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Posting Pedigrees on Your Project's Patriarchs Page

 


Pedigrees are first posted on the Pedigree Forum by the project member or a visitor.

  • You (or Worldfamilies) will then post the Pedigrees in the stripped-down form we use on the Patriarch Page, so that we can show a lot of information on the page, tracing the surname line, which goes from male to male.
  • Worldfamilies will post the pedigrees until you are ready.  When you take it over, we will assist you in any way you need. 
  • The pedigrees are posted on the Patriarch Page in chronological order, according to the birth date of the earliest ancestor.  However, you can choose to display them by lineagei, surname variation, or any other way you choose
  • As you post pedigrees, check the Family Tree DNA GAPi Member's page to see if that person has been tested.
  • If the pedigree correlates to a test, post the project member's code identity numberi in red at the bottom of the pedigree on the Patriarch page.  (You can see the code identity number by polacing your curser on the project member's name on the Member Information and Reports page.The code identity number is assigned by the project administrator when he/she sends the welcome when the member joins the project.)
  • If the pedigree family is not represented by a dna test, encourage them to locate a male family member and have him yDNA tested.
  •  Edit the pedigree as you post it, so that there are only four bits of information on each line, as we have realized that this approach allows clear identification of a family. Additional details can be provided elsewhere (If you are missing one or more of these, choose an important alternate fact to include).
    o        Full name (or as much as you have)
    o        Birth Date
    o        Birth Place
    o        Wife's name
  • Do not post any names of persons whose birthdates are after 1910, as we try to protect the privacy of any
    livingindividuals
  • This is the format we use for Worldfamilies.net, but you can choose any format and color scheme you wish.
  • Be sure you log in as Project Administrator ibefore you try to edit the project page.
  • Note - if you leave the page before clicking "Save and Publish",  you will lose all your edits !!!
  • You have two ways of posting new pedigrees on the Patriarchs page
    • Option 1:  Use the editing tools on the project's webpage to add the new postings.
    • Option 2:   Make the entire page into a word document, add new postings, save as an html file, and use upload feature to post on Patriarch Page.
    • Common Problems with Posting Pedigrees
    • For information on the most commonly used tools, click here.
       

Option 1.  Use the "Edit this page!" tools to add the pedigree to the existing Patriarch Page. 

  • Basic steps for using the "Edit this page!" tools to post a pedigree

    • Copy (control c) the new pedigree from the Pedigree Forum.
    • Click on "Edit this page!" on the Patriarch Page.
    • Paste (control v) the new pedigree into the Patriarch Page in the correct place chronologically.
    • Format the new pedigree using the tools in the toolbar above the editing box.
    • Click "Save and Publish" when you are ready to post the page.
    • The page you just edited will appear on the Patriarch Page.
    • For information of the most commonly used tools, click here. 
    • You can let your project member know his pedigree has been posted by clicking on “reply” at the bottom of his posting on the Pedigree Forum Page and posting a note to him, or sending him a personal email by clicking on the envelope symbol under his name.
    • You will probably want to send a bulk email through your GAP at FTDNAi to let project members know that a new pedigree has been posted.

  • Detailed steps for posting pedigrees using the "Edit this page" toolbar and the style we use on the Patriarch Pages at Worldfamilies.net  

