Upcoming book: Pease Family from Great Baddow, England
Rick explains how he numbers his Pease's.

For the main subject of this book, The Pease Family from Great Baddow, England, I’ve gone to a numbering system different from those used in Pease books published. It is called the Henry System. The immigrant ancestor, is usually the first person to arrive in America, and he receives a whole integer (1). Each descendant of the second generation would have two digits, (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.). The third generation in direct line from 1 would be 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, etc. This follows through for each generation. If the first child of each generation had at least one child, the seventh generation’s 1st child would be 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Another example, the 4th child of the 9th child of the immigrant 1 would be 1.9.4, and his 8th child would be 1.9.4.8. I’ve seen this system used in other genealogy books, and I like the fact that if another child is discovered in a family, it is easier to add that person and any descendants of that individual.


- posted by Margery Webb @ Monday, March 22, 2004