This page defines the format terms that are used on this site. It gives you the ability to locate and view data of interest to you on any of these databases, without having to go and visit each of the databases separately. HTML Presentation Formats Narrative style .
Authors produce family and personal histories in a wide variety of narrative styles and formats.
These are usually in a text or word processing format, that when converted to HTML is usually only searchable using generic full-text search engines such as Alta Vista or HotBot. This is NOT a recommended format for sharing your genealogy on the Web. Descendant charts and reports . A descendant report is an indented text outline showing descendants of the source couple for a specified number of generations. Ascendant formats such as pedigree charts, ancestor charts, and Ahnentafels which trace a particular individual's ancestry back in time are not recommended for publishing to the Web.