6/1/2002
By Rick Crume
Now that you've found part of your family tree, put it on paper for posterity. These chart-creation secrets and book-printing basics will let you share your family history findings in style.
How do you know which family tree report or chart is right for the purpose you have in mind? What's the difference between all those options in your genealogy software? And what the heck is an Ahnentafel, anyway? Here's a quick guide to some of the most popular chart and report formats and terms:
Ahnentafel Numbering: Used in pedigree charts and ancestor-oriented genealogy reports, this numbering system gives unique numbers to the starting person and each ancestor. Double a person's number to get the father's number and add one to the father's number to get the mother's number. Ahnentafel means ancestor table in German.