Using Exploring Family Trees

This morning I was catching up on reading my blog feeds. I came across a post on Lara's Jewnealogy from September 7th called Endogamy, A Closer Look (Part 1). I admit that most of Laura's analysis is over my head. However, the visual display of the tool she used from https://learnforeverlearn.com/ancestors/ is intriguing.

This tool allows you to upload a GEDCOM for your family. In the above case my GEDCOM contains a few too many names. However, the tool allows you to switch the beginning person for the tree.

 
One thing I noticed in this tool is where the branches of my tree cross. I have never seen this type of relationships shown before.

One of the options in the charting is to display country flags of birth. The right hand side of my tree has a whole branch from Scotland. My wife's family on the left has a branch with the Welsh flag.

You can select each node or flag to find out information about the person. You can also flip the chart to see the descendants of each person.

The creator of this tool has posted Features of a Web-Based Family Tree Visualization Tool where he gives instructions about how to use the tool.

I like the tool and the depth of information it provides. Thanks again to Brad for making the tool available and for Laura in posting about it in her blog.