You can build a free tree on sites such as ancestry.com and make it private. I built my original tree on Genes Reunited but would not recommend it. Now I have a tree on ancestry and also Family Tree Maker on my computer.
If you do decide to build a tree on a website rather than on your own computer, make sure the site will allow you to download a GEDCOM file which you can then use to copy your tree to another site or into software on your computer. Same goes for any free tree-building software that you use - I used to have a free version of Family Tree Maker which wouldn't let me export a GEDCOM.
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