The paper length is not relevant since the chart flows from one page to the next.
Mobile
in.
mm
Portrait
2.75
70
For smart phones, not for printing
Landscape
5.5
140
For smart phones, not for printing
USA & Canada
in.
mm
Letter Portrait
8.5
216
Also Legal Portrait
Letter Landscape
11
279
Legal Landscape
14
356
Also Ledger Portrait
Ledger Landscape
17
432
International
in.
mm
A5 Portrait
5.82
148
A4 Portrait
8.25
210
Also A5 Landscape
A4 Landscape
11.71
297
Also A3 Landscape
A3 Landscape
16.54
420
The Text+ programs assume that the right and left margins are each about 25mm (1/2 inch) wide.
On the Format for Printing page, differences in page margins can be accommodated by the "fudge factor":
TNG Descendant Charts
Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.
Graphical formats
"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person,
but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page)
They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print,
but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart
with more than three or four generations of data,
you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF.
On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF,
but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes,
wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks
(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level.
When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)
Text formats
"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats.
They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart.
(That's good news and bad news).
In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling,
and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width
(albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode).
They are also much more flexible than the other formats,
with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports.
They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes.
But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense,
and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all;
they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.
Father: John Blackburn, Jr
(24 Mar 1778 Washington County, Virginia, USA - 28 Feb 1868)
Isabel M Caldwell
(1 Sep 1806 Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 1887 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Elizabeth J Blackburn
(Abt 1832 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Louisa Rosilla Blackburn
(12 Sep 1833 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 22 Jun 1900)
     │ + John Henry
(12 Jan 1836 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 28 Aug 1904)
     ├─William Wirt Blackburn
(9 Apr 1838 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 31 Dec 1915 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Harriet E McSpadden
(13 Jun 1846 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Aug 1921)
     │ :     ├─William Wallace Blackburn
(15 Nov 1869 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 24 Dec 1927 Jackson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ :     │ + Ida Adaline Harrison
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;22 Nov 1872 - 23 Nov 1942)
     │ :     └─Benjamin Rufus Blackburn
(10 May 1871 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Aug 1959 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA)
     │ :      Effie May Yarbrough
(23 Mar 1881 Texas, USA - 5 Jan 1967 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA)
     │ :           ├─Hattie Pearl Blackburn
(24 Jun 1902 Liberty County, Texas, USA - 4 Aug 1997 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA)
     │ :           │ + Stephan Anthony Kappe
(15 Aug 1894 Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA - 2 Nov 1968 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA)
     │ :           ├─William Charles Blackburn
(Abt 1906 Liberty County, Texas, USA - )
     │ :           ├─Benjamin Rufus Blackburn, Jr
(24 May 1908 Liberty County, Texas, USA - 2 Aug 1996 New Caney, Montgomery County, Texas, USA) =>
     │ :           │ + Elois Fay Ramsay
(24 May 1909 Gonzales County, Texas, USA - 6 Mar 2008 New Caney, Montgomery County, Texas, USA)
     │ :           ├─Joseph Lawrence Blackburn
(25 May 1913 Houston Heights, Harris County, Texas, USA -      │ :           │ 18 Sep 1989 Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA)
     │ :           └─Clifford Wesley Blackburn
(Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA;25 Dec 1918 - 22 May 1935)
     │ Harriet Roxanna Miller
(13 Jun 1846 Green County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Aug 1921 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Horace Edmund Blackburn
(25 Apr 1876 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Jun 1919 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Ida Belle Rankin
(18 Aug 1879 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 19 May 1905 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Adele Ireland
(Francisco, Gibson County, Indiana, USA;31 Aug 1875 - 1 May 1945)
     │      │      └─Horace Ireland Blackburn
(25 Aug 1910 Francisco, Gibson County, Indiana, USA - 1 Jul 1972 Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA)
     │      ├─Nellie M Blackburn
(16 Jun 1877 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 31 Jan 1971)
     │      │ + Mark Roy Rankin
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;1 Sep 1875 - 2 Jun 1948)
     │      ├─Charles Ardra Blackburn
(20 Jul 1878 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Mar 1962)
     │      │ Edith B Rankin
(27 Dec 1880 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Nov 1965)
     │      │      ├─Orrill Louise Blackburn
(9 Feb 1907 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA - 2002 Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Dillon Rymer McClary
(1909 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA - 16 May 1973 Peru)
     │      │      └─Harriette E Blackburn
(Abt 1911 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Effie P Blackburn
(10 Mar 1880 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Feb 1970 Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA)
     │      │ + Mac Calvin Franklin
(18 Sep 1880 Tennessee, USA - 6 Feb 1962)
     │      ├─Frederick Alexander Blackburn
(19 May 1881 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │ 14 Oct 1944 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Nema Marguerite Deming
(Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA;11 May 1890 - 21 Jul 1935)
     │      │      ├─Eloise D Blackburn
