Have you ever wondered about your roots? If so, you can start to build your family tree by following these basic steps.The first thing is to write down everything you know about yourself and your immediate family, concentrating on names, dates of birth, marriage and death, and where these events took place — geography plays an important part in tracing your family tree, as people have a habit of moving around the country. Next, talk to your family, especially the older generations who should be able to remember details about their parents and grandparents. people who you may never have met.This process is key to establishing later lines of research, so try to get as much information as possible, bearing in mind that some of what you hear may not be strictly accurate — memories can fade over time, while many of our relatives are referred to by "pet" names that are not the same as the ones they were born with. You will almost certainly hear stories that may have been passed through the family for generations, and it will be your task to check if they are true. Take some time to see if anyone has already done some family history. Even if you do discover that you are not the first to chronicle the story of your clan, check the details that have been uncovered already; it can't hurt to ensure that the details are actually correct.Once you've exhausted your family's store of knowledge, it's time to look for other things, such as personal letters, photographs, official documents, school reports and even old uniforms, which can reveal great detail about the past and add color to the lives of our forebears.You will quickly find that the processes outlined above generate a great deal of data, and the best way15. When tracing our family tree, what should we do first?A. Write down names of family members by generation.B. List what we know about ourselves and our parents.C. Ask our parents for whatever information they know.D. Visit all the places that our family has once lived in.