What is a pedigree maker?

A pedigree maker is a website or software package that helps a person create a lineage document for his or her animals. Some pedigree makers are free, but others come with fees.

An online pedigree maker may be useful if a person has details about an animal's ancestry only in paper form and is worried about the paper getting lost or becoming damaged. With some of these, a person needs to enter just basic information about an animal's mother and father in the proper areas, and then the website or software application automatically formats a chart documenting the respective ancestry.