Dear Elizabeth, I would copy your tree + info into Microsoft Publisher and use that program to make a book. I have no stake in Microsoft and avoid their products where possible, but Publisher is actually very easy to use. You can copy and paste information in and drag it around to arrange it. If you don't have a copy, find a friend with a copy and play with it for a while to see if you are comfortable with it. It is hugely easier to use for creating documents than MS Word. I gave up on Legacy trees/charts a long time ago as they only show the direct line and I like to see a real 'tree' with all descendents - certainly at least to two or three generations around my direct line. Personally, I would export the gedcom to GenoPro; arrange it in GenoPro & then copy & paste to Publisher. Sending trees to family/friends, I print the Genopro file to a pdf & email it like that, but that won't work for making a book.
I hope this helps Joan On 21/09/2011 19:06, Mary Fowler Leek wrote: > Elizabeth, > > How many generations are you planning to use? That might make a > difference regarding suggestions on how to present the material. On the > really early generations, you might create an ancestor report. Then > bring down the family from this couple to show descendants. There are > only two descendant style narratives in Legacy, either the outline > descendant (called the Descendant Narrative report in Legacy) or grouped > by generation (called the Descendant Book report in Legacy). Maybe a > simple outline descendant chart without boxes at the beginning of the > descendant narrative reports would allow for a visual perspective of the > material to follow. > > Mary > > *From:*elizabeth [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:33 PM > > My entire family is very, very interested in our family tree so I want > the book to be inclusive and understandable. They have shared their > memories, helped transcribe, helped with research and more. We all want > to have a very detailed book that can be enjoyed for generations to > come. This is the reason I am trying so hard to figure out a good way to > do it. > > I haven't found a way to do it in Legacy so I have been copying/pasting > information into a .rtf file but it doubles the 'handling' time of the > information (once to put it into Legacy for storage and then to > copy/paste it). > > Maybe someone can help me with the issue of 'how/where' to add the > information about the branches of our tree that are not in our direct > line........ > > Do I make separate chapters for each of those surnames? Do I add them as > 'extra' chapters in the spot where that surname comes up in the book? Or > is it best to add them at the back of the book?....??? > > I'm really in a muddle about all of this and would appreciate ideas from > anyone who has produced a family tree as a book. > > Elizabeth > ================================================== > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Paula Ryburn > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Elizabeth, > > I have started to enter the Census Events on the marriage. Maybe that > would reduce those at least. And then don't also use the Residence and > Occupation events... just put those in the Census Event Notes...? Or if > you want the Census Events on the children, but not on this particular > report, I think there's a way to uncheck "Events" for children...? And > isn't there a format choice for Events? something less list-like? Hmm... > you've got me ready to test it out myself! ;) Good luck! > > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton > Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis > Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind > Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner > Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Short Singer Sullivan Weller > Williams > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:*elizabeth <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wed, September 21, 2011 12:34:18 AM > > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Report for Family Reuion > > > Syble, and group, > > I am also trying to create a book for my family and understand exactly > what you are saying. There is ssoooooooo much repetition of information > such as Events and Census data!!! > > I want my book to be more of a 'biographical sketch of each family', > tying the whole family together rather than a long list of facts > (Events, etc) but I have not figured out how this can be done. > > I have "lots and lots" of newspaper articles, obituaries, family > stories, etc that I want included as part of the narrative, not entered > as a long list of Events. And I want the census data to be for the whole > family, not each person separately. > > Surely there must be folks on this list who have created narrative books > for their families who might be able to help us........I hope so. > > Elizabeth > ==================================================== > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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