Genealogical tree - Total overview


Family tree with descendants of Claus Patscheider and my ancestors

 

The term total overall refers to the combined presentation of my ancestors (upper right section) and the descendants of Clauß Patscheid (upper left section) in a single family tree.

Displaying a comprehensive overview of such a complex family tree on the internet is very challenging. The graphic above is simply an enhanced screenshot showing how the data appears in my Kith&Kin database. It depicts the descendants of Clauß Patscheider on the left and my ancestors on the right.

The overlap between the two trees marks the dividing line and consists of those individuals and families who are both my ancestors and descendants of Clauß Patscheider.

In the "Family Tree" menu, you’ll find both trees presented separately in the chapters "Descendants of Clauß P." and "My Ancestors". Each chapter includes both an interactive graphical version and a textual list.

 

Explanation of the Graphic Above:

Each small gray box represents a family consisting of parents and children. If a male child remarried, a blue line leads to a new box, indicating a new family. Female descendants are connected to their families via pink lines. The boxes are arranged in horizontal layers, with each layer representing one generation.

In the bottom right corner, you’ll find my wife Gertrude and me. Above me are my parents, grandparents, and so on. The blue lines always follow the male lineage, while the pink lines represent the female lineage. Following the blue lines from me toward the left leads to Clauß Patscheider, born in 1497—my oldest known direct ancestor. This line forms the exact intersection between Clauß Patscheider’s descendants and my own ancestry.

Only male descendants of Clauß Patscheider are generally included—female descendants only if they retained the surname Patscheider.

The pink cross-connections clearly show that women born with the Patscheider surname frequently married another Patscheider. It is likely that most of them were unaware they were related—or how many generations back their common ancestors lived.

Interestingly, there is even a direct link between my ancestors and Clauß P.’s descendants: Christian Patscheider zu Pedroß married Maria Monzin in 1761, presumably the daughter of a brother of Maria Monz, born in 1641 — my 7x great-grandmother. Unfortunately, the relationships described in Dr. Richard Patscheider’s book are somewhat inconsistent and unclear.

I hope this visual representation helps provide clarity and contributes to a better understanding of both the family tree and the challenges involved in presenting it.

 

On the Unassigned Branches:

The branches that couldn’t be definitively placed originate from Josef Wopfner’s manuscript "Stammbaum Patscheider 1550-1920" (Manuscript No. 3992). By combining this manuscript with information from the book "Vom Oberrhein zum Etschquellraum" (From the Upper Rhine to the Etschquell Region)—and using the search functions of modern technology—I’ve been able to integrate several of these previously "unassignable branches" into the main family tree. Nevertheless, as seen above, some families and sub-branches remain unplaced.

 

Database:

My database, which I manage using Kith&Kin, currently contains 669 families with a total of 2,833 individuals. Unfortunately, most genealogy programs are unable to produce a freely scalable graphical representation of a family tree. The only program of this kind that I am aware of is Kith&Kin. Only this freely scalable graphical view makes it possible to understand the relationships.