Perhaps the most popular chart to start with is a standard pedigree chart. Most are four or five generation charts and trace back to the starting person's great-great-grandparents. The numbering system on the charts is based on the Ahnentafel system, you can learn more about Ahnentafel charts in this previous blog post. Pedigree charts typically have room for full names in addition to the dates and locations of birth, marriage, and death.
Important things to remember about pedigree charts:
Important things to remember about pedigree charts:
- Begin your first chart with yourself
- Provide as much information as you can for each person
- On numbered charts using the Ahnentafel system, person #1 is you, #2 is your father, #3 is your mother. Every subsequent man should have an even number and every subsequent women an odd number.
- You can make as many subsequent charts as you'd like
Below is an example of a work-in-progress pedigree chart:
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