United States, 39.76, -98.51869This blank "planetary photographic record" was published around 1869 and functioned as a family tree. The keeping of records and the tracing of ancestral lineage was primarily done in earlier centuries to establish a family's nobility. Today these records form an integral part of the historical record.This image shows a blank genealogical chart published around 1869. A stylized banner across the top reads "Planetary Photographic Family Record." Two angels are drawn at the top and appear to hold the chart by strings. This chart functioned as a family tree. Two spaces in the middle are designed to hold the photographs and information for the parents, and twelve spaces around the edges are for the children.image/jpegLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-01738http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/genealogyForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/genealogyForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGenealogy--United StatesFamily--United StatesAngels in artGenealogy--Charts, diagrams, etc.Family TreeStillImage