Hi Pat,
Well you can intersperse background information with family data - it
just depends how you want to do that.
If you use the Book publishing option within the Legacy Publication
Centre, you could either insert some of this background info (even
generated from your unique background file if any of the reports
work) as Special Text Entries or Reserve pages for other information.
This means that the page numbers don't get mixed up but the pages
wouldn't be indexed.
If you want a complete PDF book, you'd need to use the Special Text
Entries rather than reserving pages unless you own a PDF editor and
could insert them later.
The alternative is to use the Rich Text options and edit that in your
Word Processor and generate the indexes in the Word Processor at the
end. You could then add index entries for the additions if you know
how. Personally I haven't the patience to take a Legacy book and edit
it in a Word Processor as I like to include pictures and although you
can embed the pics in an RTF file, they don't come over in consistent
size and placing so it's a lot of work. I hate working with pics in MS Word.
Cheers,
Cathy
At 10:44 AM 18/07/2007, you wrote:
I originally had the two databases combined but separated them for
some reason. Perhaps in part because I had two unrelated Price
families and that was a nuisance.
There is almost no overlap between the two families, I am an only
child with no children of my own so I think that keeping them
separate will work very well for me.
Since I can't make a book from two databases, I think when the time
comes I'll just transfer info from the background file into the
notes section for a particular individual.
Still it seems to me one ought to be able to intersperse background
info with family data.
Actually the only problem comes with page numbering, table of
contents and indexing. I guess I'll cross those bridges when I get to them!
Thanks for your comments!
Pat
----- Original Message ----- From: "hwedhlor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Idea--an .fdb for background info? Plus
"book" question.
Hi Pat,
I'm a newcomer to the Legacy environment, but have been a
researcher for 40 years, and have worked with computers since
1965. The issue of keeping separate paternal, and maternal
databases has cropped up many times, and is almost always a habit
carried over from when genealogical records were kept on
paper. Computers can easily keep track of such distinctions, so
why go to all the trouble of keeping separate databases? Our
descendants will only combine the two databases after we're gone anyway. <G>
John Zimmerman
Mesa, Arizona
Cathy wrote:
Hi Pat,
That's an interesting idea - a database for background info.
However, I think for incorporation into a book, your background
information would have to be handled differently - like in the
notes to locations or attached to key individuals. But for
reference, your idea sounds good and obviously works for you.
Re combining two separate databases in a "book"
That's why I and many others suggest you have only one family file
that includes all your family. It's much easier to split a file
for specific purposes than it is to combine files.
It's also far easier to make sure that one database is updated
than two overlapping databases.
Maybe it's time you combined your paternal and maternal databases.
Cathy
At 12:16 AM 17/07/2007, you wrote:
I'm trying something new (for me):
In addition to my two main family databases (paternal,
maternal), I've added two databases for background info for the
two families (one for each line): for example town, county, or
church histories, geographical information, etc. Of course, most
of the information I enter goes into the Notes section.
Ordinarily I enter a new subject by clicking "Add," "New unlinked
individual." Sometimes, however, I have a state as the father
and towns, independent cities and counties as "children."
I like having the background info readily available -- and used
to put it in under an individual -- but couldn't always remember
WHICH individual! And it's so handy just to click View Name and
see all the topics available.
I'm not sure I'm expaining this clearly, but I'd love to have any
thoughts/ideas/suggestions about how you handle background info.
Also, a related question -- when printing a "book" from Legacy,
is it possible to combine two separate databases in any way?
Pat H.
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