Addon:GenealogyTree

This is a Third-party Addon. The Addon/Plugin system is controlled by the Plugin Manager. Please use carefully on data that is backed up, and help make it better by reporting any issues to the bug tracker. Unless otherwise stated on this page, you can download this addon by following these instructions. Please note that some Addons have prerequisites that need to be installed before they can be used.

Main menu showing all four reports for Addon:GenealogyTree

The "GenealogyTree" addon uses LaTeX genealogytree (the Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams package) to create professional looking trees for the active person. Four report are available:

• Ancestor tree
• Descendant tree
• Grandparent tree
• Sandclock tree

Usage

From the menu select Reports > Trees > [Xxxxx] Tree... where [Xxxxx] is one of the available reports.

Features

Output is only to tex or pdf files.

This article's content is incomplete or a placeholder stub. Please update or expand this section.

Tree examples

Example output for each tree report.

Ancestor tree

Ancestor tree - example for Addon:GenealogyTree

Creates a tree chart showing the ancestors of the active person.

Descendant tree

File:Xxx.png

Descendant tree - example for Addon:GenealogyTree

Grandparent tree

File:Xxx.png

Grandparent tree - example for Addon:GenealogyTree

Sandclock tree

File:Xxx.png

Sandclock tree - example for Addon:GenealogyTree

Prerequisites

Before any of these reports can be used you will need the following prerequisites installed:

• texlive including the textlive-pictures package which contains LaTeX genealogytree (the Pedigree and genealogical tree diagrams package)

The texlive-pictures package contains genealogytree.

The texlive-fontsextra package is required for non-latin fonts.

Linux

This article's content is incomplete or a placeholder stub. Please update or expand this section.

Apple MacOS

This article's content is incomplete or a placeholder stub. Please update or expand this section.

Microsoft Windows

• LaTeX genealogytree reports on Windows

This article's content is incomplete or a placeholder stub. Please update or expand this section.

Issues

• The diagram doesn't scale to fit the page. For a large tree you will have to select a large paper size.
• Help button url does not come here.

See also:

• Feature request 10223 LaTeX genealogytree reports