Project 1: Family Tree

Summary

1. Click the Landscape menu (top) and select Portrait. The Portrait view shows four generations past the current person, plus the current person's children. Record hints and other icons are available in this view.
2. Review the photos of your ancestors that appear in the view, noticing those you have not seen before.
3. To go back a generation, at the top of the view click an up arrow. To collapse a line, click its down arrow; to open a line, click its up-arrow. Note: You can use Options (two-bar icon), as explained in Goal 1: Choice D, to select the types of information that appear. Also, you can click the plus or minus icon to zoom the view, or drag the mouse or use the re-center button to change the view position.



(Options here are the same as for Landscape view, except that Marriages is omitted in Portrait view.)

Resources

1. Learn more about using the Portrait view.
   
   FS—What is the portrait pedigree view in Family Tree? - 2020

Exercises

The following fan chart views are available, with each being described in this Choice:

• Family Lines (the default view)
• Birth Country
• Sources
• Stories
• Photos
• Research Helps
• Ordinances, if viewed in a Latter-day Saint account. For details on this view, see Choice B in Goal 2 on the page for The Church of Jesus Christ.

Summary

Family Lines

1. Click the Family Tree Landscape menu and select Fan Chart. By default, the Family Lines option is selected in the box below the menu. By default, the fan chart shows five generations, as well as the home person's children. Options (two-bar icon) menu shows Invert Colors and Print.
2. To display a Summary panel, click the person's name, and then click elsewhere on the screen to close the card.
3. To display a different number of generations in the chart, select a value in the Generations list (top of Options).
4. To move a person to the first position in the chart, hover the mouse over the person's name and click the fan icon.
5. To extend the fan chart, find a person at the outer edge of the chart, and then click the fan icon for that person.
6. To print a Fan Chart for that person, click the two-bar icon and select Print. (Children are not shown on the printed fan chart for the starting person.) You can also select Invert Colors in the dialog.
7. For a first-position person, click a child's name to show the Summary panel. If there are more than 5 children for a couple, click an arrow on the left or right to scroll through the children list.
8. To see other spouses for an ancestor, click the arrow next to a spouse to scroll to another spouse.
9. For help with displaying and navigating with fan charts, read this article.
   
   FS—How do I use the fan chart view in Family Tree? - 2020

Exercises

Birth Country

• In Options, select Birth Country. This displays colored backgrounds for names in the chart that correspond to the Birth Place legend (upper right of the screen). You can click a colored box in the legend to highlight the ancestors in the fan chart who were born in that area.

Sources

• In Options, select Sources. This displays colored backgrounds for names in the chart, indicating the approximate number of sources recorded for each person, as noted in the Sources legend (upper right of the screen). You can click a colored box in the legend to highlight the ancestors in the fan chart with the corresponding number of sources. This can be useful in identifying ancestors who have few or no sources recorded.

Stories

• In Options, select Stories. This displays colored backgrounds for names in the chart, indicating the approximate number of stories recorded for each person, as noted in the Stories legend (upper right of the screen). You can click a colored box in the legend to highlight the ancestors in the fan chart with the corresponding number of stories. This can be useful in identifying ancestors who have few or no stories recorded in Memories.

Photos

• In Options, select Photos. This displays colored backgrounds for names in the chart, indicating the approximate number of photos for each person in Memories, as noted in the Photos legend (upper right of the screen). You can click a colored box in the legend to highlight the ancestors in the fan chart with the corresponding number of photos. This can be useful in identifying ancestors who have few or no photos recorded in Memories.

Research Helps

• In the Fan Chart choices box (upper left), select Research Helps. This displays colored backgrounds for names in the chart, indicating possible data problems in red (see Goal 6, Choice G), record hints in blue (Goal 8, Choice B), or research suggestions (purple).
• To view research suggestions,
  a) Click a purple-box name on the fan chart;
  b) In the Summary panel that appears, click Person and go to the Details view; and
  c) In the upper-right corner of the Person page, click an entry in Research Help.

Ordinances

• This option appears only if "Show Temple Information" is enabled in Settings (see Goal 13). To learn about information on ordinances in the fan chart view, click here.

Resources

1. For more information about fan chart options, read these blog articles.
   
   FS—New Discovery Fan Chart: Explore Your Family Tree in Depth - 2020
   FS—New Discovery Fan Chart Options on FamilySearch Family Tree - 2018


2. Learn about printing fan charts and other charts.
   
   FS—How can I print fan charts and pedigree charts in Family Tree? - 2020

Summary

The Virtual Pedigree program expands the viewing width of your family tree as you scroll over it, so you don't have to stop at each branch and reset the view. The Virtual Pedigree program also supplies hints for missing information.

1. Access Virtual Pedigree.
2. Click the Sign in with FamilySearch.org button.
3. Sign in to FamilySearch to display your family tree in Virtual Pedigree.
4. Move the cursor in any direction to adjust your pedigree view.
5. To see details for ancestor, click the ancestor name. You can then click See on FamilySearch or Research Hints on FamilySearch.
6. For additional help with Virtual Pedigree features, click Virtual Pedigree Help (upper right).

Exercises

1. Access One-Page Genealogy. This free tool helps you see multiple generations easily on one page.
2. Click My Tree. Select the number of generations, and whether to use ascendancy or descendancy. Then click Sign in with FamilySearch (click Accept if this your first time using One-Page Genealogy).
3. For a description of One-Page Genealogy features, see this blog post by James Tanner.
4. Access the Pedigree Pie page. This tool helps displays a pie chart for percentages of your international heritage.
5. Click Sign in with FamilySearch.org to get started (click Accept if this your first time using Pedigree Pie).
6. For a description of Pedigree Pie features, see this blog post by James Tanner.