When you enter the TreeSeek website, you now have the choice to log in to FamilySearch to create your chart, or you can use the ged.com option and create a chart from your ged.com. The ged.com feature is great for those who do not use FamilySearch. If you choose to use FamilySearch to create your chart, you have the option of selecting the starting person on your chart. There are twelve different charts to from which to choose, five fan charts, three 7-generation charts, two in color and one black and white, two 9-generation charts, one in color and the other in black and white. They also create a name cloud and photo charts that use the photo of your ancestors from FamilySearch.
FamilySearch has a fan chart option also. You can print out a color 7-generation fan chart that you can frame. FamilySearch has introduced a discovery fan chart that will help you learn more about your family and your family tree. In the FamilySearch Blog, there is a great article “New Discovery Fan Chart: Explore Your Family Tree in Depth,” by Leslie Albrecht Huber. (www.familysearch.org/blog/en/new-discovery-fan-chart-family-tree) She states that “In just one glance, you can discover your ancestral heritage or learn which family members have an abundance of sources, family photos, and family stories – which could use a little more work!” A favorite feature in the FamilySearch chart is the Birth Country Chart. FamilySearch will bring up a color-coded fan chart that will show through the different colors where your ancestors were born.
Fan charts are great to give you an overview of your family. The blank spaces in the chart show your end of line people giving you an idea of where you need to focus your research. You can see which ancestor has stories and photos that are new to you. As Huber states, “You just might see your family in a whole new way.” The advancement of technology is essential in assisting us in our genealogy research!
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