• View relationships spatially

• You are Here Map
• Family history starts from perspective of children of the Root Family designated as FAM ID: 1
• Each step back through generations of ancestry follows a mother/father path ( M/F ) notation
• all family are members of or descended from familes at branch points
• which are labeled with M/F Notation
• and correlating Family ID (FAM ID) number
• in the map below
• FAM ID 2 thru 15 = F thru MMM
• Descendants from these branches can be described as follows:
• my first cousin on my mother's side is
• starting at Mothers branch - M
• born to my mother's 4th eldest sibling 4
• the first born of his family 1
• MFN code for this cousin = M41
• MFN code to Family ID code (FAM ID) translation chart
• M41 translates to
• direct decendant of family FAM ID = 3
• child family ID s are formed by appending digit to parent FAM ID
• first descendant generation gets spacer 0
• notice how this is applied to descendants of Root Family shown below
• born into family FAM ID = 304
• Individual ID = 304.10
• offspring family FAM ID = 3041
• first child's IND ID = 3041.10
• second child's IND ID = 3041.20
• spouse IND ID = 3041.01
• second spouse IND ID = 3041.02

• Family GPS
• is a genealogy ( family history )
• accounting method
• that leverages mother / father ancestry path notation into maps that derive
• an intelligent and easily calcuable
• family ID and family member ID
• These IDs are further leveraged into digital file labels
• that support orchestrated views of demographic and image data
• as demonstrated in this linked Table Of Contents

Family Passport - Joanne Dunn & William Gaffey - Table of Contents

Sub Population	Main	Ancestry Map	Portraits	Obituaries	Other
					Branches Legend Conventions Time of Your Life Key Files

Family GPS