"Ultimately, whichever system you adopt is a matter of personal choice; however you need to evaluate what numbering system will be best suited to the type of presentation you wish to write."
"One of the fundamentals of genealogy is the various numbering systems used to make quick and easily-read lists of ancestors and descendants. Perhaps the most common method of listing ancestors is to create an ahnentafel."
Published 19 Sep 2008
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"Pedigree charts are a very visual way to organize your relatives, but they take up alot of space. An ahnentafel chart can map out ancestors in a compact manner."
