How to write your own genealogy?

The main contents of ordinary genealogy are:

1, music order. A slightly larger genealogy must have a preface ranging from one to dozens at the beginning, which is one of the essential contents of every genealogy. The order of genealogy includes new order, old order, stranger order, postscript, catalogue, engraving name and other descriptions about the family.

2. Ordinary cases. This paper mainly expounds the principles and styles of genealogy compilation. Generally speaking, some genealogies will draw up some rules suitable for social trends and needs every time they are updated, as the principles to be followed when revising.

3. The origin of surnames. It means the origin and migration of the same surname. China has a long history of 5,000 years. If there is no genealogy, it is difficult for future generations to find it. Every family tree has a clear understanding of the origin of its surname, so that it can be passed down from generation to generation and the roots of the clan can be passed down for thousands of years.

China's genealogy has always had the tradition of "narrating the origin, narrating the beginning and sealing". Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most genealogies have a chapter on the origin of surnames, or surnames, or clans. It is mainly used to describe the origin of surnames, the historical origin of nations, ancestors, clans, migration, the relationship between tribes and even the reasons for changing surnames.

4. Write down the hall number. The name of the hall is usually taken from the name of the county, or the ancestor created it himself. Generally speaking, the hall number is mostly taken from the county name, which is the establishment of the administrative region in the Qin and Han dynasties. The county name is taken from the county name, or the name of the vassal, the name of the local government, state and county. For example, the "five-knowledge hall" of the stone man (knowing grace, knowing and doing, know life, being content and knowing happiness).

5, family training, family rules. In many genealogies, there are many famous sayings and aphorisms about parenting, such as Yan's family instructions and Zhu Xi's family instructions. Family rules are clan laws and regulations formulated by clan members to restrain and educate people, and are an important part of genealogy. Its names are different and there are many kinds, such as family rules, family precepts, family laws, family rituals, family rules, family conventions, temple rules, commandments and so on.

The expanded material does not use horizontal lines and vertical lines to connect the relationship between pronouns, but simply uses words to express this relationship, which is fixed in form, clear in order and relatively simple. Each genealogy chart has its own characteristics, each with its own emphasis. Among them, with the spread and development of pagodas, many forms have been derived, among which tree atlas and linear atlas are the most common.

Tree chart is like an organization chart, which looks clear and beautiful and is commonly used. The compilation and revision of genealogy chart should be easy to read and understand, with clear world order, true content and concise language.

With the development of the times, many families now use some good computer software to draw and edit atlas conveniently and quickly when compiling genealogy, and can also incorporate some modern aesthetic styles.