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How do I print fan charts and pedigree charts in Family Tree?

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You can print fan charts and pedigree charts from Family Tree. FamilySearch converts the information into a PDF file, which you can save to your computer. 

 

 

You can print fan charts and pedigree from Family Tree. FamilySearch converts the information into a PDF file, which you can save to your computer. 

 

Fan chart and pedigree chart options on the website or the mobile app

  • Seven-generation fan chart.
  • Five-generation portrait chart.
  • Four-generation pedigree chart.

The default print orientation is portrait. However, the landscape orientation better optimizes the presentation of your fan chart. When you send the request to the printer, you can change the orientation.

 

Steps (website)

From Person Page

  1. Sign in and click Family Tree.
  2. In the drop-down menu, click Tree. 
  3. If needed, switch to the tree that you want to print.
  4. Navigate to the person that you want to use to begin your chart.
  5. Click that person. A screen appears on the right.
  6. Click the name or Person button.
  7. On the right of their Person page, find the Tools section.
  8. Click Print Options.
  9. Click what you want to print.

  10. A PDF opens in a new tab. Use your browser's print feature to print it. If your computer has trouble with the PDF file, clear your cache and cookies, or use a different browser.    

       

From Family Tree

You can print from the portrait, landscape, and fan chart views.

  1. Sign in and click Family Tree.
  2. In the drop-down menu, click Tree. 
  3. If needed, switch to the tree that you want to print.
  4. Navigate to the person that you want to use to begin your chart.
  5. Click that person. In the pop-up menu that appears, click Tree. The tree opens with that person as the person-of-focus.
  6. Open the kind of chart that you want to print: Portrait, Landscape, or Fan:  
    1. In the top-right, click the chart on display (Portrait, Landscape, Fan Chart, Descendancy, or First Ancestor).
    2. From the menu, click the chart that you want to print. If you select Fan Chart, use the Options icon to specify what information to include. The information is visible in the printed document.
    3. If anyone on the chart has more than one spouse or set of parents, you can change which shows on the printed chart.
  7. Click the Options icon .
  8. Click Print.
  9. The chart opens as a PDF in a new tab. Use your browser's print feature to print it. If your computer has trouble with the PDF file, clear your cache and cookies, or use a different browser.            

On the FamilySearch website, Family Tree generates interactive PDF files for the 4-generation pedigree. You can add or modify information in it.

  • Changing the PDF file does not change the information in Family Tree. We recommend that you change the information in Family Tree and then print.
  • Below each name on the chart is a box with the letter F. You can enter an alternate identifier in the box and coordinate the people on the chart with printed family group records.
  • You cannot alter the width of each generation on the chart.
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Create a Free Family Keepsake

Click here to find templates to easily create beautiful visual family trees you can print or share.

 

Steps (mobile)

If your mobile device is set up to print, you can print the pedigree chart or family group records from the Family Tree mobile app.
 

  1. From within the Family Tree mobile app, tap Tree.
  2. If needed, switch to the tree that you want to print.
  3. Find the person that you want and tap the name.
  4. If the person has more than one spouse or set of parents, you can change which shows on the printed chart.
    1. Tap Spouses or Parents.
    2. Tap the down arrow for the spouse or parents that you want to print.
    3. Tap Preferred Spouse or Preferred Parents.
  5. Open the charts option:
    • Android: Below the dark bar that includes the name, scroll to the right and tap Charts.
    • Apple iOS: Tap the three dots in the top-right corner and then tap More and tap Charts.
  6. Tap the chart that you want. 
  7. Send the chart to your printer:
    1. Apple iOS: at the top, tap the 3 dots and click Share. Then tap Print.
    2. Android: tap the 3 dots and then tap Print.

The Family Tree mobile app does not generate interactive PDF files.

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