Tracking Numbers

Tracking Numbers are ultimately used to match up your family pictures with the family members listed on your completed Tree Form.

So, after printing out the Tree Forms and writing out your family tree structure on the blank Tree Form, the next step is to assign a unique tracking number to each family member (more specifically, each "line item") on the Form (see Fig. 3).

Fig. 3 - Assign Tracking Numbers to Family Members

What Exactly Are Tracking Numbers?

Simply put, a Tracking Number is a series of birth-order numbers (1st born = 01; 2nd born = 02; etc.) where each generation adds a new birth-order number onto the right-hand-side of the string: