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.
David M McCroskey
(23 Feb 1805 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Aug 1885 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
Harriett Trewhitt
(27 Mar 1831 Morgan County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Oct 1891 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Harriett Elizabeth (Lizzy) McCroskey
(16 Aug 1866 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 25 Mar 1923 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ John Henry Richmond
(16 Jun 1860 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Apr 1932 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─William David Richmond
(8 Oct 1881 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Mar 1958 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Addie Louise Jones
(1883 Tennessee, USA - 30 Mar 1921 Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─John Douglas Richmond
(26 Jun 1904 Philadelphia, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │ :     │ 16 May 1978 Belmont, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA) =>
     │      │ :     │ + Jaunita D Lowe
(Abt 1907 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │ :     ├─Mary E Richmond
(Abt 1912 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │ :     ├─Bascum Calaway Richmond
(28 Jun 1915 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │ :     │ 5 May 1975 Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA) =>
     │      │ :     │ + Georgia Cannon
(19 Sep 1917 North Carolina, USA - 26 Feb 1994 Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ :     ├─Robert Lawson Richmond
(23 Sep 1917 Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - )
     │      │ :     └─Don Richmond
(Abt 1920 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 17 Feb 1920 Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + Georgia Annie Snow
(Feb 1880 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 15 May 1936 Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Minnie Richmond
(3 Mar 1884 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 2 Oct 1956 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Jack Alexander Ratledge
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;25 Dec 1880 - 10 Nov 1942)
     │      │      ├─Bessie May Ratledge
(10 Apr 1907 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Jan 1978 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Jabe Turner Arden
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;1 Nov 1900 - 12 Jan 1970)
     │      │      ├─Douglas Ratledge
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;Jun 1909 - 20 May 1910)
     │      │      ├─John Beecher Ratledge
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;10 Oct 1910 - 9 Aug 1968)
     │      │      │ + Leona Simerly
(21 Apr 1924 Martel, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - May 1990 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      ├─Hazel Louise Ratledge
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;18 Sep 1912 - 21 Dec 1941)
     │      │      ├─Raymond Ratledge
(13 Apr 1914 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 16 Feb 1994 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │      │ + Pearl Pruett
(15 Jan 1917 - Mar 1996)
     │      │      ├─Ralph Robert Ratledge
(27 Jan 1916 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │      │ 17 Feb 2003 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │      │ + Helen Louisa Vaughn
(27 Sep 1917 Tennessee, USA - 13 Jan 2010 Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │      ├─Frances L Ratledge
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;19 May 1920 - 13 Apr 2002)
     │      │      │ + Elmer Lillard Simerly
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;3 Apr 1919 - Oct 1988)
     │      │      └─Jack Alexander Ratledge, Jr
(2 Mar 1921 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │       19 Dec 1995 Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │       + Vivian Pauline (Polly) Robinson
(12 Sep 1921 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │       27 Dec 2004 Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Maggie Richmond
(27 Jul 1893 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Nov 1939 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ + John D Roberts
(22 May 1893 Tennessee, USA - 21 Feb 1936 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Mary Harriet Richmond
(16 Jun 1896 Charleston, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Feb 1981 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ James Thomas Ford
(27 Feb 1890 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Jul 1968 Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA)
     │      │ :     └─Clyde Newman Ford
(21 Mar 1915 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 23 Aug 1997 Brevard County, Florida, USA)
     │      │ :      + Edna Mae (Tincy) Peters
(26 Feb 1917 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │      │ :      30 Nov 2001 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA)
     │      │ George Henry Fritts
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;29 Jun 1890 - 12 Jun 1976)
     │      │      ├─George Henry Fritts, Jr
(30 Dec 1919 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Feb 1987 Chatham County, Georgia, USA)
     │      │      ├─Helen Jane Fritts
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;6 Jun 1921 - 28 Nov 1998)
     │      │      │ + George Dutton
     │      │      ├─Mildred Ruth Fritts
(25 Sep 1923 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Mar 2005)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      ├─Elaine Fritts
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;2 Apr 1926 - 28 Jun 1946)
     │      │      ├─Bettie June Fritts
(5 Jul 1928 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 9 Oct 2003)
     │      │      ├─Virginia Rose Fritts
(23 Nov 1929 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 6 Sep 1994 Emporia, Emporia County, Virginia, USA)
     │      │      │ + Robert Kenneth Black
(30 Sep 1935 Manchester, Carroll County, Maryland, USA - 15 Mar 1990)
     │      │       + Living
     │      ├─Sallie Richmond
(1 Oct 1897 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 29 Apr 1949 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      ├─Elizabeth (Lissie) Richmond
(7 Oct 1900 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 27 Jun 1975 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      │ Alonzo Hilliard (Lonnie) Mills
(Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;27 Jun 1896 - 29 Oct 1940)
     │      │      ├─Beatrice Mills
(29 Sep 1926 Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 11 Nov 1987 Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
     │      │      │ + Paul Wilbur Goff, Jr
(25 Nov 1925 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA -      │      │      │ 2 Jan 2009 Oildale, Kern County, California, USA)
     │      │      ├─Eugene Mills
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;26 Sep 1929 - 14 Mar 2003)
     │      │      └─Mary Lynn Mills
(23 Aug 1938 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Jan 2001 West Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA) =>
     │      │       + Clyde Franklin Jenkins
(12 Feb 1934 Houldon, Roane County, Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 2007 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │      └─John Henry (Bud) Richmond, Jr.
