to grandad's maternal family... I know, I'll send it through now. Did you know Bertha? Is she related?" This is just one of many conversations that are involved when you start on that journey of researching your family history. It's amazing what you will unearth on your way and it will astound you how much time you can lose as you pursue and use all of your skills and memories to find obscure relations.... http://groups.google.com/group/familytreesyvs