Lea-Anne, Am I right in thinking that you have a Census Event? If so this is one of the reasons why I don't, and why I only use a census as a Source for eg. name, occupations, residences etc.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Lea-Anne Davison Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports I too like to use the Descendants Book Report but it can be a bit long winded. I have entered the census information for each family as per a webinar by Geoff Rasmussen but this results in pages of the same census information as each member of the family appears in the report. This results in a very long report of some repeated information. Any suggestions on how to condense this information, perhaps to appear only once at the end of each family. Lea-Anne On 23 February 2012 04:51, Marg Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -0800 > Cathy-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
