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A multitude of Genealogical Numbering Systems have been developed for indexing family trees and pedigree charts in text format. Each system provides a consistent method to determine the appropriate & predictable identifier for persons in a Family Tree.  
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Most systems assign identifiers relative to a focal person and are oriented towards Ancestors (an ascending system) or Descendants (a descending system).  
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The terminology used to refer to this focal person varies, including: subject, proband (from psychiatry & medical genetics; proposito for male proband or proposita for female proband), root node (graphing), progenitor/primogenitor (for descending genealogical numbering systems), de cujus (Latin term meaning 'about which').
  
 
==Simple numbering==
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Descendant_Report|Descendant Report]]...}}
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[[File:TextReports-DescendantReport-example-overview-50.png|thumb|right|450px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Descendant Report - descending generation numbering using  [[Example.gramps|Example.gramps]]]]
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An ascending system for numbering pedigree ancestors starting with '1' at a focal person. The number of the father is double that of the child. The mother is double the child's number plus one.
  
An Austrian nobleman, diplomat, historian, and publicist named [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_Eytzinger Michaël Eytzinger] (circa 1530-1598) introduced a new functional theory of numeration of ancestors in 1590 with the Cologne publication of the [https://books.google.com/books/about/Thesaurus_principum_hac_aetate_in_Europa.html?id=Hzc8AAAAcAAJ Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium] ("lexicon of officials in this age in Europe living"). The Ahnentafel (German for "ancestor table") was first illustrated with a 5 generation pedigree of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_France Henry III of France] on pages 146 and 147.
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[[File:Ahnentafel_Example.png|frame|left|450px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Ahnentafel Report - ascending numbering focused on '''''Jennie S. Garner''''' of [[Example.gramps|Example.gramps]]]]
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====Origin====
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An Austrian nobleman, diplomat, historian, and publicist named [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C3%ABl_Eytzinger Michaël Eytzinger] (circa 1530-1598) introduced a new functional theory of numeration of ancestors in 1590 with the Cologne publication of the ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Thesaurus_principum_hac_aetate_in_Europa.html?id=Hzc8AAAAcAAJ Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium]'' ("lexicon of officials in this age in Europe living"). The Ahnentafel (German for "ancestor table") was first illustrated with a 5 generation pedigree of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_France Henry III of France] on pages 146 and 147.
  
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Graphs -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_5#Hourglass_Graph|Hourglass Graph]]...}}
 
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Ancestral_Report|Detailed Ancestral Report]]...}}
 
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Ancestral_Report|Detailed Ancestral Report]]...}}
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Ahnentafel_Report|Ahnentafel Report]]...}}
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Ahnentafel_Report|Ahnentafel Report]]...}} &bull; [[Specification:Ahnentafel_Report|Specification]] (2007)
  
 
====External Links====
 
====External Links====
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel Ahnentafel] ''Wikipedia''
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnentafel Ahnentafel] ''Wikipedia''
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#Ahnentafel Genealogical Numbering Systems:Ahnentafel] ''Wikipedia''
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#Ahnentafel Genealogical Numbering Systems:Ahnentafel] ''Wikipedia''
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==d'Aboville==
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Descendant_Report|Detailed Descendant Report]]...}}
 
* [[DescendantsLines#Display|DescendantsLines]] &bull; ''[[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd Party add-on]]''
 
* [[DescendantsLines#Display|DescendantsLines]] &bull; ''[[{{Version manual}}_Addons|3rd Party add-on]]''
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#d.27Aboville_System d'Aboville-style numbering]
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==de Villiers==
 
==de Villiers==
 
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==Henry==
 
==Henry==
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Descendant_Report|Detailed Descendant Report]]...}}
  
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====External Links====
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*  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#Henry_System Henry-style numbering]
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==Meurgey de Tupigny==
 
==Meurgey de Tupigny==
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Descendant_Report|Descendant Report]]...}}
 
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Descendant_Report|Descendant Report]]...}}
 
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==Pama==
 
==Pama==
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Descendant_Report|Descendant Report]]...}}
 
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Descendant_Report|Descendant Report]]...}}
 
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==Register==   
 
==Register==   
 
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Numbering system created in 1870 for use in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register published by the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society New England Historic Genealogical Society]
 
Numbering system created in 1870 for use in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register published by the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society New England Historic Genealogical Society]
  
