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Tree on Excel

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Countrymouse

Countrymouse Report 6 Oct 2007 17:54

Thanks I have found it now. Though I use Legacy for my own I think I will use excel for my godmother's much smaller tree.

covlass

covlass Report 6 Oct 2007 08:48

I use Access more for my tree but found excel was great for doing a mini chart. I'm putting some information togther for my aunt and thought a tree showing just the direct line no cousins and this worked a treat

Researching:
Foxon, Brentnall, Malin, Gutteridge, Lucas Coventry

Countrymouse

Countrymouse Report 5 Oct 2007 22:45

Where are the organization charts on excel please?

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 5 Oct 2007 20:31

I also use XL spreadsheets for my trees using the alphabet. One letter for each page. Each A4 page containing up to three generations. The last cell farthest right indicates which page reference to go to next. The pages can get crowded as I also record Census Addresses (Green)and codes to indicate which person in the family was resident as well as Birth Marriage and death references(blue)
I use brown old for notes and snippets. Info from the actual certificates are in Pink.
Don't half look pretty!
We could compare and refine our efforts.

Fi aka Wheelie Spice

Fi aka Wheelie Spice Report 5 Oct 2007 20:07

I have my tree on Powerpoint and have 1 surname per page and could get 13 generations on but they depends if you put all your cousins on it.

Fi

covlass

covlass Report 5 Oct 2007 15:53

I have just made a 5 generation tree on Excel as a chart with names DOB and where they were born in only took a couple of mins to make . it was so easy to do now can print off how many mini trees I want in min's. Was just messing and found the organization charts on Excel

Researching:
Foxon, Brentnall, Malin, Gutteridge, Lucas Coventry