1: Navigate
2: View Details
3: Children, Spouses
4: Find, Recents
5: Alternate Views
Show Me, Goal 5
Translation Tips
Music
The Portrait view shows photos for your ancestors. The Fan Chart view shows more ancestors on a screen, in a semi-circle view, which helps you identify missing ancestors quickly.
Note : To learn about Descendancy view, see Project 3: Descendants, Goal 1, Choice C.
For a comparison of the alternate views, watch this video.
The following fan chart views are available, with each being described in this Choice:
Family Lines
Note: The Fan Chart info box (upper left) 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). `
Birth Country
Sources
Stories
Photos
Research Helps
To view research suggestions,
a) Click a purple-box name on the fan chart;
b) In the Summary card 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
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.