Elizabeth, Have you thought of setting out your basic narrative, including s a few trees and pictures, then putting detailed info like census data in an appendix, so that folk can look it up if they want to, but not get distracted by it if they don't? This is how academic papers work and it is generally pretty successful.
Joan On 21/09/2011 16:39, Paula Ryburn 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]> > *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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
