Genelines™ for
Ancestral Quest™

Genelines features a suite of seven different timeline chart formats, consisting of two biographical and five relationship charts. Each of these seven charts can be customized according to: timeline, historical events, personal or family events, colors, fonts and border type. The relationship charts even allow you to add people who are not necessarily related.

Each type of chart also lends itself to different research tasks, which will be explored more fully as we illustrate each of the charts individually. All Genelines charts can be previewed and printed in full color, in various sizes - including wall charts - or published to PDF and incorporated into a web page or shared by e-mail.

Click on the chart thumbnails below to see a full size example of each chart type.

Biographical Charts

Genelines biographical charts let you create a visual map of your ancestors’ life events, telling their story in a brand new way. Include such events as career path, relationships, place of residence, etc., and compare these life experiences with those of other relatives in your database. Or, add the historical events that were happening at various times during their lives.

	Individual Biographical Chart: Depicts the life events of an individual in categories such as occupation, health, residence, and so on.
	Comparative Biographical Chart: An age-based chart comparing the life events of two or more individuals.

Relationship Charts

Relationship charts let you view your family pedigrees and lines of descent against the backdrop of historical events on the local, regional or world stage.

You can customize charts according to people, line of descent or family group, personal life details, color, and the history you wish to depict. These charts can explain a great deal about your family and the decisions they made.

	Pedigree Chart: Shows the life spans of an individual’s ancestors across a timeline for as many generations as desired.
	Direct Line Chart: Displays the direct family line between a chosen individual and a direct descendant (or ancestor) on a timeline.
	Full Descendant Chart: Shows all the descendants of a chosen subject, for as many generations as selected and available in your database.
	Family Group Chart: Depicts the children, spouses and parents of a selected ancestor across a timeline.
	Fan Chart: Plots an individual’s maternal and paternal lineages by birth for a selected number of generations.

Reports

Text View Report: Provides a text version of any timeline chart and lists, in chronological order, events and dates for people along with applicable notes and sources.