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.

Less detail

Generation: 1

1. Living

Generation: 2

Stephen Truitt was born on 25 Nov 1911 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA (son of Rodolphus Garret Truitt and Sarah V Herring); died on 2 Oct 2001 in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1920, Richmond, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1930, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Residence: 1940, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Stephen married Ruth May Moreland on 3 Jul 1933 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Ruth was born on 16 Nov 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 2 Sep 1999 in Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth May Moreland was born on 16 Nov 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 2 Sep 1999 in Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1940, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Children:

1. Living

Generation: 3

Rodolphus Garret Truitt was born on 1 Mar 1874 in Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA (son of Willis Craven Truitt and Mary Francis Ware); died on 13 Jan 1963 in Virginia, USA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1918, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1920, Richmond, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1929, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Residence: 1930, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Rodolphus married Sarah V Herring. Sarah was born about 1887 in Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah V Herring was born about 1887 in Georgia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1920, Richmond, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Residence: 1929, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Residence: 1930, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Children:

Francis Truitt was born about 1909 in Georgia, USA.
2. Stephen Truitt was born on 25 Nov 1911 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; died on 2 Oct 2001 in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA.
William Truitt was born on 14 Feb 1914 in Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Apr 2001 in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
Willis Truitt was born on 14 Feb 1914 in Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Dec 1998 in Bloomery, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA.

Generation: 4

Willis Craven Truitt was born on 5 Apr 1835 in North Carolina, USA (son of Spencer G Truitt and Nancy Palmer); died on 8 Jul 1921 in Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Pleasantville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Military: 20 Mar 1862, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1870, Huntsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1900, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1905, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1910, Shoal Creek, Hart County, Georgia, USA; Living with daughter Bessie Hasty
Residence: 1920, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia, USA; Inmate at Southwestern State Hospital

Willis married Mary Francis Ware on 3 Mar 1872 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA. Mary was born on 20 Apr 1852 in North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Feb 1931; was buried in American Legion Cemetery, Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Francis Ware was born on 20 Apr 1852 in North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Feb 1931; was buried in American Legion Cemetery, Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1905, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Residence: 1910, Shoal Creek, Hart County, Georgia, USA; Living with daughter Bessie Hasty

Children:

4. Rodolphus Garret Truitt was born on 1 Mar 1874 in Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; died on 13 Jan 1963 in Virginia, USA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.
Mary E Truitt was born in Feb 1877 in North Carolina, USA.
Bessie Wellington Truitt was born in Aug 1880 in Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Jul 1960 in Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA.
Joe Truitt was born in Sep 1882 in North Carolina, USA.


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