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Family Pedigrees and Family Lineage


A family pedigree or a record of family lineage generally refers to group of family records that are linked within a computer system. When you access an individual's family record group sheet in a linked pedigree, you also gain access to all of the records that are linked to that individual.

Family pedigrees are available in several different places. One of the most expansive linked pedigrees is the Ancestral File at the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition, you can find linked pedigrees through genealogical organizations, or purchase them on disk from private companies.
In the world of today researching family lineage and recording the information on family pedigree charts is greatly helped by the systems developed for internet users.