* Record System (Modified Register System)
 
* NGSQ System (Modified Register System) [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Genealogical_Society National Genealogical Society Quarterly]
 
 
====Gramps features using this system====
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Descendant_Report|Detailed Descendant Report]]...}}
 
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Descendant_Report|Detailed Descendant Report]]...}}
  
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#Register_System Register-style numbering]
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* Record System (Modified Register System)
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* NGSQ System (Modified Register System) [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Genealogical_Society National Genealogical Society Quarterly]
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Spanish Genealogist https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimo_de_Sosa Jerónimo de Sosa] was a 17th-century Spanish Franciscan friar and a genealogist who based a genealogical numbering system of ancestors on the [[#ahnentafel|Ahnentafel]] numbering system first published by Michaël Eytzinger. His 1676 work [https://books.google.com/books/about/Noticia_de_la_gran_casa_de_los_Marqueses.html?id=-rmUgOlIdQQC Noticia de la gran casa de los marqueses de Villafranca] established a standard.   
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====Origin====
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Spanish Genealogist [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimo_de_Sosa Jerónimo de Sosa] was a 17th-century Spanish Franciscan friar and a genealogist who based a genealogical numbering system of ancestors on the [[#ahnentafel|Ahnentafel]] numbering system first published by Michaël Eytzinger. Sosa's 1676 work ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Noticia_de_la_gran_casa_de_los_Marqueses.html?id=-rmUgOlIdQQC Noticia de la gran casa de los marqueses de Villafranca]'' established a standard.   
 
   
 
   
Popularized on a large scale by [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Kekul%C3%A9_von_Stradonitz Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz] (1863–1933) when he published his interpretation of Eytzinger's and Sosa's method in his Ahnentafel-Atlas: Ahnentafeln zu 32 Ahnen der Regenten Europas und ihrer Gemahlinnen, 1898–1904, containing 79 charts of the sovereigns of Europe and their wives.  
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The system was popularized on a large scale by [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Kekul%C3%A9_von_Stradonitz Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz] (1863–1933) when he published his interpretation of Eytzinger's and Sosa's method in his ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Ahnentafel_Atlas.html?id=WlgoPQAACAAJ Ahnentafel-Atlas: Ahnentafeln zu 32 Ahnen der Regenten Europas und ihrer Gemahlinnen]'', 1898–1904, containing 79 charts of the sovereigns of Europe and their wives. (In 1895, Kekulé's prominent organic chemist father was ennobled by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, giving him the right to add "von Stradonitz" to his name, referring to a possession of his patrilineal ancestors in Stradonice, Bohemia.)
 
====Gramps features using this system====
 
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* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Ancestral_Report|Detailed Ancestral Report]]...}}
 
* {{man menu|Reports ->Text Reports -> [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Detailed_Ancestral_Report|Detailed Ancestral Report]]...}}
 
====External Links====
 
====External Links====
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#Ahnentafel Sosa-Stradonitz] on Wikipedia
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems#Ahnentafel Sosa-Stradonitz] on Wikipedia
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==Other numbering systems==
 
==Other numbering systems==
 
* Ancestral Lines
 
* Ancestral Lines
 
* [http://www.axtellfamily.org/axgenea/axnumber.html Axtell Genealogy]--Numbering System
 
* [http://www.axtellfamily.org/axgenea/axnumber.html Axtell Genealogy]--Numbering System
* Beruck numbering
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* [https://geneawiki.com/index.php/Num%C3%A9rotation Beruck] numbering &bull; [https://beruckcarpentier.kanak.fr/t2-la-numrotation-beruck Christophe Beruck]
 
* Dollarhide System &bull; [http://www.dollarhide.org/page_billw.htm William "Bill" W. Dollarhide] (1942- )
 
* Dollarhide System &bull; [http://www.dollarhide.org/page_billw.htm William "Bill" W. Dollarhide] (1942- )
 
* [https://www.forkheim.ca/family/num1.html Forkheim's Numbering System]
 
* [https://www.forkheim.ca/family/num1.html Forkheim's Numbering System]
 
* GENMTD-L: Numbering System?
 
* GENMTD-L: Numbering System?
 
