The family is the most important thing the person will ever have. Those who want to honor the parents or some other relative in the family can make a genealogy tree to be able to gain something that was lost years ago.

There are many sources of information available for the person. The relatives who live nearby should be the first to be contacted.

A set of questions should be prepared then the individual should just schedule when the interview will take place. This should be taken down in a notepad or using a tape recorder. Since the world has gone high tech, a video cam can also be used as long as it is ok with the interviewee.

Those who live far away can just be called on the phone or emailed certain questions to avoid spending so much just to get all the information in order.

The person should first jot down the basic information such as the name of the relative, nickname, maiden name, age and occupation. Afterwards, it is time to ask some simple to complex questions such as childhood experiences, the reasons for immigrating to America and how life was in the family.

There are times that other things will come out during the course of the interview. The person should also keep note of these but stick to the things that are much more important.

Some questions may be hard to answer and the individual may not want to answer. If this happens, the decision should just be respected and move on. The person can also take note of the appearance and attitude of the interviewee and note that in another part of the family tree.

A family that has been around for more than 5 generations is hard to track. Some of these relatives could already be dead. When faced with this situation, the person can try to meet up with some old neighbors and friends who knew the deceased.

There may been some information or pictures left behind with these people to shed some light on the character, physical traits and other things about the relative.

The United States keeps a lot of files of its citizens on record. This could be a driver's license, a marriage license, a birth certificate, military service and census records. Since these are all public documents, the person can visit any of these offices or log on to the official websites to get the needed information.

When all the information has been collected, the person can finally set up the family tree. The person can use the names of the people and the date of birth to be able to put things in chronological order.

If there are photos, this will be good so that the readers can have a look to how these ancestors looked like years before. In case the person gets lost, the things written or recorded down can be reviewed to be able to get on track again.

Afterwards, the person can put this in a nice board or a miniature scrapbook so that this can be preserved and seen by all. There are a lot of sources of information to be able to complete the family tree. The person should be resourceful in order to succeed.