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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.

Less detail

Generation: 1

1. Living

Generation: 2

Elmer Brian Nelson was born on 16 Mar 1887 in Osceola, Polk, WI (son of John Griffin Nelson and Melissa Adelma Wright); died in May 1968 in Hillsdale, Columbia, NY.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1 Jun 1905, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1917, Columbia County, New York, USA
Residence: 1920, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA
Residence: 1930, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA
Residence: 1940, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA; Widowed
Residence: 1942, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA

Elmer married Bertha Anna Getschel. Bertha was born on 17 Mar 1887 in Osceola, Polk, WI; died in 1936; was buried in West Copake Cemetery, West Copake, Columbia, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertha Anna Getschel was born on 17 Mar 1887 in Osceola, Polk, WI; died in 1936; was buried in West Copake Cemetery, West Copake, Columbia, NY.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1920, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA
Residence: 1930, Copake, Columbia County, New York, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Dau of John Getschel & Mary Brant

Children:

Olive M Nelson was born about 1917 in Columbia Co, NY; died on 3 Apr 2011; was buried in Martindale Cemetery, Martindale, Columbia, NY.
Griffin G Nelson was born about 1917 in Columbia Co, NY.
1. Living
Living
Living
Helen Anna Nelson was born on 19 Apr 1932 in Copake, Columbia, NY; died on 2 Nov 2005 in Windsor, Broome, NY; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Windsor, Broome, NY.
Living

Generation: 3

John Griffin Nelson was born in Jun 1839 in Indiana (son of Thompson Nelson and Mary Ann Greenlee); died on 28 Dec 1936 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1 Jun 1905, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1920, Courtland, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA

John married Melissa Adelma Wright
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in 1868. Melissa was born on 2 Mar 1847 in Maine; died on 10 Mar 1945 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melissa Adelma Wright was born on 2 Mar 1847 in Maine; died on 10 Mar 1945 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Crawford, Washington County, Maine, USA
Residence: 1880, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1900, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1 Jun 1905, Farmington, Polk County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1920, Courtland, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Dau of James B Wright and Mary J Stevens

Children:

William Thompson Nelson was born on 1 Oct 1868 in Somerset, St Croix, WI; died on 18 Jun 1958 in Matoaca, Chesterfield, VA; was buried in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Prince George, VA.
Miles Asa Nelson was born on 19 Oct 1876 in Farmington, Polk, WI; died on 5 Jul 1971 in Cook, St Louis, MN.
Marshall Overturf Nelson was born on 29 Oct 1879 in Farmington, Polk, WI; died on 15 Nov 1968 in Sylmar, Los Angeles, CA; was buried in Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles, CA.
Von Oscar Nelson was born on 27 Sep 1881 in Greenwood Co, KS; died on 7 Sep 1945 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Wards Chapel Cemetery, Crewe, Nottoway, VA.
2. Elmer Brian Nelson was born on 16 Mar 1887 in Osceola, Polk, WI; died in May 1968 in Hillsdale, Columbia, NY.

Generation: 4

Thompson Nelson was born on 12 Jan 1811 in Point Pleasant, Mason, WV (son of John Griffith Nelson and Mary (Polly) Dickinson Arbuckle); died on 17 Sep 1884 in Wisconsin; was buried in Ramsey Cemetery, Osceola, Polk, WI.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1840, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1850, Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Residence: 1860, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1870, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA
Residence: 1880, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=74409755; no obit. Inground marker

Thompson married Mary Ann Greenlee. Mary was born in 1814 in West Virginia; died on 30 Apr 1898 in Spooner, Washburn, WI; was buried in Ramsey Cemetery, Osceola, Polk, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Ann Greenlee was born in 1814 in West Virginia; died on 30 Apr 1898 in Spooner, Washburn, WI; was buried in Ramsey Cemetery, Osceola, Polk, WI.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1880, Somerset, St Croix County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Dau of W.A Greenlee & Susan Musselman

Children:

James Craig Nelson was born on 22 Jun 1834 in Indiana; died on 15 Oct 1923 in Carter Co, MO; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Carter Co, MO.
4. John Griffin Nelson was born in Jun 1839 in Indiana; died on 28 Dec 1936 in Crewe, Nottoway, VA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, VA.
Mary Frances Nelson was born in Jul 1840 in Lagro, Wabash, IN; died in 1906 in Spooner, Washburn, WI; was buried in Spooner Cemetery, Spooner, Washburn, WI.
Catharine Nelson was born on 10 May 1850 in Lagro, Wabash, IN; died on 15 Apr 1869 in East Farmington, Polk, WI; was buried in Ramsey Cemetery, Osceola, Polk, WI.


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