https://help.famyarn.com/topics/getting-started/Recent content in Getting started on FamYarn Genealogy & Family HistoryHugoen-ushttps://help.famyarn.com/family-history-without-the-overwhelm/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://help.famyarn.com/family-history-without-the-overwhelm/<p>You don&rsquo;t need any genealogy experience — or a plan for your whole family tree — to get started in FamYarn. This guide walks you through beginning small and building up whenever you have a few minutes.</p> <h2 id="start-with-one-person">Start with one person</h2> <p>Add a single person to begin — yourself, a parent, or a grandparent. You only need a name; dates, places, and stories can come later. Use <strong>Add a person</strong>, enter a name, and save. That&rsquo;s enough to get going.</p>https://help.famyarn.com/quick-answers/do-i-need-to-know-genealogy/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://help.famyarn.com/quick-answers/do-i-need-to-know-genealogy/<p>No. A person needs only a name to join your tree, and you can add dates, places and stories later, or not at all.</p> <p>Rough dates are fine too: &ldquo;about 1920&rdquo; or &ldquo;the 1950s&rdquo; works when you are not sure. Most people start with themselves or a parent and add relatives from there.</p>