For those times that you are working with chronological data and want to present it in a linear fashion, a graphical timeline is hard to beat. Making it from scratch would be a bit of a chore unless you use a special tool designed specifically for timelines like the one at Timetoast.com Not only is it free to use, but you also don't have to download and install special code to get started. Once completed, the timeline can be presented to others as a list or a graphical timeline. No need to download the timeline as a file to share it with others as all you need to send is the URL for your specific timeline. Students, business people or those interested in genealogy have all found this tools to be pretty useful.