If you are writing a family history with a chapter about each person, you could repeat the ancestor chart at the start of each chapter and highlight the relevant person with shading or a larger font.

You can download free ancestor charts in a range of styles:

• expand to top (tree)
• expand to top and bottom (hourglass)
• expand to right (rotated tree)
• expand to left and right (rotated hourglass)

Family chart templates
Ancestor charts
One-line ancestor charts
Descendant charts
​Family group charts
Family record-keeping charts
Editing family tree templates

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4-generation ancestor charts

Style: expand to top
Page orientation: landscape, rotated for portrait page
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font: Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt
Download ancestor chart 2

Style: expand to top and bottom
Page orientation: portrait
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt
Download ancestor chart 4 (57 kb)

Style: expand to right
Page orientation: portrait
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt 
Download ancestor chart 6 (51 kb)

Style: expand to left and right
Page orientation: portrait
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt 
Download ancestor chart 8 (50 kb)
     

5-generation ancestor charts

Style: expand to top
Page orientation: landscape
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt 
Download ancestor chart 10 (80 kb)

Style: expand to top and bottom
Orientation: landscape
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt 
Download ancestor chart 12 (86 kb)

Style: expand to right
Orientation: portrait
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt  
Download ancestor chart 14 (69 kb)

Style: expand to left and right
Page orientation: landscape
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font (names): Helvetica 9pt
Font (other): Helvetica Light 8pt 
Download ancestor chart 16 (72 kb)

6-generation ancestor charts

Style: expand to top and bottom
Orientation: landscape
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font: Helvetica 9pt
Download ancestor chart 18 (131 kb)

Style: expand to right
Orientation: portrait
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font: Helvetica 7pt
Download ancestor chart 20 (90 kb)

Style: expand to left and right
Page orientation: landscape
Borders, lines: ½ pt, 65% black
Font: Helvetica 8pt
Download ancestor chart 22  (99 kb)

Sample: Ancestor chart 20

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