I'd suggest exactly the same thing. You can get some genealogy programs at
very cheap prices, and they will likely do the job far far better than
Excel.

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"quartz" wrote in message
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Kym,

I would suggest you think about buying a proper genealogy program for this
purpose. The best I have been able to locate is called "The Master
Genealogist". It was recently released in version 6.

Excel is not really designed to hold this kind of data and I think you
will
find that in time you will want to add additional bits of information
(such
as birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) and you will quickly out grow Excel's
capabilities for such a project.

Maybe someone else will post another suggestion. I hope this helps you
out.

"Kym" wrote:

I am the youngest of eleven children & would like to have our tree in
excel
so we can share/improve tree as we grow. So far we have about 99 in
living
family members with the inclusion of children & grandchildren. Please
assist!