How to Read a Genealogy Report

If you have never used a genealogy report before, the following will help you
understand what all the numbers mean throughout the report.  The superscripted
and bold numbers I mention are shown as the number after names, dates, and
places.  The numbers cannot be shown superscripted in a text file, as this file
is.


?	1. JOHN ANDERSON3 BAKER the bold number 1. indicates the family number in
the report. 

?	2.               i.  ANDERSON G4. BAKER the non-bolded number 2 indicates
that he is the second family in the report.

?	2.	           i.	ANDERSON G.4 BAKER the lower case i. indicates he
is the first child of this family.  To find more information on Anderson you
must go to the bolded number 2. ANDERSON G.4 BAKER (JOHN ANDERSON3, WILLIAM P.2,
WILLIAM1), which will show his descendants.

?	                  i.  SARAH5 BAKER notice that a family number is not
shown for Sarah.  This means that Sarah does not have any descendants in the
report and that this is all her information.

?	1. JOHN ANDERSON3 BAKER (WILLIAM P.2, WILLIAM1) the superscripted number 3
indicated that John Anderson Baker is the third generation of Bakers.  The names
in parenthesis (WILLIAM P.2, WILLIAM1) indicate his father William P. Baker is
the second generation, and his grandfather William Baker is the first
generation.

?	1. JOHN ANDERSON3 BAKER (WILLIAM P.2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1827 in 
Pickens Dist. South Carolina1.  The superscripted number 1 after South Carolina
indicated that the source of this information is number 1 in the Footnotes
section.  Look up number 1 in the Footnotes section and you will see that this
information came from the 1850 Early County Georgia Census.

?	1. JOHN ANDERSON3 BAKER (WILLIAM P.2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1827 in 
Pickens Dist. South Carolina1, and died 28 April 1862 in Camp Carter, near 
Hempstead, Waller Co., Texas2.  He married MARGARET MARTHA FREEMAN 02 May 1847
in Early Co., Georgia3, daughter of DELAWARE FREEMAN and MARY COLLIER.  She was
born 12 January 1828 in Early Co., Georgia4, and died 11 May 1915 in Tyler Co., 
Texas4.  Notice the superscripted numbers 2, 3, and 4 beside each state.  These
are all source numbers in the Footnotes section.  

?	Remember, a superscripted number by, or in, a persons name indicates his
generation number.  A superscripted number by a date, place or other information
indicates the source number found in the Footnotes section at the end of each 
Genealogy Report.

?	                  i.  SARAH5 BAKER, b. 1871, Texas14; m. I. J. HAYNES, 18 
September 1889, Polk Co., Texas15  Notice that this child of Anderson G. Baker
has source numbers indicated.  If a child does not have a non-bolded family
number, then source numbers will be shown because this is all the information on
her/him.  If a child has a non-bolded family number, then source numbers will
not be shown.  To find source numbers and family information, you have to go to
the bolded number further down in the report.