Marco original comment
““The following statement appears in the "Ahnentafel Report" help documentation:
"This report is not used as frequently as other Genealogy Reports for formal presentations of pedigree because it records two family lines in the same report."”
First of all the report actually DOES NOT show two family lines at the same time --- it starts off [Generation 1] with the [root] person you have selected to show and provides info about that person It also discusses his/her spouse
Then in the second generation it begins to show the ancestors of just the root person you have selected and in further ancestral generations it continues to do this
If everybody in the ancestor chain has only one spouse, the first generation shows 1 person [the root person] and also talks about the spouse
The 2nd generation shows 2 people [the ancestors of the root person]
The 3rd generation shows 4 people [and continues to show just the family line of the root person]
The 4th generation shows 8 people, etc, etc
The number of people in each ancestor generation is two time the number of people in the previous generation
If you run a Pedigree Report it shows/does the exact same thing
Run an Ahnentafel Report [checking the box “exclude children’ --- to separate the wheat from the chaff] and then run a Pedigree Chart and you will see they say/show the same thing
As far as I know it has been this way for the last couple of hundred years
So I don’t see anything wrong with the Pedigree Chart nor the Ahnentafel Report [And nether one shows two family lines]
The thing that I see is that could be better worded is: [or more properly eliminated]
“This report is NOT USED AS FREQUENTLY as other Genealogy Reports” I disagree with this statement --------- It is used very frequently and if you go to any published Genealogies you are likely to see a Ahnentafel Report
The reason they give for not using it [and is their opinion and not necessarily the opinion of others] is because it shows TWO family lines at the same time] BUT this is a false statement because it doesn’t show two family lines
My general problem with the statement is two fold 1) It is a false statement and 2) they are stating their opinions/preferences for doing something -----and as Joe Friday said I would prefer “Just the Facts" and not your opinions –The entire statement should just be removed
““The following statement appears in the "Ahnentafel Report" help documentation:
"This report is not used as frequently as other Genealogy Reports for formal presentations of pedigree because it records two family lines in the same report."”
First of all the report actually DOES NOT show two family lines at the same time --- it starts off [Generation 1] with the [root] person you have selected to show and provides info about that person It also discusses his/her spouse
Then in the second generation it begins to show the ancestors of just the root person you have selected and in further ancestral generations it continues to do this
If everybody in the ancestor chain has only one spouse, the first generation shows 1 person [the root person] and also talks about the spouse
The 2nd generation shows 2 people [the ancestors of the root person]
The 3rd generation shows 4 people [and continues to show just the family line of the root person]
The 4th generation shows 8 people, etc, etc
The number of people in each ancestor generation is two time the number of people in the previous generation
If you run a Pedigree Report it shows/does the exact same thing
Run an Ahnentafel Report [checking the box “exclude children’ --- to separate the wheat from the chaff] and then run a Pedigree Chart and you will see they say/show the same thing
As far as I know it has been this way for the last couple of hundred years
So I don’t see anything wrong with the Pedigree Chart nor the Ahnentafel Report [And nether one shows two family lines]
The thing that I see is that could be better worded is: [or more properly eliminated]
“This report is NOT USED AS FREQUENTLY as other Genealogy Reports” I disagree with this statement --------- It is used very frequently and if you go to any published Genealogies you are likely to see a Ahnentafel Report
The reason they give for not using it [and is their opinion and not necessarily the opinion of others] is because it shows TWO family lines at the same time] BUT this is a false statement because it doesn’t show two family lines
My general problem with the statement is two fold 1) It is a false statement and 2) they are stating their opinions/preferences for doing something -----and as Joe Friday said I would prefer “Just the Facts" and not your opinions –The entire statement should just be removed