Hi Everyone, I was asked by one of you to help know a good way to post a pedigree to a hopeful relative and how to read the ones with numbers and indentations. That is a toughie! The way I deal with sending my pedigree to a possible relative is to write it like this: Dianne Lynn Curry Morris parents- father- Anderson Rudolph Curry mother- Clara Juanita Boaz grandparents- George Benjamin Curry and Ella Amelia Schulte (married couple) Noah William Boaz and Ethel Lindhorst great grandparents-Anderson Curry and Elizabeth Ann Pruett Rudolph Schulte and Anna Eva Lotz Amos Wilson Boaz and Anna Bannon Robert T. Lindhorst and Sue Mae Chesser and it goes from there. You start with yourself and work back- filling in basic info- If they are a realtive then you can go in to dates, places etc. This may not be the best way but it works for me and I have all my direct line descendants listed that way. You can compare collateral lines (siblings (and spouses of) and the rest of the family. Now as to using the numbered Indented form of presenting your pedigree chart -I find it as confusing as you do usually. But this is how my pedigree would be that way (this way you start with the oldest relation you know and work forward) 1. Amos Wilson Boaz +Anna Bannon 2 their first child (second generation) +spouse if married 3 their child (third genertation) 3 their child (etc) +spouse 4 their child (fourth generation) +spouse 5 their child (fifth generation) 2 the original couples second child +spouse 3 their child +spouse 4 their child +spouse 5 their child 2 the original couples third child You can see how this could be confusing- especially if each child had several children who had several children etc, It could be pages between the originals couples children. I hope you understand this. I get confused just explaining it LOL. Some people add to the confusion by adding the alphabet to the list-A, a, roman numerals --whew- I am more into learning not only my genealogy but who the ancestors really were so usually put it in a text form that would probably confuse you to haha. ( If I have more information than just a name I put a + in front of the number of the person in the family.) # where child fits in( i for the first child ii for the second etc) name Oldest known faimly member. born XX at XX Died XX at XX buried at XX. Married (spouses name) date of marriage. She was born XX at XX Died XX at XX buried at XX (spouses parents goes here) They had the following children: +1 i son Joe 2 ii son Tom +3 iii daughter Sue SECOND GENERATION 1. son Joe was born XX at XX died XX at XX buried at XX. He married Jane Doe XXXXX at Blue co. IA. She was born xx at xx, died xxx at xx buried at xx (her parents were xx xx) They had the following children: 4. i mary ryan +5 ii ann ryan 6 iii linda ryan 7 iv george ryan 3. daughter sue was born xx at xx died xx at xx buried at xx. She married ___Jones date and place of marriage. He was born xxxx . They had the following children: 8 i jack Jones THIRD GENERATION 5. ann ryan was born xxx at xx died xx atxx buried xx. She married tom lewis. They had the following children: 9 i pat lewis +10 ii ann lewis FOURTH GENERATION 10. ann lewis was born(you fill in all the info you have). she married Joe___ They had the follwowing children: 11 i susie ___ Now that I have you totally confused (really I hope not) I will hush till next time. I would read these over and try a little of each and see what works for you. Have a good day! Dianne