The Chart you are describing is sometimes referred to as a "Blood
relationship chart", which is great to show families, children and to
have at family reunions. I've created several of these for reunions and
family members. And also find that most of my family members seem to
spend more time looking at this type a chart to see who they are related
to vs just their own ancestry tree.
Sometimes people also want to print an "All-In-One Chart" which would
include everybody you've recorded in your database.
With large databases this is sometimes unpractical because it's just to
big.
What I do with All-In-One Charts is create subset databases:
For example I'll tag a branch of a tree and then tag people I'm not sure
if connected but possibly, create a gedcom. Then create an All-In-One
Chart. This has been helpful when trying to get others to view the
section I'm working and I find it very helpful for myself.
Of the charts I use I find I use the above "All-In-One" and via a
"All-In-One" chart create a "Blood Relationship Charts" for about 65% of
all charts I create.
Of the 8 or 9 different packages I've tried in the past only one company
seems to do a very good job in this area. Currently we do not have
these Chart Types in Legacy.
Another type of Chart I've been requested to do is an Hour Glass Chart
based on all Children as the center node
Ex. 2 Sisters and 1 Brother all married
Create an Hour glass Chart that includes all Ancestors of above 3
Children and their spouses and then the direct descendants of the 3
children.
A few people have asked for their Charts to be created with their a Step
Parent vs their biological parent who skipped out of their lives (that
they don't even care about the skipped out biological parent). An
All-In-One Chart here is great because you can just delete the unwanted
Biological Parent Tree limb (person and their ancestors) from the Chart
and your left with the functional Family. The Family Chart
Most programs on the market limit their charts to biological ancestors
and descendants and their spouses.
Based on human nature I would imagine that sometimes a few listed in
genealogical databases as biological parents are in fact only the
married parents.
Charts are great when you can create the kinds of charts "YOU" want to
create.
I created a Chart to show my mom of all her relatives, she has help me
collect info over the last 5 years. The chart ended up being 6 feet high
and 20 feet long. She had no idea that we had collected so much info.
john
Jenny M Benson wrote:
rck wrote
Hi, is it possible to create an ancestor chart that also shows
selected cousins, uncles, aunts, etc.?
Your cousins, uncles and aunts are not your ancestors so any chart
which showed them would not be an Ancestor Chart, would it?!
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