Family tree

[Heff4lump]

Hi, looking for a bit of advice. We have done our presentation course and have been assigned a SW. She has e-mailed to say she will meet us in a couple of weeks which we are very excited about. She has asked us to make a family tree which is fine but how did everyone do theirs? On the computer, hand written, in colour, fancy or just pen on paper like a rough squiggle? I don't want to do nothing to fancy but I don't want it to look like we have put no effort into it. Help! TIA X

Just make it clear. That's all they need.
Just so they can see how old your parents, siblings are and look for possible issues of tension that you need to think about. (eg if your parents are 74 but you reckon they'll do all your child care etc)

I just didn't appreciate when we were doing ours just how very complex some family trees can be.

We did us with word, a few lines and a few boxes, but I don't see why handwritten wouldn't be OK if you can't drive the software.

We included family we have contact with, and a few relevant notes, and where someone important was deceased (like both my PIL) we included them with a line through.

e.g.
John Smith b1950 lives Edinburgh, no children.
Jane Jones b1980 lives 3 miles away, 3 children age 8,4,2 who we babysit weekly
Mary Black b1990 lives 4 miles away, nursery worker

That's a great help thank you both x

As long as it's clear that's all they need. Our SW actually just took our info and put it in to their own template so I'm glad we never put too much effort in 😁

Hi we had out workbook training yesterday and were told it needs to be clear with birth and death dates on. If you have a large family it only needs to include those that have been a big part of your life and have seen you grow up- hope that helps! X