In days gone by the only way to theoretically get your family tree researched was to hire a professional who may charge thousands of pounds. This company would then go out and interview different members of your family and locate all the birth, death and marriage records of your ancestors. The would then piece all this together for you. The whole process would take months as well. Now you can do all this on your own by using cheap family tree software to compil all the data you need. And then once you have all your ancestors mapped out, you can use the software to print your completed family tree in an appealing way by using some of their templates.