New Years is an excellent time to tally up your family tree for 2019.
The goal of this exercise is to calculate the percentage of ancestors you have found up to your 7th great grandparents.
I've added a little guide to calculating your family tree in less than an hour if you have a tree on Ancestry.com. Printable charts can be found from the link below:
Time to Tally Up Your Family Tree for 2019
1. View the family tree pedigree on Ancestry.com for one of your parents.The last generation shown are your 3rd great-grandparents (GGP).
As you click the arrow after each 3rd GGP, their branch opens to show up to the 7th generation.
2. Count how many 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th great grandparents (GGPs) in your tree and added them to the box indicated on this chart. Complete one for your maternal side and one for your paternal side.
Ancestors possible for 4th - 7th generation using this chart:
4th generation column - 2
5th generation column - 4
6th generation column - 8
7th generation column - 16
3. Add the results from the 4th - 7th great grandparents chart above to the tally chart below.
Take the sum of known maternal and paternal ancestors and divide it by the total possible ancestors (1022) to learn your percentage of ancestors you have found up to your 7th great grandparents.
After the tally, I usually find that I have neglected several branches for one reason or another. My genie senses tingle and I recall all the new collections added and/or updated on Family Search that I've seen and have yet to review for these ignored ancestors. The hunt is back on and I'm carrying a sledgehammer 🙂
Get your 2019 research off on the right foot
with Military & Land Records from the National Archives
