Thanks, Cathy, for your response. Your info on Ancestor Books and Multiple Lines of Descent (MLD) was useful as I didn't really understand what MLDs are: I thought they produce lots of duplication.
I do realise that what's in my book(s) is up to me, but I'm still curious to see some examples of what others have done. I've only seen genealogies on the internet and, of course, published books (typically Descendant) that you see, for example, published by the NEGS which are strictly names and dates with little/no creative flair. I've been looking at desktop publishing sites and sites of firms who publish books, but the examples thus far found don't seem to fit into the family history/genealogy scheme. If anyone has a PDF descendent or ancestor book (even just a few pages), to share I'd be grateful. Cheers, Christine -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy Sent: 06 October 2007 02:39 To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on publishing a book Hi Christine, Ultimately you'll have to decide what to include in your book. And the best way to get a feel for how it might look is to experiment using the PDF options so you don't kill a forest when you're just trying things out. May I suggest instead of heaps of Ancestor Books which would overlap, that you either use a Multiple Line of Descent (use the Pedigree View and pick up the earliest couple/person in each line) or several Descendant books or Descendant Narrative books. A Multiple Line of Descent Book is a collection of Descendant Books but where they overlap, it stops printing the rest of the descendants of that line as they're already present in the earlier line. Use an Ancestor book just to highlight your direct line ancestors. It's the descendant books that pick up Great-Great-Great Uncle Ludicrous. How many reports you include depends on how much information you have in your database and how many sources you are planning to print. If I included all you suggested in one book, it wouldn't be a book but several volumes ;-) Cathy At 09:13 PM 6/10/2007, you wrote: >Hello all. > >I would like to ultimately put all my hard work >into a paper book for my family, but wonder about what to include. > >I will definitely want to output to RTF and >would, ideally, like to show both my father and >mother's lines, so the "book" would basically >include all Legacy reports that deal with >ancestors. The book might then include: >* Lineage chart and/or? >* Ancestor chart and/or? >* Pedigree chart? > >* Ancestor book (narrative) and/or? >* Multiple lines of descent? (not actually sure I understand what this is!) > >* Family picture tree >* Relationships report >* Surname summary >* Special text entries for stuff like name meanings, etc. >* Locations >* Family group record (although this can't be >output into RTF, I suppose they could be >inserted with blank pages when the book is output to RTF. > >Is all this overkill? What would/do you include, >and how do you arrange it? Do/Would you divide >output into chapters? If so, how do you define them? > >Another question. Ancestor books don't allow you >to show information about siblings of your >ancestors. For example, Great-Great-Great Uncle >Ludicrous did some pretty amazing stuff that >you'd like to include. Do you create a separate >Ancestor book for his line? For each name - on >both male and female lines would result in a lot >of books, many with duplicate information. Even >so, what charts and reports would you include in this (descendent) book? > >Besides text responses to these questions, any >PDF examples of your books would be appreciated >as I've never actually seen one! > >Christine Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
