5 Ways to Chart & Display Your Family Tree from Kimberly Powell While tracing your ancestry back as far as possible is fun, it's even better when you can present the findings in a handsome family tree chart. From hand-drawn genealogy charts to computer generated ancestor trees, there are many different ways to chart and display your family history. 1) Create it Yourself If you want to create something personal, and your family is fairly small, then consider creating your own family tree. You can draw the basic connections in a line-and-box format, or get more creative by embellishing with vines, flowers, etc. You can also display the family in an actual tree format, using the roots for descendants and leaves (or apples) for the ancestors. Can't draw a straight line? Try SmartDraw, http://shorl com/babasoluproro, (free trial available) to create any chart you can imagine. For the rest of the article: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/publishing/a/charts.htm?nl=1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- How to Trace Your US Military Ancestors Discovering the Veterans in your Family Tree Nearly every generation of Americans has known war. From the early colonists to the men and women currently serving in America's armed forces, most of us can claim at least one relative or ancestor who has served our country in the military. Even if you have never heard of military veterans in your family tree, try a bit of research and you might be surprised! For the rest of the article: http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa_military_ancestors.htm?nl=1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com “We have not inherited the world from our forefathers, we have borrowed it from our children.” … Kashmiri Proverb List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"