How to Use the Trees Pages

  1. The first thing that you should do, if you haven't already done so, is to read the section on the choice of tree format. I strongly recommend, if you plan to come back to this website, that you download and use the Free TreeDraw viewer.
     
  2. Most of the trees are linked. In general the oldest are at the top of the tree selection table and the more recent are lower down. The 'Links' column shows which other trees are linked. For example, Tree 1 is linked to Trees 2 and 3. Tree 2 is linked to tree 1 (because it is linked in the upwards direction the number is shown in brackets), and also to Trees 4, 5, 6 and 7.
     
  3. The tree will open in a new browser page. When you have finished with it you can click on the 'close' icon and you will then be back on your original page.
     
  4. Most trees are larger than the window on your screen. Use the scroll bars to navigate around the tree. If you are looking at the tree in Explorer you may find that when the tree first loads it may be too small to read. Wait until downloading is complete and the four-arrowed 'expand' icon is displayed (if you are using IE6). Click on this icon to expand the tree to a readable font-size. Sometimes this doesn't work very well; I have no idea why. It is probably a bug that Microsoft haven't bothered to fix. In IE 7, just click the zoom icon.
     
  5. Each page is complete in itself. There are no clickable links on the trees.
     
  6. Links to other trees are shown in blue boxes. You are given the number and the title of the tree which you should then be able to identify in one of the tables.
     
  7. Individuals on the trees are identified by a unique 4 digit number e.g. [0234]. Use this identification number if you ask me whether I have further information.
     
  8. If you are still using Explorer 5 you may see a slight truncation at the edges of the display. This is a 'feature' of Explorer 5. If it troubles you I suggest that you upgrade to Explorer 7, or, better still, use the TreeDraw Viewer.
     
  9. You will see that in some of the trees some people are enclosed in light green boxes. This helps to identify someone with missing links, i.e. someone who, at present, I have no further information about, certainly no recorded death or burial. This may be the missing ancestor you are searching for.
     
  10. If you click on a link to display a tree, and nothing appears to happen, look at the bottom of your screen to check that you haven't 'minimised' the previous tree.
     
  11. There are some trees which are not linked to the main trees. I believe, however, that the people concerned are closely related to the people in the main trees and I have indicated where I believe the link might exist in each case. If you can find positive proof of a link then I would be pleased to hear from you. These trees are listed in the Loose Branches table.
     
  12. You will also find a table which I have titled Orphan Trees. These have no connection to other trees at present. There are also Twigs; these are small trees, usually (but not always), not linked to other trees.
     
  13. I will be adding further trees from time to time.
     

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