Start with a name only text scheme & a very small adopted & birth family to practice. If you are
not experienced with diagrams & charts firstly work through Getting the Most from Family
Historian 4 chapters 3,9 & 10. Too many different techniques are utilised to be described in detail
here. Take your time, & save your efforts as an FH chart each time you tackle it so that you can
return where you left off. This is a chart you will only construct once in a while because of its
complexity but it is worth it!! If you get stuck on something in particular please get back to FHUG.
I hope there is no errors in these instructions!
Step 1
Start with an Anc & Desc tree for individual George.
Top-down orientation
Step 2
By right clicking on the background, insert into diagram an Anc & Desc tree selecting individual Jane Smith
birth parents Harry & Joanne
R-L orientation
Step 3
By right clicking on the background insert into diagram an Anc & Desc tree selecting individual Jane Smith
adoptive parents Jacob & Freda
L-R orientation
Step 4
By right clicking on the background insert into diagram another Anc & Desc tree selecting individual Jane Smith
any parents
Top-down orientation
Now hide everyone shown in deep purple colour
Step 5
Using box & bar movement, move Erica & Robin further from Jane Smith in lowest tree
Step 6
Move trees until there is only one Jane Smith box showing aligned under George
Step 7
Turn off diagram check for duplicates option to remove connecting ribbons
Step 8
By right clicking on the background, insert into diagram a rectangle to connect Jane & George
Step 9
Insert any explanatory information using text boxes.
