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Webtrees Family Tree Software Manual for what is probably the most widely used self-hosting family tree website creation software in the world. It is free, well designed, fully configurable, easy to use, and this manual takes you step-by-step through the whole process of installation, administration, and use.
The manual has separate sections for webmasters, administrators, users, editors, moderators, and family tree managers to provide a comprehensive guide for every level of user from beginner to expert. There are complete instructions for every one of the administrative, editing, moderating, and managerial settings.
Sample from Webtrees Family Tree Software Manual
Creating a family tree is a fascinating pastime, and completely time consuming. Your family tree will never end. New births, marriages and deaths will need to be constantly added, and new facts about distant ancestors will be constantly discovered.
If you began your family tree with yourself and worked backwards, I heartedly recommend going as far back as you can and then coming forwards. Families one or two hundred years ago tended to be much larger, and I’ve got an early member of my own family tree who married three times and had fifteen children. Following each of those children has been much more challenging than going backwards, but much more rewarding too. I discovered distant cousins I never knew I had, living in distant countries I never knew existed.
The most sobering aspect of family tree creation is that you never know where you are going to end up. Many of the most ardent nationalists assume they have always been from whatever nation they are living in, but have no idea who their great-grandparents were. Once you start finding out, you often find your family originated from somewhere else than the place you always though they originated from.
Good luck with your quest. I hope you have an equally exciting time as I have had with my family. There have been murders, robberies, social movement in all directions, changes of occupations and nationalities. The truth is out there, and often more exciting than fiction.
If this manual has helped in any small way to facilitate your search, it will have done its job. The rest is up to you.
Webtrees Family Tree Software Manual for what is probably the most widely used self-hosting family tree website creation software in the world. A miscellaneous book by Richard Underwood.
