Living: Robin's Roots

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

More detail

Generation: 1

1. Living

Generation: 2

Marion Marshall Nelson was born on 9 Nov 1908 in Colorado (son of Marshall Overturf Nelson and Rose Mae Nelson); died on 28 May 1997 in Marion Co, OR.

Marion married Mildred V Green
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on 8 Aug 1936 in King Co, WA. Mildred was born on 24 Jul 1910 in St Louis, St Louis, MO; died on 11 Mar 1998 in Seattle, King, WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Mildred V Green was born on 24 Jul 1910 in St Louis, St Louis, MO; died on 11 Mar 1998 in Seattle, King, WA.
Children:

1. Living

Generation: 3

Marshall Overturf Nelson was born on 29 Oct 1879 in Farmington, Polk, WI (son of John Griffin Nelson and Melissa Adelma Wright); died on 15 Nov 1968 in Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles, CA.

Marshall married Rose Mae Nelson on 30 Aug 1907 in Big Lake, Sherburne, MN. Rose was born on 29 Nov 1887 in Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 1968 in Los Angeles Co, CA; was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rose Mae Nelson was born on 29 Nov 1887 in Minnesota; died on 2 Nov 1968 in Los Angeles Co, CA; was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles, CA.

Children:

2. Marion Marshall Nelson was born on 9 Nov 1908 in Colorado; died on 28 May 1997 in Marion Co, OR.
Harriet R Nelson was born about 1911 in California.
Elva Ruth Nelson was born on 7 Oct 1919 in San Fernando, Los Angeles, CA; died on 10 Jan 2003 in Eagle River, Anchorage, AK.

Generation: 4

John Griffin Nelson was born in Jun 1839 in Indiana (son of Thompson Nelson and Mary Ann Greenlee); died on 28 Dec 1936 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA.

John married Melissa Adelma Wright in 1868. Melissa was born on 2 Mar 1847 in Maine; died on 10 Mar 1945 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melissa Adelma Wright was born on 2 Mar 1847 in Maine; died on 10 Mar 1945 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA.

Children:

William Thompson Nelson was born on 1 Oct 1868 in Somerset, St Croix, WI; died on 18 Jun 1958 in Matoaca, Chesterfield, VA; was buried in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Prince George, VA.
Miles Asa Nelson was born on 19 Oct 1876 in Farmington, Polk, WI; died on 5 Jul 1971 in Cook, St Louis, MN.
4. Marshall Overturf Nelson was born on 29 Oct 1879 in Farmington, Polk, WI; died on 15 Nov 1968 in Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles, CA.
Von Oscar Nelson was born on 27 Sep 1881 in Greenwood Co, KS; died on 7 Sep 1945 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Wards Chapel Cemetery, Crewe, Nottoway, VA.
Elmer Brian Nelson was born on 16 Mar 1887 in Osceola, Polk, WI; died in May 1968 in Hillsdale, Columbia, NY.


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