Genealogy Chat

I want to start and put my family tree from paper work onto the computer, I am not too sure in which order I should do this------------ if I start with my husband and my parents, brothers and sisters etc. after that do I put the grandparents and their children or the grandparents brothers and sister before I enter their children, ----- hope you follow what I mean?? Betty

Hi Betty, Start with yourself and add your spouse and parents etc. If you want to add siblings you will need to add parents first, otherwise there's nothing to tie them together. Rose

Hi again Rose, Sorry its taking ages when I click to reply, waited 4 minutes there before it would come up. Anyway yes I put myself and my husband, add my parents the his, do I also put in my brothers and sisters and hubbys siblings? ... then out grandparents, what about their siblings on both side I have all the grandparents brothers and sisters too, then great grandparent on both sides.... I am lost here!! Betty

Hi Betty, You will need to add great grandparents before you can add all the grandparent's siblings. Might be easiest if you add all your direct line ancestors first, so you just have your bare bones tree, and then fill in all the siblings and their spouses and children. Rose

Hi Rose, I understand what you mean now, put in parents, then grandparent and greatgrandparents after they are all entered in take a new branch off each of them for their siblings. Thanks for your help Rose. Betty