BYU Virtual Pedigree View

This view is very similar to the "Hourglass" view, in that you can set your ancestor in the "Home" position with ancestors to the right and descendants to the left. The nice feature though with this Virtual Pedigree, is that as you move around on the pedigree, it will collapse and open up different areas to more easily see the descendants. Where there is no posterity or continuing line present, these are considered "dead end" lines. These lines are great places to start to explore for additional posterity to that line. Census records are great places to explore for further family names to add. There is also a "Legend" on the left that will direct you to things such as missing spouse or children, etc.

You will need to log into FamilySearch to use this website as it uses FamilySearch data.

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