    • Copy the pedigree from the Pedigree Forum:  Go to your surname's Pedigree Forum to find the recent posting(s) that has not been posted to the Patriarch page. Copy (control C) the posting from the Pedigree Forum.
    • Paste the pedigree on the Patriarch Page:
      • Go to your project's Patriarchs Page, click "Edit this page!" (It may take a few seconds for the editing page to open.)
      • The Patriarch Page will appear in the editing box.
      • Select the correct place for the new posting in chronological order by the first ancestor in the pedigree.
      • Go to the last line of the pedigree that should be just above your new posting, put your cursor at the end of that line and hit Enter.
      • A bullet point will appear.  Use the Decrease Indent tool to move the bullet point to the correct place to begin your new posting.
      • Place the cursor next to the bullet point. 
      • Paste (control v) the new pedigree on the page
      • If you are having trouble with the placement of the pedigree or using the bullet points, click here for some tips.
    • Edit the Pedigree
      • “Select” the entire new posting by highlighting it by holding down the button on your mouse while you scroll over the material. While the material is highlighted:
      • Change the color of the text to teal by clicking on the “AA” on the bottom row of the toolbar across the top of the page and selecting teal. (4th row from the bottom, 4th row from the right
      • Change the type size to “small” (bottom row of the tool bar, box called Size)
      • Change the font to “Arial”      
      • To indent each line after the first line:
        • Place your cursor at the end of the first line.  Use delete to bring the second line up to the end of the first.
        • Place your cursor just to the left of the name on the second line.
        • Hit enter. This will give you a second circle just under the first.
        • Click on the symbol “Increase Indent” (left of center on the middle row of the toolbar: symbol is horizontal lines with an arrow pointing to right) to move the second line into the correct place.
      • Use the same procedure for each line of the pedigree.
      • Continue through the generations of the pedigree, stopping at a birthdate of no later than 1910.
      • Note: if you have a pedigree with siblings listed, you will not “increase indent” with each one, as they are of the same generation and will have the same symbol.
      • As you post the pedigree, you may need to post an earlier generation after you have posted later generations: To do this, do exactly the same steps, except instead of “Increase Indent” you will click on “Decrease Indent” (the symbol to the left of “Increase Indent” with arrow pointing left).
      • If you are having trouble with the placement of the pedigree or using the bullet points, click here for some tips.
      • For information of the most commonly used tools, click here.
    • To post the contact information for the provider of the pedigree
      • Go back to end of the first line, type a dash, then type or paste the name and email address of the person who provided the pedigree. (The email address can be found by clicking on the envelope under the person's name.)
      • Change the color of the text to black
      • Change the @ to AT to help prevent spammers from “harvesting” email addresses from the site.)
    • Linking the Patriarch page to the Pedigree Forum. (Often there is more information given on the Pedigree Forum than can be posted on the Patriarch page. It is helpful to provide a link from the posting on the Patriarch Page to the complete posting on the Pedigree Forum.)
      • Go back to the Pedigree Forum Page, and copy (control C) the url (address) for the page.
      • Return to the “Patriarch” page at the website, still open to the edit box (Do not close or you will lose your edits.)
      • Highlight the name of the earliest ancestor
      • Click on the chain symbol (Insert/Edit link) in the middle row on the tool bar.
      • Paste (Control V) the url from the Pedigree Forum page in the blank for url and click OK.
      • Highlight the name again, click on the AA symbol on the toolbar, change the color to dark gold (fourth row from bottom, third row from left), then bold it by clicking on the B in the toolbar while the name is still highlighted.
    • Correlating the pedigree to the test resultsi
      • If you know the code identity of the member who is posting the pedigree, you can put it after the last line of the pedigree on the Patriarch page in bold red. (If you learn it later, you'll want to add it, as it is the correlation of dna results to pedigrees is really important)
      • Sometimes you can deduce the code identity number of a pedigree posting by looking to see if the email address of the pedigree poster matches the email address of a project member who has been tested.
      •  When you are satisfied with the posting, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the button Save and Publish.
      • After you have “Saved and Published” the Patriarch Page, take a look at the Results page to see if you need to add the earliest known ancestor for a test result there, based on the pedigrees now posted on the Patriarch Page.
    • Notify Project Participants that a Pedigree has been posted on the Patriarch Page
      • You can let your project member know his pedigree has been posted by clicking on “reply” at the bottom of his posting on the Pedigree Forum Page and posting a note to him, or sending him a personal email by clicking on the envelope symbol under his name.
      • You will probably want to send a bulk email through your GAP at FTDNA to let project members know that a new pedigree has been posted.
    • Need more help?  Click here for answers to some common problems.

