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oIdest being in  the  parish  church  clear  the  details  of  a  particular
                                of St.  George,  from  1784.
                                                                branch  of  the family one must place
                              Saint Lucia.  The Registrar  of  Civil  a  figure  and  a  letter  before  each
                                Sratus  holds  the  records  which  name  using  if necessary  a  mixture
                                date  back  to  1869  with  a  few  of  Roman  and  Arabic  figures with
                                baptismaI  registers  to  1806.
                                                                the  letters  a,  b,  etc.  (to denote  the
                              Saint  Vincent.  The  records  are  different  generations).  This  could
                                maintained  by  the  Registrar  be  easily  understood  by  referring
                                General,  Kingstown,  St.  Vincent  to Chart No.  1. Sons are listed  first
                                                                commencing  with  figure  1,  the
                                and  date  £rom  1st  July  1863.
                                Some earlier  records  are kept  by  second  son  is  2  and  so  on. This  is
                                                                followed  by  the  daughters  who
                                the  clergy.
                                                                also commence at 1. Issue from this
                              Writing  up  the  Pedigree  -  One  generation  becarne  l(a).  2(a),  and
                              should never be too long before put-  the  issue  from  generation  (a).
                              ting  the  results  one  has  achieved  became  I(b). 2(b). etc.
                              £rom  ones  research  into  some  sort
                                                                  The  second  system  and  one  of
                              of  logical  fom on  paper.
                                                                which  we  are  al1  familiar  is  the
                                A family pedigree may be written  chart  system  as  used  in  many  his-
                              up in various ways and to illustrate  tory books. This system is  undoubt-
                              the  different  systems,  the  Banks  edly  the  best  when  preparing  the
                                                                original  material,  but  in  a  case
                              family  history  has  ken set  out.
                                First of  al1 there is a narrative sys-  where  for  exampIe, say,  three  sons
                              tem  as  used  in  ' Burkes  Peerage '  in  one family each  marry twice and
                              and  ' Burkes  Landed  Gentry ',  etc.  each produce ten children, the chart
                              This  system  is  not  aIways easy  for  will very soon become unwieldy and
                              the  inexperienced  geneaIogist  to  it will  be  aImost impossibIe to keep
                               follow,  but  providing  one  keeps  a  the  generations  on  the  sarne  line
                              clear  head  and  a  logical  sequence,  which  is  always preferablc  if  it can
                              it  is  undoubtedly  the  rnost compact  be  managed.  Once again  we  can
                               method  and  it  is  a  system  which  refer to  the  Banks  famdy  in  Chart
                              lends  itself  to  reproduction  by  II  and  this  system  can  easily  be
                              means  of  a  typewriter  or  photostat  understood.
                                                                  In  addition  to  a  chat?  of  this
                              process.
                                It  should  be  noted  particularly  nature,  supposing  branches  of  the
                              when  writing  up a pedigree  by  this  family  have  moved  to  düierent
                              system  that  the  sons  are  al1  listed  parts  of  the  world  each  branch
                              first,  followed  by  the  daughters.  can  then  be  kept  as  a  separate
                              Secondly, in  order to keep the head  chart, if necessary on separate sheets
                              of  the next generation in  his correct  of  paper.
                              position  in  the  chart,  one  uses  the   An  alternative  method,  but  still
                              words  ' of  whom  presently'  against  in  the  form  of  a  chart  and  once
                              his name and  on completion of the  again  showing  the  Banks  family  is
                              details  of  that generation  one starts  that given as Chart III. This system
                              off  the  next  generation by  referring  is best used either in the early stages
                              to him not  only by name, but giving  of  the compilation  of  a pedigree  or
                              his  position  in  the  family,  for  in  families  where  the  number  of
                              example:  ' The EIdest Son ' or ' The  issue has been  relatively  small. It  is
                              Third  Son ' whichever  it may be.   essential  to  keep  each  generation
                                It  is  also of  great  importance  in  in its logical place in the chart. In a
                              this type  of  recording  if  one has  to  Chart  of  this  kind  each  generation
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