what is genealogical numbering it is actually a very important part of your research
in this episode of the ancestral findings podcast i'll show you what it is
what it does and how to use it in your family trees
if you've ever looked at online family trees or family trees in professional genealogy books or
other publications you have probably seen numbers by the names of individuals on the trees while
there are a few different methods for numbering your genealogy all of the numbering systems have
one purpose to help you keep things organized so you can easily find and identify individuals and
their relationships to other individuals on your family tree most numbering systems display in the
order of the descendants of a given person while the onon toefl system numbers people according to
their ancestry to a certain individual here are the most common genealogical numbering systems
and how to use them the onontofl is an ancestry chart showing the ancestors of a particular person
the word itself is german for ancestor table you can include a lot of information in a small amount
of space using this numbering system basically you start out with one main person that person
is numbered as one on the chart that person's parents are next with the father being two and
the mother being three from now on the ancestors on the father's side will always come before the
ancestors on the mother's side but they will all be included on the chart the paternal grandfather
is number four the paternal grandmother is five the maternal grandfather is six the maternal
grandmother is seven and so on you can take the onontofl back as far as you like or as far as
you have information after the grandparents add the parents of the paternal grandfather numbers
8 and 9 the parents of the paternal grandmother 10 and 11. then the maternal great-grandparents
and so on numbering accordingly as you go back in time on the chart the register numbering system
this is the descendancy numbering system used by the new england historic and genealogical society
and is often used in genealogical publications it only includes bloodline descendants in the
numbering so spouses are not numbered the common ancestor whose descendants are being numbered
is number one on the chart the children of this person without known descendants are
each given a lowercase roman numeral in order of their birth children with known descendants
are given a regular number according to their order of birth these children will appear later
in the report with their own children who are also given the roman numeral regular number system
depending on their known descendants regular numbers should follow in normal order throughout
the report as they are assigned this way only one person is assigned a particular number the henry
numbering system this numbering system is used in some genealogical books but is not accepted for
genealogy magazines or for certification projects for the board of certification for genealogists
it is a simplified numbering system that is used on descendants charts the common ancestor is one
the children are numbered according to birth order beginning with number 11. the children of the
children receive similar numbers for example the oldest child of the oldest child is 111 the second
oldest is 112 and so on the oldest child of the second oldest child is 121 then 122 123 and so on
when you use genealogical numbering to keep track of your family history research you will know
who is who and how they are related to others in your family tree try using numbering in your own
genealogy and see how much more simplified it makes reading your family tree charts
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