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

Joseph Gamaliel Herron was born on 30 Apr 1921 in New York, New York County, New York, USA; died on 8 Nov 1989 in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA.

Joseph married Betty Jean Travis on 10 Sep 1965. Betty (daughter of Uel Jackson Travis and Bessie Adonis (Betty) Dixon) was born on 7 Aug 1932 in Johnstonville, Lassen County, California, USA; died on 14 Mar 2009 in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Betty Jean Travis was born on 7 Aug 1932 in Johnstonville, Lassen County, California, USA (daughter of Uel Jackson Travis and Bessie Adonis (Betty) Dixon); died on 14 Mar 2009 in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA.

Children:

1. Living

Generation: 3

Uel Jackson Travis was born on 2 Aug 1900 in Bates, Scott County, Arkansas, USA (son of James Alonzo (Lon) Travis and Mary Jane (Molly) Richmond); died on 12 Mar 1989 in Susanville, Lassen County, California, USA.

Uel married Bessie Adonis (Betty) Dixon on 10 Dec 1922. Bessie was born on 6 Dec 1904 in Standish, Lassen County, California, USA; died on 1 May 1986 in Susanville, Lassen County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bessie Adonis (Betty) Dixon was born on 6 Dec 1904 in Standish, Lassen County, California, USA; died on 1 May 1986 in Susanville, Lassen County, California, USA.

Children:

Naomi Fay Travis was born on 26 Apr 1925 in Susanville, Lassen County, California, USA; died in UNKNOWN.
Laura Mae Travis was born on 30 Jan 1927 in Johnstonville, Lassen County, California, USA; died on 19 Aug 2009 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
3. Betty Jean Travis was born on 7 Aug 1932 in Johnstonville, Lassen County, California, USA; died on 14 Mar 2009 in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, USA.

Generation: 4

12.

James Alonzo (Lon) Travis was born on 13 Mar 1875 in Chimsville, Logan County, Arkansas, USA; died on 17 Dec 1953 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA; was buried in Churchill County Cemetery, Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA.

James married Mary Jane (Molly) Richmond in 1894 in Gipson, Scott County, Arkansas, USA. Mary (daughter of Isaac Washington Richmond and Martha Lou Amy Putnam) was born on 28 Jul 1877 in Borden Springs, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA; died on 26 Jun 1948 in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA; was buried in Churchill County Cemetery, Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Mary Jane (Molly) Richmond was born on 28 Jul 1877 in Borden Springs, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA (daughter of Isaac Washington Richmond and Martha Lou Amy Putnam); died on 26 Jun 1948 in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA; was buried in Churchill County Cemetery, Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA.

Children:

Vaud Ancil Travis, Sr. was born on 28 Jun 1895 in Scott County, Arkansas, USA; died on 8 May 1987 in Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Tahlequah Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA.
Dessie Mae Travis was born on 16 Dec 1897 in Bates, Scott County, Arkansas, USA; died on 16 Nov 1918 in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA; was buried in Churchill County Cemetery, Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA.
6. Uel Jackson Travis was born on 2 Aug 1900 in Bates, Scott County, Arkansas, USA; died on 12 Mar 1989 in Susanville, Lassen County, California, USA.
Flossie Mary Travis was born on 17 Apr 1905 in Bates, Scott County, Arkansas, USA; died on 28 Nov 1986 in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA; was buried in Churchill County Cemetery, Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA.
James Upton Sinclair Travis was born on 3 Apr 1907 in Bates, Scott County, Arkansas, USA; died on 21 Dec 1927 in Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA; was buried in Churchill County Cemetery, Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada, USA.


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