The Genealogical Numbering System by Lacy (GNSL) is the simplest
numbering system devised to date!
The GNSL starts with the genealogist's generation and uses a
combination of Arabic numbers, and the alphabet, to identify family
members.
Anyone can quickly identify the relationship between family members
with ease, and the GNSL eliminates the disadvantages of the five
popular numbering systems as outlined below.
Experienced genealogists will applaud this long overdue,
uncomplicated, easy to follow system. New genealogists will
appreciate the simplicity of the GNSL as they review their options for
numbering their family tree. A quick study of this information sheet is
all the background any genealogist needs to grasp this numbering
concept and put this system into use.
The GNSL eliminates the disadvantages of the five popular
numbering systems as pointed out by Terry and Jim Willard. See
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=818&print:=1
1. Ahnentafel: "The disadvantage of the Ahnentafel System
include the difficulty of identifying collateral relatives and the
difficulty of following the System if one is uncertain as to relationship
to person number 1."
2. Register: "Disadvantages of this system include the fact that
spouses of the numbered individuals receive no number, excluding
them from the study; the fact that children without issue are not
assigned a unique number, making it hard to locate them, and the
difficulty of adding a previously undiscovered descendant* (this can
create confusion in the numbering system).
*This is easily correctable with the GNSL.
3. Record: "Unfortunately, this System suffers from many of the
other disadvantages of the Register System."
4. Henry: "Also the Henry System can become confusing if
there are more than nine children in a particular family, even if one
adopts the hexadecimal numbering system (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C
etc."
5. d'Aboville: "This modification of the Henry System allows for
tracking larger families, but it still does not provide identification
numbers for spouses of the children in the study."
(NOTE: These quotes from Terry and Jim Willard do not constitute
an endorsement from them for the Genealogical Numbering System
by Lacy.)
The GNSL can be used with any genealogy software programs that
allow users to insert their own numbering system. HOWEVER,
GNSL does not replace, or become, a software tracking system. The
GNSL is a numbering system for the printed copy of any family
genealogy.
Get the easy-to-use GNSL for ONLY $12.
Plus $5. S & H
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Thomas C. Lacy
12114 Walnut Hill Drive
Rockville, VA 23146
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