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;27 Dec 1905 - Feb 1967)
     │       Pearl Moser
(27 Sep 1906 Monroe County, Tennessee, USA - Jan 1983 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │            ├─Quinis Edward Richmond
(4 Sep 1928 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 30 Apr 2016) =>
     │            │ + Virginia 'Jo' Hartline
(15 Apr 1927 Upper, Dade County, Georgia, USA - 4 May 2009 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA)
     │            ├─Bettye Faye Richmond
(4 Apr 1933 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA -      │            │ 17 Dec 2002 Fort Pierce, St Lucie County, Florida, USA)
     │            │ + Clyde Thomas
(29 Aug 1931 - 6 May 2018)
     │            ├─Billy Gene Richmond
(13 Jul 1935 Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Mar 1988)
     │            │ + Living
     │            └─Donnie Lynn Richmond
(Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA;8 Dec 1943 - 7 Jan 2006)
     │             + Living
     ├─Andrew Levi McCroskey
(9 Apr 1868 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 12 Feb 1947 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     │ + Minnie E Waters
(28 Jan 1875 Polk County, Tennessee, USA - 4 May 1949 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
     ├─Edgar Long McCroskey
(17 Sep 1870 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 14 Jun 1941 Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │ Carrie Shubert
(26 Sep 1873 Tennessee, USA - 18 Feb 1962 Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      ├─Earl McCroskey
(Jul 1895 Tennessee, USA - )
     │      ├─Mary McCroskey
(4 Jul 1898 Tennessee, USA - 15 Oct 1968 Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │ + Robert S Rice
(25 Oct 1892 Arkansas, USA - 8 Jun 1971 Oklahoma, USA)
     │      ├─Robert McCroskey
(7 May 1904 Tennessee, USA - 7 Apr 1975 Oklahoma, USA)
     │      │ May W ??
(Abt 1904 Oklahoma, USA - )
     │      ├─Hettie J McCroskey
(25 Feb 1907 Oklahoma, USA - 13 Jun 1995 Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      ├─Rosco Stanley McCroskey
(14 Oct 1909 Oklahoma, USA - 30 Jul 1997 Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA)
     │      └─Edith J McCroskey
(Abt 1914 Kentucky, USA - )
     └─Agnes F McCroskey
(4 Feb 1874 Tennessee, USA - 17 Apr 1952 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
      Joseph Elijah Foster
(4 Feb 1868 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 10 Oct 1942 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
           ├─Carl Lincoln Foster
(1 Aug 1892 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 15 Aug 1941 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ + Annie Dunn
           ├─Hambright Marshall "Hal" Foster
(Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA;30 Jan 1894 - 8 Mar 1957)
           ├─Murrel Foster
(Aug 1895 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - )
           ├─Murley Foster
(1897 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - )
           │ + J.P. Green
           ├─Marie Foster
(Aug 1899 Tennessee, USA - )
           ├─Joseph David Foster
(20 Jun 1901 Bradley County, Tennessee, USA - 19 Nov 1951 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)
           │ + Minnie Stuart
           └─Charles L Foster
(12 Oct 1910 Tennessee, USA - 2 May 1993 Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA)