Erik, Yes, I agree! Do include as much narrative as you can stand to in your database! It really makes the book writing so much easier! You can use the privacy brackets to increase flexibility, too (like I did with correcting the surname -- Killelea was the accurate translation, but Killides is who she was visiting, and what would be in my narrative). I just published my first family history last fall, and I was able to use all the notes pretty much. That is why when I enter my data, I try to make sure it outputs well in a narrative. This was something you mentioned in your original posting: "in a way that the resulting sentence becomes meaningful and in fluent natural language."
Susan On 2/16/08, Erik Pilgaard Vinther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My initial thought was to record all hard facts in Legacy, generate a > report/book and then add all the narrative descriptions using a word > processor. I now see that this would be not only unnecessary, but also > ill-advised as I would have to maintain two sets of genealogy files. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
