Alan, Lovely house, lovely portraits, a lot of time and effort spent on the tree, but very tall girl and a very short man.
Beg,
I personally would think it odd to see the female line on the left and the male on the right. It's just 'the done thing' to have it the other way around. You may set out the tree 'the opposite way around' to suit one generation, but this format may not fit so well with other families or generations.
As you have kindly done this research for someone else, it sounds like you would benefit from putting all your hard work into a computer programme. There are many free ones available online and many discussions about the pros and cons of various programmes on rootschat. Click on the [search] button at the top of the page and search for key words which should lead you to the discussions.
Some (if not all) of these programmes will allow you to set out the tree in various ways (left to right, top to bottom, bottom to top etc etc). They should also allow you to show the information in written reports as well as visually in 'traditional' tree form.
You can buy various charts with varying numbers of generations and space for names and vital statistics. These are quite large. (I have an A4 10 generation chart which I need to fill in
) There are also varying generations of printable charts available online. I have never found the spaces on these large enough to write enough useful information. You will find the circular chart posted by Alan available free online which you can print out, (but obviously a lot smaller in size). Once again, I find there is not enough space to write much, especially the further back you go.
In the end it just comes down to personal preference. Good luck with it.
