Family Group Sheets

Family Group Sheets

I have a paid subscription to cloud storage on Box.

I created a folder on Box where I can upload Family Group Sheets created by my genealogy program, RootsMagic7. This Family Group Sheet folder has many family sub-folders. With the link shared below you can access the Family Group Sheets. Individual group sheets can be previewed online and/or downloaded to your computer. I believe Box works best when accessed via a computer. It is probably possible to access the family group sheets with a SmartPhone if you have the URL.

The family group sheets produced by RootsMagic include the Note field of the people listed on the family group sheet. Included in the notes are source citations, if I have them, Find A Grave memorial numbers, obituaries and other historical information. After the Note fields each family group sheet has a name index and a place name index.

Corrections and additions are welcome.

I'll also entertain suggestions for other family group sheets 

I'm a very active user of Facebook which makes that the best way to catch my attention. 

My Email address, which I don't check often is: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Family Group Sheets

Dick Henthorn

26 June 2020

Drib and Drab Genealogy

Drib and Drab Genealogy

I belong to a number of genealogy Groups on Facebook. Trying to follow the threads is often next to impossible. I call what is going on "drib and drab" genealogy.

Sometimes I think that the posts are a way of showing off, "look what I've got, that you don't have." I work hard to avoid letting my frustration run rampant with snide remarks..

Lately when things get out of hand, I have been using Family Group Sheets to summarize the information I have about a couple and their offspring. Using RootsMagic it is quick and easy to create such a report. Sometimes I share the FGS in the Files area of the Group where the thread occurs. And, I also upload the FGS to my own paid Box account where it can be previewed or downloaded.

BTW, it should probably go without saying that, I am also not a big fan of screen captures of genealogy pedigree charts. They convey little information in a very difficult to read format.

Dick Henthorn

20 Jun 2020

Facebook Formatting

Facebook Formatting

There is an issue with document formatting on Facebook.

I tried two ways of sharing a document on Facebook that didn't work well.

First, I copied obituary text that I'd extracted from a Find A Grave memorial. I made some addtions using square brackets [ ] and uploaded my file as a "Document" to a Facebook Group. This didn't work well. Paragraph breaks were inserted between text several sentences long and a one line piece of information in parentheses that should have followed immediately after the text.

Next, I tried copying the same text as a "post" to the Group. This resulted in the same problem, excessive paragraph breaks.

Here's how I solved the problem. I was working with a couple who didn't have children. There was an obituary for the wife only. I told RootsMagic to create a Family Group sheet for the couple. I saved the output as a PDF file. I uploaded the PDF to the Facebook Files area of the Group just as I have often done with Descendant Reports as PDFs.  As a result the obituary paragraph formatting appears to my liking and the PDF can be previewed online or downloaded.

Dick Henthorn

3 Jun 2020