Leon Wilde's Genealogical Research Website
Description: Lineage Chart
Last Update: May 1999
PLEASE NOTE: Lineage charts display best on a Netscape 4.0 browser. The graphical characters I'm using to diagram lineage relationships in the charts are encoded using a Unicode character set (UTF-8). Internet Explorer 5.0 seems to have a glitch that incorrectly displays single-score vertical lines under this encoding.
The lineage charts I've included on this website are meant to display a rough picture of a family name as it came down through the generations. At this stage of this website project, the information shouldn't all be taken as authoritative---in an effort to represent as many potentially associated lines as possible, I've included whatever reasonable information I could find, even if it's still unverified. In this way, I hope to elicit discussion and solicit input from other researchers who can clarify and expand the various lines.
As I find the time to compile and upload complete information on an individual with full source citations, the individual's name will be highlighted and linked to a
chronological summary.Lineage charts contain two columns. The first column contains lineage relationship lines, a generation number, a chart continuation symbol (optional), and the person's name. The second column contains a life event code and a life event summary.
First Column
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Lineage relationship lines |
Double-scored lines show relationships between husband and wife. Single-scored lines show relationships between parents and children. Lines linking a man's family (or a woman's in the case of an illegitimate birth) all run in a continuous column running vertically under the generation number preceeding the name. Double-scored lines indicating any subsequent wives begin immediately after the lines marking the previous wife's children. Successive generations fall within proportionally indented columns. |
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Generation number |
The first known ancestor in a lineage is numbered "1", and each successive generation is numbered one up. Spouses are marked by an equal sign (=). |
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Chart continuation symbol (optional) |
An individual whose lineage is continued on another lineage chart will have an upward-pointing triangle ( ▲) or a downward-pointing triangle (▼) with a hyperlink to the chart containing the individual's ancestry or descendancy respectively. |
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Name |
Names are given in first, middle, last order. A question mark before a name indicates an uncertain or doubtful relationship with the suggested parents or spouse. Two question marks before a name indicate a greater degree of uncertainty. Brackets ([]) enclose uncertain details, such as possible expansions of middle names. Curly brackets ({}) following a name enclose the lineage of a spouse who happens to be related to the family in question. |
Second Column
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Life event code |
B |
Birth |
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Life event summary |
Doubtful |
A question mark will appear in front of the summary if there is some doubt whether or not a particular record is attributable to the individual. |
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Date |
Appears in day, month, year order. In some cases, a substitute event closely approximating the actual event is entered. In these cases, a three character abbreviation followed by a colon will preceed the entire date entry, as follows: chr: Christening (for birth) When an exact date is unknown, a preposition such as "by" or "aft" may be entered before the date. Approximated years are preceeded by "c" (for circa). If the event date is completely unknown, two question marks are entered in the date field. |
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Location |
Some abbreviations are used for locations, such as: Hd Hundred (county subdivision in Maryland) Standard two character postal abbreviations are used for the U.S. states. For residence change events, a preposition is entered before the location, such as "to", "fm" or "in". For any events, prepositions such as "near" may also be entered before the location. If the event location is completely unknown, two question marks are entered in the location field. On occasion, events marked by an "X" may omit the location field since location may not be relevant to the particular event. |
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Other |
For marriages, gives the spouse's name, preceeded by an equal sign (=). Names are formatted here as in the name column described above. For any events, additional information may be provided, often in parentheses. |
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