I do census records as an event and then I copy it to each person named. I try to follow each person through all the census years while they were living. I don’t worry too much about reports because I don’t use them. Reports never format correctly to be used in magazines,newspaper articles or client reports so I hand type them anyway. I rarely print out or pdf a report for someone else. I prefer to discuss the research and the sources with them. Just giving someone a printout doesn’t cause them to think on their own. I will print out a predigree chart for someone to show them the basic skeleton of their family. Legacy for me is my database, my notes, my research. It isn’t a short cut way to present research to someone else.
michele From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Trying to enter information that will result in readable reports That's why I do not enter it the way Geoff recommends. When trying something new, I enter the data the new way and then run several different reports to see how it looks. Hopefully, Geoff will respond with some report settings that can keep the repetitions to a minimum. --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 Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams _____ From: Lea-Anne Davison <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 22, 2012 6:11:53 PM 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 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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