Hi Everyone,
I hope I'm posting this in the right area. I also hope I can get some help with this.
I've been working on creating a timeline that shows genealogy as well. So far the only thing I can seem to do is gather the info and try to draw this thing out by hand. That's honestly not feasible at all, because this is a HUGE project (Spanning 70 generations and thousands of people).
Excel is the only program that I can seem to find or think of that MIGHT be able to do what I need to do. This is what I need:
I need to have a timeline at the very top (just a line representing the time in years). Then beneath that I need the genealogy part, showing who fathered whom and so forth. Their lives would be represented by lines/bars that are accurate to the timeline as well (showing how long they lived, etc.).
An attempt at an illustration follows:
And the vertical lines for each person, stem off the parent, while the horizontal line/shaded bar represents their lifespan . . . all accurate to the top timeline dates. It would also take into consideration multiple children of course, but I'd suppose if I can do one child then two or more shouldn't be much harder.
My main question is . . . is this possible? Please tell me it is, because the only other choice I'd have is doing this by hand, measuring with a ruler, and getting tons of eyesore and headaches!
I'm also new to excel. I've tried to learn enough to figure it out myself but honestly it is way overwhelming to me to figure it out. So I'm hoping some experienced users may know if it's possible, and may show me how it can be done?
Thank you so much, in advance! I appreciate any and all help with this!
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