* [https://www.knotsystem.dk/defined.html Knot System Sequential]
 
* [https://www.knotsystem.dk/defined.html Knot System Sequential]
* Modifications to Dollarhide Numbering
 
* Combined Number Systems
 
* Wikipedia - Genealogical numbering systems
 
 
* Yet Another Genealogy Numbering System
 
* Yet Another Genealogy Numbering System
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===Hybrid Approaches===
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Genealogy_Numbering_Systems_(National_Institute)National Institute for Genealogical Studies] approach &bull; FamilySearch
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==Comparative References==
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Articles comparing & contrasting merits of competing numbering sysytems
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* [http://www.saintclair.org/numbers/ Numbering Systems In Genealogy] &bull; Richard "Dick" Allen Pence 1932-[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131694637/richard-allen-pence 2009]
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*[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_numbering_systems Genealogical numbering systems] &bull; Wikipedia
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==Development Resources==
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* Add a 'numbering' data class - Gramps feature request {{bug|0004169}}
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* [[PseudonymTree.gramps]] - example (gzip compressed) multi-generational Gramps format Tree that uses intuitive pseudonyms & IDs for testing & exploration use.
  
[http://www.saintclair.org/numbers/ Numbering Systems In Genealogy] - Richard "Dick" Allen Pence 1932-[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131694637/richard-allen-pence 2009]
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Revision as of 18:34, 22 February 2020

A multitude of Genealogical Numbering Systems have been developed for indexing family trees and pedigree charts in text format. Each system provides a consistent method to determine the appropriate & predictable identifier for persons in a Family Tree.

Most systems assign identifiers relative to a focal person and are oriented towards Ancestors (an ascending system) or Descendants (a descending system).

The terminology used to refer to this focal person varies, including: subject, proband (from psychiatry & medical genetics; proposito for male proband or proposita for female proband), root node (graphing), progenitor/primogenitor (for descending genealogical numbering systems), de cujus (Latin term meaning 'about which').

Simple numbering

Gramps features using this system

Fig. .1 Descendant Report - descending generation numbering using Example.gramps


Ahnentafel

An ascending system for numbering pedigree ancestors starting with '1' at a focal person. The number of the father is double that of the child. The mother is double the child's number plus one.

Fig. .2 Ahnentafel Report - ascending numbering focused on Jennie S. Garner of Example.gramps


Origin

An Austrian nobleman, diplomat, historian, and publicist named Michaël Eytzinger (circa 1530-1598) introduced a new functional theory of numeration of ancestors in 1590 with the Cologne publication of the Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium ("lexicon of officials in this age in Europe living"). The Ahnentafel (German for "ancestor table") was first illustrated with a 5 generation pedigree of Henry III of France on pages 146 and 147.

Gramps features using this system

External Links

d'Aboville

Gramps features using this system

External Links

de Villiers

Gramps features using this system

Henry

  • Modified Henry Systems

Gramps features using this system

External Links

Meurgey de Tupigny

Gramps features using this system

Pama

Gramps features using this system

Register

Numbering system created in 1870 for use in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society

Gramps features using this system

External Links

Sosa-Stradonitz

Origin

Spanish Genealogist Jerónimo de Sosa was a 17th-century Spanish Franciscan friar and a genealogist who based a genealogical numbering system of ancestors on the Ahnentafel numbering system first published by Michaël Eytzinger. Sosa's 1676 work Noticia de la gran casa de los marqueses de Villafranca established a standard.

The system was popularized on a large scale by Stephan Kekulé von Stradonitz (1863–1933) when he published his interpretation of Eytzinger's and Sosa's method in his Ahnentafel-Atlas: Ahnentafeln zu 32 Ahnen der Regenten Europas und ihrer Gemahlinnen, 1898–1904, containing 79 charts of the sovereigns of Europe and their wives. (In 1895, Kekulé's prominent organic chemist father was ennobled by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, giving him the right to add "von Stradonitz" to his name, referring to a possession of his patrilineal ancestors in Stradonice, Bohemia.)

Gramps features using this system

External Links


Other numbering systems

Hybrid Approaches

Comparative References

Articles comparing & contrasting merits of competing numbering sysytems

Development Resources

  • Add a 'numbering' data class - Gramps feature request 0004169
  • PseudonymTree.gramps - example (gzip compressed) multi-generational Gramps format Tree that uses intuitive pseudonyms & IDs for testing & exploration use.