FHSREGR - Ancestor/Descendant/Relative Register Report ProgramThis is a new program that produces a style of "merged group report" that has features of the more standard "Register" style of descendant report. Some of these features are:
While Register style reports are traditionally produced for a group of descendants, the FHS Register report extends this to Ancestor groups and, more generally, groups of all relatives of an individual, that is: all descendants of all ancestors of the individual. Features of the Relative Register are:
- The Register Report consists of a series of "subreports" about individuals who are part of a group of relatives. Each "subreport" is in the form of a "Family Group" report, showing birth/death dates and places, parents, marriages, children and other information about the individual. (I refer to that individual as the SUBJECT of the report.) The subreports are arranged in "relationship sequence" of the subjects of the reports within the group of relatives. (If the group of relatives is the ancestors of an individual, then the "relationship sequence" is just the order of Lineage or Ahnentafel numbers assigned to the ancestors. If the group of relatives is the descendants of an individual, then the "relationship sequence" is the same as the "generation grouped" sequence of the FHS Descendant Report.)
- Individuals are assigned identification numbers which are in relationship sequence and are used for "navigation" within the report. In Ancestor registers, the identification number is the lineage or ahnentafel number. In descendant (and relative) register reports, the "register numbers" are just counting numbers assigned sequentially to individuals. You may optionally request that register numbers be assigned to every individual in the group of relatives or just to individuals who are the "subjects" of group reports. (You can use the same "bypass" options as the older group report program to eliminate 'subreports' that do not add any new information.)
- In the lists of children in the group reports, children are numbered with lower case Roman numerals. If a child has been assigned an identification (register) number, it appears at the left of the line of information for the child. If all individuals are being assigned register numbers, children who are subjects of group reports will have a "+" preceding their register number. A child who is also one of the ancestors will have his/her lineage number printed within square brackets just prior to the name, following the child number.
- You may optionally request that each subject of a group report in a descendant register have a "lineage" printed following the individual's name in the report. This "lineage" represents a line of relationships between the subject of the report and the individual who is the "root" (or base) for the group of descendants that is being reported. This lineage has similarities to the lineage that can be printed in the usual FHS merged group report but differs in some significant ways. For instance, a lineage in the older merged group report might be: (2,4,1,5) indicating that the individual was the "fifth child of the first child of the fourth child of the second child of the root for the descendants", reading from right to left. In the register report this might be written as: (v.45 Michael, i.38 Mary, iv.24 Ned, ii.1 William) indicating that the individual was the "fifth child of reg # 45 named Michael, who is the first child of reg #38 named Mary, who is the fourth child of #24 with the name of Ned, who is the second child of #1 named William". Note that child numbers are given in roman numerals, the generations go backward from left to right, and a lineage entry can have more than just the child number. (You may optionaly request that a lineage include any combination of the three items: child number, register number of the parent and first name of the parent)
- The relationship sequence of the subjects of group reports is such that they are naturally grouped by generations. In the Register Report, each generation grouping is preceded by a prominent heading indicating the relationship of the individuals in that group. ("GRAND PARENTS", "3 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN", etc.)
Just as with all other FHS reports and charts, complete indexes can be printed for the register reports using an extended option that is available for registered users.
- A Relative Register is printed in two parts, an Ancestor Section and a Descendant Section.
- The Ancestor Section shows an "abbreviated group report" for each ancestor; that is, each group report only shows information from the name record (including information about the parents) but omits the list of children and other types of information (addresses, occupation, etc) that might be part of the full group report. While the Ancestors are shown in this section with the lineage number as the identification number, a separate register number is printed before the name, within parentheses. That is the register number that will be assigned to the ancestor in the Descendant Section.
- The Descendant Section consists of separate Descendant Register reports for each of the ancestors. Each descendant register is preceded by a prominent heading identifying the ancestor whose descendants are being reported . Of course there are headings for each generation level within the report as well. You may optionally request that the relationships shown in the generation headings represent the relationship to the base record for the group of relatives instead of representing the relationship to the root of the descendant register. (For instance, the second generation descendants of a great grand parent might be labeled as "1 COUSIN 1 REMOVED" instead of as "GRAND CHILDREN".)
- A spouse (or child) in a group report who is also an ancestor will have the lineage number printed [in square brackets] before the name
- If lineages are printed as part of the report, then the lineage number (or ahnentafel number) of the ancestor at the top of the descendant chain will be printed in square brackets at the end of the lineage.
The following items provide sample pages from some register reports:
- Ancestor Register - Pages from an Ancestor Register for Prince Charles
- Descendant Register - Pages from a Descendant Register for Charlemagne
- Relative Register - Ancestor Section - Pages from the Ancestor Portion of a Relative Register for Queen Elizabeth
- Relative Register - Descendant Section - Pages from the Descendant Portion of a Relative Register for Queen Elizabeth