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zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 7 Jul 2010 14:00

thank you both for your suggestions im also on ancestry so i think ill print it out on there a family at a time x zena

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InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 7 Jul 2010 06:02

The reason I asked is that 900 names will require an awful lot of paper, regardless of how you try to print it.

I have just done a quick test using FTM 2010. Selecting minimal information to print, i.e. Name, Birth, Marriage & Death, a Simple Genealogical Register Report with around 136 names on it ran to 39 pages, a Descendant Chart with the same info required 72 pages.

I usually find that a better bet is a Pedigree Chart, starting with the person you are giving it to. Again using FTM, a typical Pedigree going back, say, 10 generations might take up around 8 pages, depending on how much info you decide to print and how many branches actually go back the full 10 generations

zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 6 Jul 2010 19:32

ok thanks will have to think about that.
i wanted to give it to a family member.
zena

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lewis smith mowbray townsend crowther holmes bourne hands

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 6 Jul 2010 18:11

The GR print option, which is very basic, is only really designed to print trees with a few tens of names on it.

You would do far better to invest in a commercial software program such as FTM which has the option to print various different types of reports selectively.and properly formatted.

But, why do you want to print a tree with 900 names on it?

zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 6 Jul 2010 16:39

ok thanks netty

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Netty

Netty Report 6 Jul 2010 15:59

Hi Zena, this thread might help, it seems that you can't, if you have over 800 people on your tree -

http://www.genesreunited.co.za/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1227976

zenawarrior

zenawarrior Report 6 Jul 2010 15:49

please can anyone advise me. have tried to print my tree for a couple of days now but it wont, it used to till i got over 900 people on it thanks zena

Researching:
lewis smith mowbray townsend crowther holmes bourne hands