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

James William Keene was born on 7 Dec 1890 in Savoy, Fannin, TX (son of John Robert Keene and Mary Emma Todd); died on 8 Jun 1972 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.

James married Rebecca Viola Elder. Rebecca was born on 1 Aug 1898 in Loneoak Co, AR; died on 7 Mar 1995 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca Viola Elder was born on 1 Aug 1898 in Loneoak Co, AR; died on 7 Mar 1995 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.

Children:

Estal 'Jack' Keene was born on 24 Apr 1917 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; died on 28 Aug 1993 in San Bernardino Co, CA.
1. Living

Generation: 3

John Robert Keene was born about 1856 in Horses Cave, Hart, KY; died in Jan 1892 in Fannin Co, TX.

John married Mary Emma Todd. Mary (daughter of George Henry Todd and Margaret Amanda Ross) was born on 11 Feb 1861 in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN; died on 14 Jan 1958 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Emma Todd was born on 11 Feb 1861 in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN (daughter of George Henry Todd and Margaret Amanda Ross); died on 14 Jan 1958 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.

Children:

Cora B Keene was born on 20 Sep 1879 in Texas; died on 14 Sep 1965 in Redlands, San Bernardino, CA.
Mary Blanche Keene was born on 14 Mar 1883 in Texas; died on 24 Mar 1964 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX.
Effie Lee Keene was born on 31 Mar 1885 in Collin Co, TX; died on 25 Mar 1966; was buried in Eldorado, Jackson, OK.
Virginia May Keene was born on 28 Jan 1890 in Savoy, Fannin, TX; died on 17 Mar 1973 in Lubbock, Lubbock, TX.
2. James William Keene was born on 7 Dec 1890 in Savoy, Fannin, TX; died on 8 Jun 1972 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.

Generation: 4

10.

George Henry Todd was born about 1822 in North Carolina (son of James Neal Todd and Susannah Haffner); died in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN.

George married Margaret Amanda Ross
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on 13 Apr 1852 in Madison Co, TN. Margaret (daughter of Peter Edward Ross and Sarah (Sally) Caroline McIntyre) was born on 12 Oct 1833 in Tennessee; died on 12 Apr 1913 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Margaret Amanda Ross was born on 12 Oct 1833 in Tennessee (daughter of Peter Edward Ross and Sarah (Sally) Caroline McIntyre); died on 12 Apr 1913 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX.

Children:

James Franklin (Frank) Todd was born on 24 Jan 1853 in Tennessee; died on 27 Feb 1936 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.
5. Mary Emma Todd was born on 11 Feb 1861 in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN; died on 14 Jan 1958 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.
Virginia Caroline (Jennie) Todd was born on 5 Dec 1863 in Dyersburg, Dyer, TN; died on 22 Jan 1935 in Quanah, Hardeman, TX; was buried in Johnston Cemetery, Quanah, Hardeman, TX.


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