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How To Complete 3-Generation Family Trees Templates?

Writing in a family tree template for 3 generations is a good way to begin tracing your family ancestry. Rather than being overwhelmed by the daunting task of tracing an entire history of your roots, the three-generation chart can be fun to fill in. You might not even have to do any research to fill in your 3-generation family tree template, as you most likely know everybody involved on a personal level! That of course will depend on your age and whether your grandparents and parents are still alive.

Excellent family tree templates for three generations are bowtie charts. There are different versions of the family tree templates so browse our free printable family tree templates and decide which one is for you. Whichever one you choose to use, filling them in is based on the same principles. Each one of these charts has a starting point in the middle, which is where we’ll begin.

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Before you start filling in your three-generation family tree template a good idea is to write all the names down on a separate piece of paper. Do this in list form, starting with yourself. Designate each person a number as you write them down like this:

  1. Me
  2. Dad
  3. Mom
  4. Dad’s Dad (Grandpa)
  5. Dad’s Mom (Grandma)
  6. Mom’s Dad (Granny)
  7. Mom’s mom (Gramps)

Great, you have mastered the Ahnentafel system! What’s that you say, Ahnen-what? The Ahnentafel system is a German method of recording family ancestry. It has been adopted by modern genealogists as the standard format for recording family members in your family tree. As you can see, it’s really quite simple when you write it out in list form. The father of the first ancestor in the chart is always number 2, the mother number 3. After this point, any sequential person’s father will be given their number doubled, and the mother their number doubled plus one.

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Now, fill in your name in the middle of your 3-generation family tree template. To the left, write in your father’s full name e.g., Robert William Peterson, however many names he may have. If you’re using a circular chart, it will be the space above your name. Some families may have relatives with four or five names, write them all in for every relative. This may save confusion when you come across an ancestor with the

same or similar name at a later date. Now write your mother’s name in the space to the right.

Okay, you’re up to the third generation. Now, to the left of your father’s name there will be two empty spaces. In the lower one write his father’s name, in the upper one (number 5) write his mom’s. Do the same on the opposite side of the chart for your grandparents on your mother’s side. As you write the names of yourself and your relatives in the designated areas, record the date and place of birth as well. Once you have filled in all of the names, dates, and locations your three generation family tree template is ready to be displayed.

 

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