Unfortunately, today's young people know little about their relatives, who lived three or four generations ago. In addition to their parents, they keep in mind, if they managed to catch, grandparents, less often - great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers. Plus uncles, aunts and cousins, sisters. And they have a very vague idea about more distant ancestors!
Family Tree
But it wasn't always like this. Even at the beginning of the 20th century in Russia, not only representatives of noble families, but also bourgeoisie, the peasants knew very well what kind of tribe they were, they were well versed in cousins and cousins and could list all the branches of their families almost from their foundation. Archives, notes, diaries, parish books - all together these documents were a family tree, created by each member of the family with their own hands. This also includes pictorial portraits,who were supposed to preserve for posterity the appearance of their ancestors. Then photographs appeared, already in our times - videos, but the connection between generations, alas, was interrupted. How to fix the situation? What can be offered to a modern person who wants to study the history of the family, to learn more about their predecessors? Also try to make a family tree. It is not difficult to make it with your own hands. And if you attract loved ones to this, for example, children, then such an activity will unite and unite you. You will truly feel the warmth and sacredness of family ties.
A tree of only your last name
The easiest way to realize your plan is to draw a silhouette of a tree on a large piece of drawing paper. Try to make it beautiful, because every visitor to your home will see it. Draw branches, leaves, color. Since you are making a family tree with your own hands, select a place in the center on the branches and specially draw photo frames. If you got married recently, you are planning not one, but several kids, then you will gradually fill in the tree. In the meantime, take the most successful pictures, cut and paste. Decorating a family tree with your own hands is also easy. Firstly, the photos themselves, where you are taken with your family in different angles and situations, can be taken with four-legged and other pets. Secondly, paste your favorite corners of your vacation, they will also remain in history and will remind you of the happy moments of your life. Well, after you managed to make a family tree with your own hands, insert the drawing paper intosturdy, exquisite frame and hang it in a place of honor in your living room or dining room. Update it from time to time. Children, seeing such a careful and interested attitude of parents towards their relatives, will learn it and will also cherish family values.
Family tree
If it is important for you to restore the history of the genus, you want to tell and leave the memory of its various representatives, then you need to go in a slightly different way. In this case, a do-it-yourself family tree (template) should include a variety of branches, depending on which communication lines you reflect. For example, the parents of your parents personally, their ancestors on both sides. Brothers and sisters, their families and children. The more you know about your family, the more powerful and branched your tree will be. If the images of someone are not preserved, it does not matter. In place of the photo, you can enter the name and surname, occupation, profession, list the merits, if any. This will also turn out to be meaningful and interesting.
Remember that the connection with the ancestors, "love for the native ashes, love for the father's coffins" is one of the components of our spirituality and ancestral memory!
