How do you adapt a family tree to show divorce/remarriage?
stardust12081 asked:
I want to try and start a family tree. My grandmother was divorced, and then remarried. How would I show this in a family tree? Also, I want to create a form that will ask my family members to tell about their lives so that I can create a book about all of us. It will allow my grandparents to fill out the information they know about their parents and family that has passed. Does anyone have a good form for this? Or can they point me in the right direction?
Madison
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I want to try and start a family tree. My grandmother was divorced, and then remarried. How would I show this in a family tree? Also, I want to create a form that will ask my family members to tell about their lives so that I can create a book about all of us. It will allow my grandparents to fill out the information they know about their parents and family that has passed. Does anyone have a good form for this? Or can they point me in the right direction?
Madison
April 22nd, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Allison
good Question dont know
April 24th, 2011 at 9:29 am
Luke
When you show it on paper it looks like
grandmother (name) = first husband (name)
– children (if any) year of birth
– children
= second husband (name)
– children etc.
April 27th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Alyssa
you put 1st husband with symbol for divorce in one side then add the second husband to the other side with wife .
Leaving enough space for next generation.
April 28th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Kevin
Chainsaw?
May 1st, 2011 at 5:16 am
Destiny
This site has a lot of forms that would help.
May 3rd, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Isaiah
There are many visual ways to show more than one marriage, in a chart form. The problem with decorative trees (using the term loosely) is that they can be very time consuming.
Most researchers who accumulate a lot of information wind up using a genealogy program, which is set up to deal with all those persons. The LDS church offers Personal Ancestral file for free, via website,. It remains a standard… you can include pics, etc. Almost all the standard programs offer gedcom ability… that is, transfer the facts to a file that is interchangeable with other genealogy programs. thus, if you really got hooked and decided that you want/ need a fancier program (read, buy it), you just transfer what you have to the new one.
Another standard is called a family group sheet… which lists husband, wife, and children, and includes a space for the parents of each spouse.. linking back to the prior generation. YOu would do a separate fgs for each marriage, but in the program, they would link. These are just the basic facts… not so much as a biography type thing, which gives more of a personal touch.
You may want to drop by, which has a huge collection of genealogical resources, including tutorials on starting research, myths and hoaxes to avoid, etc.
May 3rd, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Lily
Are you talking about in a genealogy program? If so, what program. If you’re just talking about on paper just list it as a 2nd marriage with all his info
May 5th, 2011 at 10:47 am
Brooklyn
She’ll just have two marriage lines with a mark across the one which ended in divorce. Children from each marriage will be placed in between her and their respective fathers.
May 5th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Brayden
i use family treemaker program – you have to buy it. It will show all the records you input generate trees, reports even a book – also you can add pictures, etc.
the form you mention to give to family members to fill out is called a pedigree sheet or chart.
for the story book – choose a theme such as
school memories, childrens games
how they met their spouse
travel/migration
what life was like 50 years ago
obstacles they overcame
careers, college, leaving home, parental relationships, raising kids, traditions – christmas, thanksgiving, birthdays, etc
regrets, mistakes and milestones.
be sure and ask for copies of old photos the story about the photo.