M-Tafel:
Matriarchal Table Representation
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Roderic A. Davis, 2nd
January, 2000
© 2000 Roderic A. Davis,
2nd All rights reserved. License is granted to individuals to
use the ideas contained herein for their own private use only. Any use
for monetary or other gain is specifically prohibited.
A new tabular presentation of ancestors is described. Similar to the Ahnentafel,
or Ancestor Table, the presentation is essentially a balanced binary tree.
The difference here is that only the female ancestors are represented.
The purpose is to capture in as compact form as possible, all of the different
ancestral surnames in their hierarchical placement. The new format is called
a Matriarchal Table, or M-Tafel.
Summary of characteristics
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Each ancestral surname is represented once
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Multiple entries into the same family are each represented
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All female ancestors are represented
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Female ancestors bring new surnames to the family tree by
marriage
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Only female ancestors are represented
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Excepting the primary, or focus, individual, who may be male
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The structure of the M-tafel shows the successive generations in a manner
similar to an Ahnentafel.
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