I was checking out WikiTree Tree Apps (select "Tree Apps" from the list under your name, and then click in the "Tree App" box to see the list of apps) and ran across several of interest.
1) The "Ancestral Lines Explorer" app connects the key person (in my example below, myself) to their ancestors in a pedigree chart. Here is my 5-generation chart:
The user can choose any number of generations up to 10. I had to try 10! Here is the chart out to my 7th great-grandparents.
The red names are the end-of-line ancestors on WikiTree.
2) Another WikiTree "Tree App" is the "Ahnentafel Ancestor List". Here is the top of my list (my list goes out to the 7th great-grandparents):
I saw no button or link to download the Ahnentafel List. I can save the page with the list as an HTML file (by right-clicking the web page) or use my "Print Friendly" Chrome browser extension to save it as a PDF.
3) Another WikiTree App is the "Ancestor Explorer" ("Find" menu item > select "Apps" > select "Ancestor Explorer"):
This app creates a table that can be downloaded as a CSV file for a spreadsheet program with the generation number, ahnentafel number, name of the ancestor, birth date, birth place, death date and death place. The user can choose up to 25 generations.
4) The "Fan Chart" in the "Tree Apps" link can show your ancestors in a fan chart. The user can color the cells with a number of criteria - I chose Region and Country for this chart:
The white cells have an "Unknown" birth location that WikiTree does not recognize, like "Massachusetts Bay" or "West Jersey."
5) There are quite a few more "Tree Apps" on WikiTree. Try them all out!
6) Note that all of the data comes from WikiTree, which is a collaborative family tree. While I have contributed 7,500 profiles to WikiTree, other persons may have modified the profiles I contributed. Some of the profiles on that tree may be different than what I have in my RootsMagic family tree, and I need to critically review those. Some profiles on the chart may be for ancestors that I have not yet found, and I need to critically review those.
7) Of course, this doesn't work if you don't have a profile of yourself on WikiTree, or if your grandparents or great-grandparents have profiles in WikiTree. While WikiTree has over 40 million profiles, not every historical person is in WikiTree. It is a useful resource, and it is FREE to use.
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