Ancestor/Descendant Chart Samples

These charts were made with the (LifeLines) program ps-anc. They were then converted from PostScript to PDF for easier viewing on the web. For more info on the ps-anc program, visit my ps-anc page.

To view PDFs you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader (or plug-in) which can be downloaded for free from Adobe's web site. If when using a browser plug-in you don't have enough memory to view a file then choose to save it on your computer. Then try to open it with the Acrobat Reader after quitting some applications.

PDF tips

• Robert's ancestors: PDF, PS, GIF This is a 4- page, 4 generation chart with an experimental feature I've added to ps-anc. It includes the ancestors of half siblings. The GIF version of this chart was made with MacGhostScript and GraphicConverter using a copy/paste operation. MacGhostScript is a PostScript viewing/printing program which has a Windows counterpart. A program similar to GraphicConverter that runs under Windows is IrfanView (freeware).

• Nicholas Toadvine descendants, updated 30 Jan 2001, region: lower Delmarva
  This two page chart shows 5 generationas of descendants of the first Toadvine in America.

• Ancestors of Elijah Toadvine, updated 11 Mar 2000. This chart employs a new feature to mark duplicate individuals with dashed lines.
• Ancestors of Edith Snyder, updated 16 Jul 1998, region: Western PA
  Hunting for ancestors without visiting their county of residence is tough. This chart shows where we're stuck in finding more ancestors.

• Ancestors of Wayne Mouritzen, updated 1 Nov 1998, region: Europe
  My only hope at finding more ancestors here is to get lucky in finding someone with a lot of information on these families when they were still in Europe. [The & followed by uuml; displays the u with two dots above in .html files.]

• Ancestors of Clarence Sydney Horner, updated 18 Mar 1999, region: lower Delmarva
  Another individual we're having trouble finding ancestors for. We think the Roys came from Eastern PA or NY. This chart has a half-sibling indicated as a branch not between a husband and wife.

The conversion from PostScript to PDF was performed with Adobe's PostScript-to-PDF converter for Unix. I've also been able to do this with GhostScript 5.50. Viewing the original PostScript is as simple as installing GhostScript/GhostView.

See my readers page for more PostScript & PDF viewing info.