I'm so sorry I have to do this primitive cutting and pasting. I'll have to find some way to figure out why I'm not getting the responses in my email program. I belonged to the group for few weeks and unsubscribed briefly. It worked fine then.
>>From Jenny M Benson Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:45:33 -0800 On 22/02/2012 03:39, Marg Strong wrote: > I am hoping to print out reports that will be uncomplicated for family > members who aren't interested in sources, etc. I am about to do the same! ... > What I intend to do is copy the people I want in the Report to a new family file and then use my Sources and Events/Fact to construct a brief info-history of each person in the General Notes field. Then I will print a Report (probably Descendant Narrative) just showing the individuals and their Notes, not including any Events/Facts or Sources. If necessary, I can take the Report into a wordprocessor and amend it, but I don't think that will be necessary.<< Jenny this is very helpful. Thank you! >>>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:46:38 -0800Cathy-0 Peggy, I use the Descendants Book Report (a.k.a. Modified Register Report) to do this and have given printed reports to family members which they can easily read. They seem to like it in this format. However, to make it easy for them to read, I have placed all the information that I have researched into Events with detailed information in the notes field of the event. All events and information has been sourced and when I print the Descendant Report, I place the sources as end notes. By entering data as events, it also makes it easy to review my data in a timeline. And, of course, I include a name index at the end of the printed report so that family members can easily find anyone of interest to them. Have you looked at the Descendants Book report? If not, take a look. Cathy>>> Cathy, I am so busy trying to enter information into Legacy, found on ancestry.com (before my six months subscription runs out), plus making extra notes and saving files, that I haven't had time to begin to explore the features of Legacy. Thank you so much for the suggestions. between you and Jenny, I will have a good start after I finish entering the information. Peggy >>>>From: Marg Strong To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:39 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports I am hoping to print out reports that will be uncomplicated for family members who aren't interested in sources, etc. (But I want the sources there; perhaps as endnotes). Is the best way to put all the information in an informal way under notes where it will be in one place? If I put the information in the census notes (under the "detail), it will be more difficult to be sure it doesn't end up being repetitous. But it is often in the census that I find the information I want to note. And Legacy reports will need to be edited for the family members I am concerned about. Is there a software program that I can enter my Legacy information into, that works well with Legacy, and puts the reports into a more informal, book type of output? A story or history kind of book? Right now I'm entering a lot of information and it would be easier to do it in the most helpful way for my purpose, than to go back and redo it all. Thank you if you can help, Peggy<<<< 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
