What does the Landscape view do in Family Tree?

Article Id: 1122
June 22, 2023

In Family Tree on the FamilySearch website, the Landscape view displays your pedigree horizontally. You are in the center. Your descendants are to the left. Your ancestors are to the right.  

The Landscape view has several advantages:

  • You can see many generations of a family at one time.
  • You can follow one family line back or forward in time.
  • You can see record hints, research suggestions, and data problems.
  • You can see your spouse’s ancestors if you have added them.
  • You can see your children’s spouses.
  • You can see when the system has multiple spouses or parents for a person.

Note: Using Options, in the top right corner of the window, you can select which icons show on your tree.

Steps (website)

  1. In the top menu, click Family Tree, and then click Tree.
  2. In the top right of the pedigree view, click the name of the current view (Fan Chart, for example), then Landscape.
  3. To move a different person to the main position, click his or her name, then View Tree.
  4. To view more details about a person on the tree, click his or her name, and a side sheet pops up with more details.
  5. To see the children of a couple, click Children at the bottom of the couple box.
  6. To move the tree around on the screen, click on the background area of the tree, and drag it.
  7. To increase or decrease the size of the tree, near the top right, click Plus ( + ) or Minus ( - ).
  8. To expand one family line another 2 generations, click the arrow at the end of that line. Click it again to close it.
  9. To bring the pedigree back to yourself, you can use one of these options:
    • To close all of your expanded lines and return to yourself, click the Home icon.
    • To keep all of the expanded lines open and return to the starting person, click the Reset View icon,
      Reset View icon
      which looks like a target and is directly next to the zoom in and out plus and minus sign icon.
  10. If a person has multiple parents in the system, you see an arrow to the left of the couple box for the parents. Click the arrow to see all parents for the person and click the parents you want to display.
  11. If a person has more than one spouse in the system, you see an icon beside the name of the spouse in the couple box. Click to see all spouses for the person. To change the default spouse that appears, select a different spouse then choose View Tree. This will make the new couple the focus of the tree and change the spouse that appears by default to the one you selected.
  12. To print a 4-generation pedigree chart, click the Options icon , then Print. When the printable version opens in a new tab, click your browser's print option to print it.

Steps (mobile)

The Family Tree mobile app does not have a landscape view.

Steps (Family Tree Lite)

Family Tree lite does not have a landscape view.

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