Norm, I'm not sure there are absolute answers to your questions. For
example I continue to fill in the branches even though they are not my
direct line. I do this to primarily complete the picture. I would at least
like to get as many lineage's into my data that goes up to about 1900. Any
printed report would be focused on my own line and would not include the
branches. The degree to which you can do these reports depends on the
program used to create the report and what type report it is. An ancestor
report would not pick up all the branches. While a descendant report would,
depending on what your selection was for the number of generations. So, if
you were doing a descendant report on your gg grandfather you probably want
the branches. But if you started at Cornelius b 1681 and did a descendant
report it would include "all" the branches and would not be a very useful
report, if this was for the purpose of giving to a family member for
example. One of the new Family Tree Maker reports combines both of these,
called an Hourglass Tree. This will print ancestors and descendants of a
particular individual. Of course I usually stay away from these graphical
reports for the most part (due to printing excesses, ink and pages) and use
the textual reports (Outline and Genealogy Report) since most of my use is
focused on sharing data with others - text is better. When I get things
"proven" and hopefully complete I will print some of these graphical
reports. I just don't like to print one today and next week have to throw
it away because something changed.
However, I would think that most people are interested in their direct line
and not in all the children in all the branches. So it is really a personal
choice as to what "you" want.
In Family Tree Maker there is a book format for reports and also a Book
report. In addition to printing trees, reports and other views as
individual documents, Family Tree Maker provides the capability to create a
book. You can include a Title Page, Dedication, Preface, Foreword, Table of
Contents, Chapters, Bibliography, and an Index. Each of the graphical
reports (Ancestor, Descendant, etc) has the feature called book format.
This is useful for printing so the different boxes do not cross page
boundaries and allows ease of tracing people between all the pages. It may
take a few more pages but you don't have to cut and tape the pages together.
Of course, this is only my opinion.
Hope this helps, but there is no "right" answer for some of these questions.
regards,
dale
-----Original Message-----
From: Lonzo(a)nabi.net [mailto:Lonzo@nabi.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 8:45 PM
To: CARMACK-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: What to do??? help!
OK Carmack Cousins...all you long time researchers and users of Family Tree
Maker...Here I am with hundreds and hundreds of names and dates
in..hopfully..the right place on my Family Tree Maker...with no place to
go... So...what I need to know is...at what point does one REASONABLY stop
all this branching off from the 'main' line???
And what is it doing to my data here. Am I biting off more than i can chew
when I get ready to put this all in some sort of printed matter?...or am I
ok in that regard?
With the Family Tree Maker...The charts after a while just run all over a
bunch of pages side by side and end to end...So what is your prefered
printout and how?
Now lastly, the 'book' thingy... I have been fearful of trying to run one
of those because I envision an entire ream of paper kicking out of this
printer with no rhyme or reason for format. What am I to expect when i do
the 'book'??? Help!!!!!
Greetings to you all otherwise!!!
Norm Carmack (Robert Jay; Joseph Mark; John Wilson; John Wesley;
Cornelius; Cornelius; William; Corny&Guien)
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