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 woul
Create PDF versions of each of the reports/charts and show them to other
family members.
Some people prefer the line-and-box charts, some want text, others want a
verbose narrative. Some want source details, others just want the
"people" parts. You can't please everyone, but you can find out whic
m: [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
helps.
Alice
- Original Message -
From: "Christine Pearce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:05 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Advice on publishing a book
Thanks, Cathy, for your response. Your info on Ancestor Books and Multiple
Lines of Descent (MLD) w
TECTED] On Behalf Of Christine
Pearce
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:05 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Advice on publishing a book
>>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 other
enealogy
> 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 Beh
er 08, 2007 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on publishing a book
Hello Christine,
The best place to look for nicely done family history books is a library.
I found one of my ancestors in such a book at the Lancaster Hsitorical
Society Library. The book is interspersed with family history
Christine,
I am currently in the finishing stages of publishing a family history
book using Legacy. What I have done is used the Descendants Narrative
book to output to a RTF file, which I will then go through page by
page to make the text more fun to read than a long list of events.
I begin the b
8 matches
Mail list logo