I will add my vote to those that use Legacy just as a database and not a report generating tool. This link is an excerpt from my book which I did in Word:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0y7d08opdwcjsg7 If I was starting again I would possibly use Legacy to produce the skeleton of the book and then I would re-write it from there. I used Patricia Law Hatcher’s book “Producing a Quality Family History” as my guide. I am onto my second book now which is just an addendum to the first. You have to stop sometime or you will never produce anything!! I tried where I could to flesh out the names, dates, places with history to put it into context and make it interesting, which I had mixed success with as some people have so little information about them to begin with. I firmly believe no one will read it if you don’t do that. I liked chapter 4 of this: http://familystories.shancjackson.com/Tapestry_Downer.html as it really intertwined history with the family. Thought you might like some more ideas. Gavin... From: Marg Strong [mailto:tiny...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 1:46 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Actually, I was looking at it more from the viewpoint of printing out a "book" than as a website presentation. I liked the interspersing of images with text since I think the average person not into family history might find that more interesting. I would make changes, but it added to my ideas for presenting a "book." I'm not sure how legacy prints out the media files with reports because I am far from learning that as yet. _____ From: Sherry/Support <she...@legacyfamilytree.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Link to a site that has a nice way of presenting the family info Definitely more contrast! A lot of us have vision problems which require good contrast. If I had found that site through a google search of my surnames, I would have immediately backed out of it because it's too hard to read and, if I could find your contact info, send you an email to that fact! Check out www.WebAim.org for information on web accessibility for those with vision and other disabilities. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > That certainly is nicely done, though I would have more contrast between > background and font color. I'm sure others on this list will be chiming in > on how feasible it is to expect that sort of output from Legacy. > > --Paula in Texas Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
