AHNENTAFEL NUMBERS
Ahnentafel (from the German "Ancestor Table") numbers are a simple way of numbering the generations. Taking yourself as 1, your father will be 2 and your mother 3, your paternal grandfather will be 4 and your paternal grandmother 5, your maternal grandfather 6 and maternal grandmother 7. Therefore, a person's father is always twice his own number, and his/her mother is twice his own number +1.
Remembering that this website deals only with my paternal ancestors, my ahnentafel numbers are as follows:
My Father:
2 Frederick George HILL (born 1918)
My Grandparents:
4 Charles Edward HILL (born 1888/89)
5 Margaret Sarah WARE (born 1892)
My Great-Grandparents:
8 John HILL (born c1842)
9 Jane COLE (born 1847)
10 James WARE (born 1843)
11 Margaret Emma READHEAD (born c1861)
My G-G-Grandparents:
16 William HILL
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18 John COLE
19 Elizabeth ATKINS (born 1808)
20 John WARE (born 1786)
21 Sarah MILES
22 George READHEAD (born c1821)
23 Maria CHRISTOPHER (born 1819)
Further Generations (where known):
36 Thomas COLE
38 Robert ATKINS (born c1787)
39 Charlotte MURRY (born c1787)
40 John FORD
41 Dorothy WARE (born 1766)
42 William MILES
43 Amy WELL(E)S (born c1768)
44 Robert READHEAD (born 1798)
45 Mary WHITCHER (born 1794)
46 Thomas CHRISTOPHER (born c1791)
47 Margaret SNOOK (born 1774)
80 William FORD
81 Ann GREENTREE
82 John WARE
83 Mary ALDIN
88 Edward RE(A)DHEAD (born 1763)
90 William WHITCHER
91 Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) (born c1761)
94 Nicholas SNOOK
95 Elizabeth VINCENT (born 1735)
176 Wiliam READHEAD
177 Easter CLARKE (born 1729)
188 William SNOOK (born 1698)
189 Margaret (UNKNOWN)
190 Joseph VINCENT
191 Mary (UNKNOWN)
354 Aaron CLARK