I'll second Dave's suggestion of a fan chart for each person's ancestors. I did a nine-generation chart for a wedding gift. Think ahead of what information you want to include -- I used birth years & death years (no places), and occupations because I thought that was more interesting than places. (Places could still be included for later generations, space permitting.) Also consider the typeface you use -- I wanted something resembling handwriting, and chose a sans serif, narrow font. Cheers, Dee in Maryland --
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Dave Naylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9 Jan 2015 Jane Sarles wrote: > > > I am trying to find a brief readable easy-as-possible- to understand > > report for my grandchildren (in their 20's) to see their forebears. > > One thing I create that goes over really well is a fan chart of each > person's ancestors. > > I've created them using Legacy Charting for many people in my family > tree and have then had them framed as gifts. > > The only (minor) problem is the inability in Legacy Charting to > specify > different box widths for generations 4 through 6 (which includes the > change in orientation between generations 5 and 6). I have input > this as > a suggestion but the reviewer didn't understand the reason for > needing > this so I doubt that this ability will ever be implemented (like most > of > my suggestions for Legacy!) > > See an example of my wife's fan chart as produced by Legacy Charting > (but sides cropped) at: > http://www3.sympatico.ca/dcnaylor/BLG-ancestors.pdf > > Cheers! -- Dave N. > -- > David Naylor, Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. > --- > > > > > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
