Sheng Ching-yi of the United Daily News Cultural Foundation Center for Chinese Studies Materials says that traditional family records are quite complex, the data usually including "origins," the "generational chart," brief "biographies," and "miscellaneous notes."
聯合報國學文獻館的特約研究員盛清沂表示，傳統家譜看似繁複，歸納起來其實不外乎源流、世系表、傳略、雜記等項目。