Free Printable Family Tree Templates

For the genealogy enthusiast, the Internet has made it that much easier for someone with little knowledge of their family history to be able to create a solid family tree with generations worth of data. With email, you can contact relatives you've never met and gain information immediately. You can also find birth and death certificates online with the click of a button. You can then share your findings with others using free printable family tree templates found online.

Ancentry.com is one site that allows you to create a free family tree online, which can then be modified as you go. However, if you are after a physical family tree template, check out the following.

Free Printable Family Tree Templates at Family Tree Templates

Here find ten printable templates, including templates from 4 to 7 generations and an adoptive family tree template. There's also a kid-friendly picture frame template featuring graphics that look like a collection of photos on a wall and two templates for mom or grandma featuring pretty graphics. For $4, you can customize the templates online. Otherwise, print out the blank templates for free.

Free Printable Family Tree Templates at Obituaries Help

Here find more than a dozen various templates in various shapes and sizes to hold 3 to 10 generations or data. Keep it simple and download the three generation bowtie-shaped template, perfect for a young child just learning about genealogy. If you've got a substantial amount of data, download the circular 10 generation template. You'll need to print it on at least two pages. See how to do so below. There are also fan-shaped, hourglass, tree-shaped and pedigree-style family tree templates.

Free Printable Family Tree Templates at Wiki Tree

Here find more than a dozen free templates, all with the same structure, but with varying backgrounds, many of which are country or state maps. For example, if you are creating your family tree for your Italian grandpa, consider the template with a background of the map of Italy. Find maps of Maine, New York, Vermont, Ireland, Rome and more.

Free Printable Family Trees Templates, Charts and More at Free Pages Ancentry

Here find dozens of links to various resources for free printable family tree charts, checklists, forms, logs and trees. Use these printables to help you identify relationships, such as whether he's your second cousin or third and to determine potential avenues for research.

How to Print Your Free Family Tree Template as a Poster

Click "Print," then "Properties." Select "Print Layout." Under "Layout," select "Poster." Select "2 x 2 (4 pages)." Then click "OK" twice. Your family tree will now print on four pages, spanning 2 x 2. Remember to return the printer settings to normal when done.