Hi, Judy, I have never seen a genealogical chart per se. I've gotten books where someone has brailled a family tree. Let me see if I can give you a fake example of how it might have looked. (line 1) John Jones, b. 1818 d. 1882. (line 2) m. Ann Sargent b. 1822 d. 1890. George (1844-1862) Edward b. 1846 M. Emily Crittenden b. 1850) Anyway, it's kind of complicated. Generally after you write in the progenitor's name birth date and death date, enumerate marriages and the name of the spouse with her birth date and death date. Then you have to write in the names of each child with relevant marriage to spouse, etc. I could understand a family tree better than a bunch of symbols anyway. The main thing is any body related to the progenitor is slightly indented from him or her. I probably didn't do this right since it's been awhile since I saw a family tree Brailled. I saw one when I was reading the Poldark series by Winston Graham and I think I saw another when I was reading a series of books by Philippa Carr. I'm sorry if the example I wrote was kind of crude but this is my best guess. Regards, Kim Friedman. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s. Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 12:14 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Pedigree or genealogy charts I need some help here. smile. How are genealogy or pedigree chart presented so that they make sense for blind readers? A book I'm proofreading has a very detailed pedigree chart in it, and I am at a total loss as to how to translate it into something workable for a blind reader. Judy s. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5154 (20100528) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.