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.
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
3. | Nora Lee Roderick was born on 25 Apr 1905 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 22 Apr 1974 in McMinn Co, TN.
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Generation: 3
4. | Hugh Franklin Bacon was born on 13 Oct 1858 in Washington Co, TN (son of Elbert Bacon and Mary Jane Young); died on 15 Oct 1934 in McMinn Co, TN; was buried in Morgan-Upper Creek Spring Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN. Hugh married Melissa Randolph on 15 Dec 1889 in McMinn Co, TN. Melissa was born in May 1876 in Tennessee; died in 1956; was buried in Morgan-Upper Creek Spring Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Melissa Randolph was born in May 1876 in Tennessee; died in 1956; was buried in Morgan-Upper Creek Spring Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN. Children:
- Arthur N Bacon was born on 16 Mar 1894 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 7 Oct 1918 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Picardie, France.
- Gracie Bacon was born on 24 Jun 1896 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 31 Dec 1991 in McMinn Co, TN.
- Lula Bacon was born in Jun 1897 in McMinn Co, TN.
- 2. Robert James Bacon was born on 14 Jan 1900 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 31 Mar 1975 in McMinn Co, TN.
- Ollie Bacon was born about 1903 in McMinn Co, TN.
- Viola Bacon was born on 16 Dec 1903 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 1 Apr 1997 in Elizabethton, Carter, TN.
- Hubert Bacon was born on 13 Dec 1906 in McMinn Co, TN; died in Aug 1985 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN.
- William Bacon was born about 1909 in McMinn Co, TN.
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Generation: 4
8. | Elbert Bacon was born on 18 Dec 1833 in Washington Co, TN (son of Jacob Bacon and Elizabeth Keebler); died on 28 Nov 1891 in McMinn Co, TN; was buried in Upper Spring Creek Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN. Elbert married Mary Jane Young on 16 Dec 1852 in Washington Co, TN. Mary was born on 13 Nov 1833 in Washington Co, TN; died on 16 Nov 1891 in McMinn Co, TN; was buried in Upper Spring Creek Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Mary Jane Young was born on 13 Nov 1833 in Washington Co, TN; died on 16 Nov 1891 in McMinn Co, TN; was buried in Upper Spring Creek Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN. Children:
- Sarah Elizabeth Bacon was born on 10 Apr 1855 in Washington Co, TN; died on 26 Apr 1932 in Riceville, McMinn, TN; was buried in Upper Spring Creek Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN.
- Jacob Filmore Bacon was born on 8 Nov 1856 in Washington Co, TN; died on 2 Sep 1923 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN.
- 4. Hugh Franklin Bacon was born on 13 Oct 1858 in Washington Co, TN; died on 15 Oct 1934 in McMinn Co, TN; was buried in Morgan-Upper Creek Spring Cemetery, McMinn Co, TN.
- Martha Ellen Bacon was born on 15 Sep 1860 in Washington Co, TN; died on 25 Mar 1940 in McMinn Co, TN.
- Laura or Lanora Bacon was born on 20 Jul 1862 in Tennessee.
- Alice Bacon was born on 20 Dec 1864 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 28 Dec 1958 in McMinn Co, TN.
- John Bacon was born on 13 Mar 1866 in McMinn Co, TN; died on 19 Nov 1893 in McMinn Co, TN.
- Julia Bacon was born on 10 Sep 1870 in McMinn Co, TN; died in 1880 in McMinn Co, TN.
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