Option 2—Save the Patriarch Page as an HTML file in Word and upload to the Patriarch Page using the "Upload HTML File" tool

  • Basic Steps for Using the Upload HTML File tool on the Patriarch Page

    • Open a new document in Word.
    • Click on "View" in the toolbar, then click on "Web Layout".
    • Copy (control c) and paste (control v) the Patriarch Page to the new document in Word.
    • Copy (control c) and paste (control v) the new pedigree from the Pedigree Forum to the document in Word, placing it in the correct place chronologically.
    • Format the new pedigree using the tools in the Word Document.
    • Click on "File" in the toolbar of the Word Document, then click on "Save As Web Page"
    • Choose the file on your computer in which you want to save the document, and type a name for the document. Click "Save".
    • Do Not click on File, then "Save as Webpage", as this will save it literally as a webpage, not a document.
    • Click on "Edit this page" on the Patriarch Page.
    • Scroll down to "Upload HTML File " and click "Browse.."
    • Scroll through the files on your computer until you find the Patriarch Page html file you saved, then click "Save and Publish".
    • The page you just created will appear on the Patriarch Page.
    • To add new pedigrees, add them to the html document you saved, then upload the entire page to the Patriarch Page, using the "Upload HTML File"  tool.
    • Do not include anything on the saved file page you do not want to display on the Patriarchs Page, as the entire file will appear on the web page.

       

  • Detailed steps for posting pedigrees on the Patriarch Page using the Upload HTML File tool

    • Copy (control c)  the entire Patriarch Page pedigree postings from your project's website Patriarch page.  (If there are no pedigrees on your project's Patriarch Page, you skip this step)
    • Open a new document in Microsoft Word
    • Click on "View" in the toolbar, then click on "Web Layout".
    • Paste (control v) the Patriarch Page you copied.
    • Go to the Pedigree Forum, copy (control c) the next pedigree to be posted.
    • Go back to your Word document. If there are already postings on the Patriarch Page, find where the new posting should go in chronological order, according to the first ancestor in each posting.
    • Go to the last line of the posting that should be just above the new posting.  (If there are no postings, you will need to highlight the entire posting and click on the "Insert/Remove Bulleted List" tool to get the first bullet point."
    • Place your cursor at the end of the last row of that pedigree, hit Enter, and a new bullet point will appear on the next line.
    • Use the "Decrease Indent" tool to move the bullet point to the left to the correct place to begin the next posting.
    • Paste the new pedigree posting from the pedigree forum next to the bullet point.
    • Edit the new pedigree using the tools in Word
    • “Select” the entire new posting by highlighting it by holding down the button on your mouse while you scroll over the material. While the material is highlighted:
      Change the color of the text to teal by clicking on the “AA” on the bottom row of the toolbar across the  top of the page and selecting teal. (4th row from the bottom, 4th row from the right)
    • Change the type size to "8" or “10”, depending on which matches the rest of the page.
    • Change the font to “Arial”
    • Delete any extra information that does not belong on the Patriarch Page for the first line.
    • Place your cursor at the end of the first line, click delete to bring the second line up to the first
    • Place your cursor next to the bullet point of the second line and use the "Increase Indent" tool to move it over to the right.
    • Use the same procedure for each line of the pedigree.
    • Continue through the generations of the pedigree, stopping at a birthdate of no later than 1910.
      Note: if you have a pedigree with siblings listed, you will not “increase indent” with each one, as they are of the same generation and will have the same symbol.
    • As you post the pedigree, you may need to post an earlier generation after you have posted later generations: To do this, do exactly the same steps, except instead of “Increase Indent” you will click on “Decrease Indent” (the symbol to the left of “Increase Indent” with arrow pointing left).
      Post the contact information for the provider of the pedigree
    • Go back to end of the first line, type a dash, then type or paste the name and email address of the person who provided the pedigree. (The email address can be found by clicking on the envelope under the person's name.)  Change the color of the text to black
    • Change the @ to AT to help prevent spammers from “harvesting” email addresses from the site.)
    • Click on "File" in the toolbar of the Word Document, then click on "Save As  Web Page"
    • Choose the file on your computer in which you want to save the document, and type a name for the document.  Click "Save".
    • Do Not click on File, then "Save as Webpage", as this will save it literally as a webpage, not a document.
    • Click on "Edit this page! on your project's Patriarch Page.
    • Scroll down to "Upload HTML File" and click "Browse..."
    • Scroll through the files on your computer until your find the Patriarch Page html file you saved, then click "Save and Publish"
    • The page you just created will appear on the the Patriarch Page.
    • To add new pedigrees in the future, add them to the html document you saved, then upload the entire page to the Patriarch Page, using the "Upload HTML File"
    • Need more help?  Click here for answers to common questions.