(26 May 1911 Tennessee, USA - Jan 1985 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Harry James Thayer
(21 Mar 1907 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA - 7 May 1961)
     │      │      └─Marguerite Blackburn
(Abt 1917 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │       + John W Grigsby, Sr
(11 Dec 1911 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Jul 1985 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Katherine Louise Blackburn
(22 Nov 1882 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Oct 1979)
     │      │ + Colonel Sawyers Needham
(27 Nov 1882 Tennessee, USA - 11 Feb 1963)
     │      ├─Ralph Miller Blackburn
(21 Feb 1884 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Apr 1953 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Alice Martha Hale
(23 Jan 1889 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Nov 1968 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Sarah E Blackburn
(Abt 1919 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │      └─Alice Harriette Blackburn
(24 May 1924 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA - 8 Sep 1947 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │       + James Lawrence Jenkins
( - unbknown)
     │      ├─Anna Estelle Blackburn
(8 Apr 1885 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Dec 1965)
     │      │ + Frederic Charles Coldwell
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;25 Feb 1880 - 17 Oct 1967)
     │      ├─Eva Elizabeth Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;5 Jun 1886 - 10 Nov 1958)
     │      │ + Benjamin Wallace McMurry
(3 Jun 1882 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 28 Apr 1966 Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Mary Leta Blackburn
(2 Jun 1890 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 18 Jan 1950 Green County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Charles Homer Babb, Sr
(Greene County, Tennessee, USA;11 Jun 1893 - 18 Nov 1949)
     │      └─Nina Moore Blackburn
(4 Mar 1892 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 10 Sep 1963 White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │       + Ferd Barches Cowan, Sr
(7 Jun 1884 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 1 Jan 1954 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Martha M Blackburn
(Abt 1840 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Catherine M Blackburn
(Abt 1842 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─Harriet J Blackburn
(1844 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     ├─John Fain Blackburn
(30 Jan 1846 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Sep 1920 Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ Julia Eckel
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;28 Aug 1851 - 24 Jun 1921)
     │      ├─Priscillia Velma Blackburn
(Abt 1872 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 29 Jun 1951 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Melvel G Sloat
(11 Jun 1863 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 3 Jul 1951 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Elizabeth Jane Blackburn
(2 Sep 1873 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 1 May 1960 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Martha Miranda Blackburn
(7 Aug 1877 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Dec 1943)
     │      │ + Joseph Portrum Newman
(Jul 1875 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 4 Mar 1965)
     │      ├─William Eckel Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;28 Jun 1880 - 24 Oct 1954)
     │      ├─Norah A Blackburn
(Mar 1883 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Lucy Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;10 Jan 1886 - 8 Sep 1886)
     │      ├─Peter Samuel Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;16 Nov 1887 - 7 Jun 1950)
     │      ├─Julia Mae Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;27 May 1891 - 18 Jun 1894)
     │      └─John Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;11 Jun 1894 - 4 Dec 1899)
     └─Joseph H M Blackburn
(Jan 1849 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Dec 1904 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
      Annie Eliza Eckel
(Jun 1851 Tennessee, USA - 31 Jul 1919 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Frank Eckel Blackburn
(18 Sep 1876 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 1915 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ + Dora Angivine Smith
(Mar 1883 Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA - 8 Sep 1909 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Raymond Clinton Blackburn, Sr
(28 Mar 1879 Tennessee, USA - 7 Jun 1969 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ Dessa Edith Neaureth
(27 Apr 1889 Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan, USA - 18 Oct 1968 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Ray Clinton Blackburn, Jr
(Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA;4 Jun 1910 - May 1981) =>
           │      │ + Anna Lee Cash
(15 Nov 1910 Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Aug 1997 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA)
           │      ├─Ruth Neurath Blackburn
(11 Mar 1916 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 21 Aug 1996)
           │      └─Harry Blackburn
(28 May 1922 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA - 24 Apr 2010)
           │       + Living
           ├─Infant son Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;4 Oct 1881 - 4 Oct 1881)
           ├─Infant Son Blackburn
(Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA;6 Nov 1883 - 6 Nov 1883)
           ├─Mary K Blackburn
(Jun 1886 Tennessee, USA - )
           ├─Joseph Ardra Blackburn, Sr
(8 Oct 1892 Tennessee, USA - Aug 1962)
           └─George Cline Blackburn
(9 Sep 1894 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - 27 May 1937 Dodge County, Georgia, USA)
            Ann Rosson Templeton
(21 Dec 1898 Scotsboro, Jackson County, Alabama, USA - 20 Jul 1957 Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA)
                 ├─George Templeton Blackburn
(25 Nov 1921 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA -                  │ 23 Oct 2003 Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA)
                 │ + Marjoree W Silks
(5 Aug 1922 Georgia, USA - 4 Jul 1981 Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA)
                 └─Charles Franklin Blackburn
(30 Apr 1925 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Oct 2013 North Carolina, USA) =>
                  + Living