Virtual Pedigree

We just found a new cool family history tool. It is called Virtual Pedigree. You get to it the same way that you got to Relative Finder in the last post. But instead of typing in Relative Finder, you type in Virtual Pedigree. You come to a page that looks like this.

Click on Log in with FamilySearch and then you have to sign in to FamilySearch and you are there.

It starts with you as the root person but that can change just by double clicking on anyone and choosing Set as Root.

The generations are marked at the top and ends of lines are noted with a little blue circle. Unlike FamilySearch where you move through the generations in bunches and can only see one line at a time, in Virtual Pedigree you drag the screen and all the generations open up.
To see descendants, double click on an ancestor and this type of page will appear.

It gives the vital information and a link to see her page in FamilySearch. You can also set her as the root person so that her descendants will be to the left of her on the screen.

Notice that direct lines are in pink and blue and have birth/death dates. Spouses have a small rectangle inside the main ancestors block colored by gender but with no vital information. If you want to see their information, double click on the main ancestor's block. When their summary card  appears (see Jeweletta's card above) the spouse will have a hyperlink. Click on that and you will see his summary card.

Then if you set him as the root, you can see all of his ancestors and descendants.

Notice that the little right and left arrows at the top can hide the fly-outs. The descendancy key shows possible research projects if someone may have children. You can't add them here; you would have to click on their link and go to FamilySearch to do that; but this shows you where you may need to do some research. The fly-out to the right has Low-Hanging Fruit....not really sure what that means but maybe just a list of people who are at the ends of lines where more work could be done.

A nifty little app......ENJOY