The Why Behind Genealogy Charts

There are as many reasons to create a genealogy chart as there are genealogists.

For the person doing the research:

·      Charts can get your research out where you can see it and keep it in front of you where you can mull over ideas. Sometimes getting things off the computer and out where you can see them can help you think of other research ideas 

·      Charts can help you find errors or problems you didn’t realize were entered wrong. 

·      Charts can keep comparisons of unproven lines straight.

·      Charts can be good for collecting information from living relatives (especially descendancy charts.)

·      Charts can help you stay organized.

·      Charts can help engage the non-genealogists in your family with their family’s history.

For clients and non-genealogist family members:

• Charts explain the research that has been done to someone who hasn’t been involved.
• Charts can engage a person in their family history and surround them with the feeling of love that comes from knowing they are enveloped in a family.
• Charts foster the confidence of realizing the potential embedded in their inherited traits. 
• Charts can nurture emotional healing by creating more understanding of the family’s past history.

Regardless of if you’re a professional genealogist or just a family history enthusiast, a genealogy chart is invaluable to helping your family document their origin story.