
Making a Genealogy book
#1
Posted 04 September 2013 - 06:22 AM
I'm looking for a program that will create a genealogy book. I want to transfer my genealogy info from Legacy or Family Tree via a gedcom into a program that will let me edit, add photos and documents, create an index and bibliography. I will be importing between 600 and 1000 ancestors. Would Personal Historian do this?
Thank you,
Carol
#2
Posted 04 September 2013 - 06:44 AM
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#3
Posted 04 September 2013 - 09:39 AM
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#4
Posted 05 September 2013 - 05:57 AM
Hi,
I'm looking for a program that will create a genealogy book. I want to transfer my genealogy info from Legacy or Family Tree via a gedcom into a program that will let me edit, add photos and documents, create an index and bibliography. I will be importing between 600 and 1000 ancestors. Would Personal Historian do this?
Thank you,
Carol
Have you thought of doing a narrative type report in RM? It would be a good base to start your book on, since you would pick the ancestor and then do a 'modified register' of that person for whatever number of generations you would like. Once you have created that narrative, save it to your computer as an ".rtf" type of file. Then go into your word processor and open it up. You will be able to make any changes you want, including adjusting any sentence format so it reads the way you want it to, as well as add pictures and other documents where you would like them to be, create the index, bibliography and even your title pages.
The issue is not creating the report in a genealogy program, it's finding a word processing program that will allow me to edit after moving the info from from the genealogy program. Then adding many photos and documents. I'm using Microsoft word but experiencing problems with photos and captions moving to other pages after I have saved the file. The book I'm publishing is only 100 pages and my next book will probably be closer to 350 pages. I need a more dependable word processor program or a better understanding of Microsoft Word!
#5
Posted 05 September 2013 - 07:15 AM
The issue is not creating the report in a genealogy program, it's finding a word processing program that will allow me to edit after moving the info from from the genealogy program. Then adding many photos and documents. I'm using Microsoft word but experiencing problems with photos and captions moving to other pages after I have saved the file. The book I'm publishing is only 100 pages and my next book will probably be closer to 350 pages. I need a more dependable word processor program or a better understanding of Microsoft Word!
~~ In a perpetual state of not knowing if I'm coming or going.
#6
Posted 05 September 2013 - 09:08 AM
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#7
Posted 05 September 2013 - 10:48 AM
In addition to the excellent suggestions about reading up on embedding things in Word and looking for Help on graphics and diagrams, you might also look for Help on boxes in Word. Putting graphics into boxes can make them easier to manage. Good luck.
Jerry
#8
Posted 05 September 2013 - 03:57 PM
Genealogy:
"I work on genealogy only on days that end in "Y"." [Grin!!!]
from www.GenealogyDaily.com.
"Documentation....The hardest part of genealogy"
"Genealogy is like Hide & Seek: They Hide & I Seek!"
" Genealogists: People helping people.....that's what it's all about!"
from http://www.rootsweb....nry/gentags.htm
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