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.
Sarah Stacy
(Abt 1573 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - )
William Dickinson
(Abt 1568 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - 1628 England)
     └─Nathaniel Dickinson
(May 1601 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England - 16 Jun 1676 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
      Anne Bincks
(Betw 1605 and 1610 England - 23 Feb 1678 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           ├─John Dickinson
(22 Aug 1624 Haverhill, Essex, England - 19 May 1676 Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ Frances Foote
(1629 Ipswich, Suffolk, England - 3 Feb 1677 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      ├─Hannah Dickinson
(6 Dec 1648 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 1705 Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA) =>
           │      │ + Samuel Gillett
(22 Jan 1643 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │      │ : 19 May 1676 Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      │ + Stephen Jennings
(1644 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 20 Jul 1710 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      ├─Rebecca Dickinson
(1658 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 16 Feb 1731 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA) =>
           │      │ + Joseph Smith
(Mar 1657 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 1 Oct 1733 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      │ + Thomas Crafts
(1656 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA - 27 Feb 1693 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      │ + Samuel Crowfoot
(13 Oct 1665 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 10 Feb 1733 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      └─Mercy Dickinson
(1668 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │       30 Jun 1735 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA)
           │       + Joseph Chamberlain
(1665 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA - 7 Aug 1752 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA)
           ├─Joseph Dickinson
(10 Oct 1630 Billingborough, Lincolnshire, England - 4 Sep 1675 Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ + Mary Lovemand
(Est 1630 - )
           │ + Phoebe Bracey
(Abt 1634 Suffolk, England - 19 Jan 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA)
           ├─Obadiah Dickinson
(Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA;15 Apr 1641 - 10 Jun 1698)
           │ + Sarah Beardsley
(1640 Connecticut, USA - )
           │ Mehitabel Hinsdale
(18 Oct 1663 Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA -            │ 9 Mar 1701 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA)
           │      ├─Sarah Dickinson
(Abt 1692 Weathersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - )
           │      ├─Noadiah Dickinson
(2 Aug 1694 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 3 Jun 1745 Connecticut, USA)
           │      │ + Abigail Goodrich
(28 Apr 1694 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │      │ 8 Aug 1776 Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      └─Mehitabel Dickinson
(16 Jun 1696 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 1752)
           │       + Nathaniel Frary
(29 Nov 1675 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 30 Apr 1737)
           ├─Nehemiah Dickinson, Sr
(15 Aug 1643 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │ 9 Sep 1723 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ Mary Cowles
(27 Jun 1654 Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA - 5 Mar 1726 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      ├─Nehemiah Dickinson
(5 Jun 1672 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 1 Oct 1715 South Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      ├─William Dickinson
(18 May 1675 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 24 Jun 1742)
           │      ├─John Dickinson
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;14 Feb 1676 - 16 Feb 1676)
           │      ├─Israel Dickinson
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;16 Mar 1691 - Apr 1733)
           │      ├─Ebenezer Dickinson
(17 Sep 1696 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 24 Dec 1780 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      └─Rebekah Dickinson
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;2 Apr 1699 - 2 Oct 1726)
           ├─Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr
(16 Aug 1643 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │ 11 Oct 1710 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ Hannah Beardsley
(1642 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA - 23 Feb 1679 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ :     ├─Nathaniel Dickinson, III
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;1 May 1663 - 10 Oct 1751)
           │ :     │ + Hepzibah Gibbs
(27 Jan 1664 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │ :     │ 26 Jun 1713 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ :     ├─Hannah Dickinson
(18 Jan 1666 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │ :     │ 3 Aug 1745 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA)
           │ :     │ + Samuel Kellogg
(11 Apr 1669 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │ :     │ 24 Aug 1708 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA)
           │ :     ├─John Dickinson
(1 Nov 1667 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │ :     │ 22 Dec 1761 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ :     │ + Sarah Leonard
           │ :     ├─Mary Dickinson
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;2 Feb 1673 - 16 Aug 1718)
           │ :     │ + Nathaniel Smith
(2 Jan 1671 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - Dec 1740)
           │ :     ├─Daniel Dickinson
(3 Mar 1675 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - )
           │ :     ├─Robert Dickinson
(1677 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - )
           │ :     └─Rebecca Dickinson
(Mar 1677 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - )
           │ + Elizabeth Burt
(4 Dec 1638 Haberton, Devonshire, England -            │ 14 Feb 1691 Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA)
           ├─Hezekiah Dickinson
(28 Feb 1645/46 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -            │ 14 Jun 1707 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │ Abigail Blakeman
(11 Nov 1663 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA - 30 Mar 1719 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      ├─Joanna Dickinson
(2 Feb 1684 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 31 Oct 1764 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      │ + Ebenezer Warriner
(Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;4 Mar 1682 - 5 Feb 1737)
           │      │ + Benjamin Chapin
(Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA;27 Feb 1681 - 22 Mar 1756)
           │      ├─Jonathan Dickinson
(22 Apr 1688 Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 17 Oct 1747 Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA) =>
           │      │ + Joanna Melyn
(24 May 1682 New York, , New York, USA - 20 Apr 1745 Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, USA)
           │      ├─Abigail Dickinson
(8 Dec 1690 Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 20 Jun 1775 Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA)
           │      │ + Thomas Field
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;30 Jun 1680 - 1 Feb 1747)
           │      ├─Elizabeth Dickinson
(9 Mar 1693 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA - )
           │      │ + Samuel Belding, II
(Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA;23 Oct 1692 - 5 Oct 1732)
           │      ├─Moses Dickinson
(12 Dec 1695 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA -            │      │ 1 May 1778 Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA) =>
           │      │ + Martha Hart
(13 Sep 1701 Rhode Island, USA - 15 Dec 1755 Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
           │      │ + Hannah St John
( - 15 Dec 1755 Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA)
           │      └─Adam Dickinson
(5 Feb 1701/02 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA - 1762 Augusta County, Virginia, USA) =>
           │       + Catherine Stephenson
( - Feb 1790 Cowpasture Region, Alleghany County, Virginia, USA)
           └─Azariah Dickinson
(10 Oct 1648 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA -             25 Aug 1675 Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA)