FAMILY TREE REPRESENTATION ON WEBSITES

"Genetic Sequence Method" devised by Franek Rymaszewski. © You are welcome to use my method if it suits you.

Browsing through some genealogical websites I found that diagrammatic representation of family trees is not very suitable for web pages. The tree diagrams are too large for the screen so the relationship and generational continuity soon become unclear and diagrams print in disjointed pieces.

• The solution I thought up for my website is very simple. Why not number each person in genetic sequence. Then, by using hyperlinks, one can quickly find by the individual I.D.number details of any person in the tree and see its family relationship.
  
• To identify each member of your family you start with your earliest ancestor about whom you have some information. Assign him any number to identify his family. I suggest a two digit number over 50. This will become the family tree number (FNo.) which will pass to each descendant.
  
• The children of your original ancestral family are numbered 1,2,3, etc. in order of birth. And their individual identity (ID) numbers will be FNo.1, FNo.2, FNo.3, etc.
  
• The same follows with the next generation. The children of, for example FNo.3 will have their ID numbers FNo.31, FNo.32, FNo.33, etc.
  
• And so the descendant's individual identity number will grow by one digit with each generation. For ease of reading long numbers a dot is placed after each 4 generations (i.e. after each 4 digit groups), e.g. (FNo. = 88)  88.1233.1222.1 - In our digital age and bar coding long numbers will not present a problem.
  
• If the descendant marries his ID number will also become his family's ID number and he will continue the numbering of children in the same way (keeping their original family tree number before the first dot).
  
• The wife is allocated the same number as her husband with added letter "w" for "wife".
  (Similarly, if it is required, the husband of a married daughter could be given the same number as the daughter with letter "h" for "husband").

EXAMPLE OF MY METHOD

Photo of 6 year old Noah (No-ek), his father and grandfather - year 2004. (PREVIOUS)  (MORE)

Thus, for example, my grandson Noah Rymaszewski has his own ID number 66.1233.1
His family tree branch number has been chosen as 66.


• Noah can easily trace back his family tree, as the ID numbers of all his direct ancestors are included in his own number.
  
• Noah's father and mother have the same number as Noah less one digit, that is 66.1233 and 66.1233 w  - Julian Rymaszewski, born in London, and Natalie Irwin, born in Australia.  It is also his parents family number.
  
• Noah's grandfather has the same number as Noah less two digits, or one digit less than Noah's father, i.e. 66.123 - Franek Rymaszewski, born in Poland, who was the third child of Noah's great grandfather 66.12 - Michal Rymaszewski from Pinsk, Poland, etc.
  
• The length of the number after family tree dot shows how many generations have elapsed since his family forefather lived. Comparing number length of other family members, he can see that e.g. 66.1242.1 & 66.1242.2 are his distant cousins in Poland - Michal and Adrian, being of equivalent generation.
  
• Other relatives can be deduced from his number, e.g. Noah can find on the website particulars of his father's brothers or sisters. They would have similar number to his father's 66.1233 but different last digit, i.e. 66.1231 - his uncle Lucian Rymaszewski and 66.1232 - his auntie Celina Rymaszewska.
  
• To find more details, all Noah has to do is click on the appropriate link.
  

  NOTE: The ID number of the beginning of our early Family Tree, originating from the 16th century Rymaszewski progenitor Gregory from Ryma, has been chosen as initials GR for Gregory instead of the number - See Chapter 12:(3).

• The symbol on the left indicates that a person is now living.
• Clicking on the label "more" will link to the first chronological location of that person.
• If applicable, further link marked "more" is provided to the next location, e.g. first link to the person as a child, then as a parent of a new family.

 Franciszek (Franek) Romuald RYMASZEWSKI (1923)
 Lena (Eleanor) DUTHIE-SMITH, aka DANIELS (1938) (wife)

 Lucian John RYMASZEWSKI (1963)
 Gillian Margaret CRAVEN  (1963 )  (wife)
 Venus Angelica Craven RYMASZEWSKI (1999)
 Aurora Bliss Craven RYMASZEWSKI (2002)

 Celina Ann RYMASZEWSKI (1965), married name:Celina A.Baude-RYMASZEWSKA
 Shane Douglas BAUDE  (1965) (husband)
 Tamara Eleanor BAUDE (1991)
 Amelia Cairine BAUDE (1992)

 Julian Antony RYMASZEWSKI (1966)
 Natalie IRWIN (1965) (wife)
 Noah Elvis Irwin RYMASZEWSKI (1998)
 Scarlet Olesia Irwin RYMASZEWSKI (2001)
 Henry Kasper Irwin RYMASZEWSKI (2007)

 Zbigniew Stanislaw RYMASZEWSKI (1926 - 1986)
 Franciszka PRZEDLACKA (1921 - 1980)  (wife)

 Ewa RYMASZEWSKA (1949)
 Brian STANBRIDGE (1950) (husband)
 Vanessa BRIGHTWELL (1972)
 Sarah STANBRIDGE (1973)

 Edward RYMASZEWSKI (1956)
 Iwona LOS (1962) (wife)
 Michal RYMASZEWSKI (1980)
 Adrian RYMASZEWSKI (1987)

 Boleslaw RYMASZEWSKI (1876 ? - 1944)
 Izabela DZIEDZIELEWICZ (1876 ? - 1940) (wife)

 Czeslaw RYMASZEWSKI (1897 ? - 1946)
 Emilia RYMASZEWSKA (1897 - 1997) (wife), formerly E. Rymaszewska - 66.13

 Konstanty RYMASZEWSKI (1898? - ?)
 Janina RYMASZEWSKA (1900? - ?)

 Mieczyslaw Arnold RYMASZEWSKI (1921)
 Stephanie BURNETT (1917 - 2007) (wife)
 Rosemarie RYMASZEWSKI (1954) (married John Smithson)

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