


The Family Group Sheet is a detailed report about a single nuclear family (two parents and their children) including names, birth dates, death dates, marriage dates, and more. It can optionally include events of the person’s immediate family as well as historical events to put the person’s life in context with the things that occurred during his or her lifetime. The Timeline report displays the events of a person’s life in chronological order. To fix an error, double-click on a name in the report or edit the person’s record in the “People” workspace. The Data Errors Report shows where data is missing or where Family Tree Maker sees there may be a mistake on a person’s record in your tree. The Task List Report displays all of the tasks in your tree in priority order with an option to include or exclude completed tasks. The LDS Ordinance Report displays birth, marriage, death, and LDS ordinance data for the people in your tree. The Research Note Report displays the research notes associated with the individuals in your tree, along with the name and birth and death dates of those individual. You can include or exclude any individual and any fact. The Custom Report lets you define the individuals and the facts to include in the report. The Individual Report displays the primary picture (if one exists) and all of the facts, notes, and sources associated with a specific individual. Non-vital facts (if included) are listed separately. This simplified format includes only vital facts in the biographical narratives. The Ahnentafel Report uses an ancestor-ordered format starting with one individual and moving backward in time to that individual’s ancestors. The Simple Register Report uses a descendant-ordered format starting with an ancestor and moving forward in time to that individual’s descendants. The Register format dates back to 1870 and is used to establish “pedigree.” The Register format is the format which is accepted by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, one of the oldest genealogical societies in the country. The Register Report uses a descendant-ordered format starting with an ancestor and moving forward in time to that individual’s descendants. The Extended Family Chart shows generations of individuals aligned horizontally according to the number of ancestor and descendant generations specified up to all of the people in your tree. The Family Tree Chart is a new graphical format for displaying a person’s direct-line ancestors. The 180 Degree Fan Chart is a commonly used format for displaying a family tree and displays a graphic representation of a person’s direct-line ancestors laid out with the nodes rotated in a 180 degree arching fan. The Bow Tie Chart is a commonly used format for displaying a family tree and displays a graphic representation of a person’s direct-line ancestors with the paternal line extending to the left and the maternal to the right. The Horizontal Hourglass Chart is a graphical display of an individual’s ancestors, descendants, siblings, and spouses with the ancestors of the primary individual extending to the right and the descendants on the left. The Vertical Pedigree Chart is a commonly used format for displaying a family tree and displays a graphic representation of a person’s direct-line ancestors. The Hourglass chart is a graphical display of an individual’s ancestors and descendants with the primary individual’s ancestors above and the descendants below. The Relationship Chart presents a graphical display of one person’s relationship to another including the relationship of each person in between.ĭirect-line ancestors and descendants are shown vertically with the common relative at the top. The Descendant Chart is a graphical display of an individual’s descendants with the primary individual at the top of the page and his or her descendants below. The pedigree chart can be formatted to print within a regular-sized page or it can span across many pages to create a family tree poster. The Pedigree Chart is the most commonly used format for displaying a family tree and displays a graphic representation of a person’s direct-line ancestors. A menu will appear allowing you to search by category for a specific topic. If you would like more information regarding a specific chart or report, please click the Help option in Family Tree Maker and select Help for Family Tree Maker from the drop-down menu. The descriptions provided are from the descriptions in the Family Tree Maker program. The following is a list of all charts and reports available in Family Tree Maker for Mac.
