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Codge

Codge Report 23 Mar 2022 17:03

Looking for recommendations on how members keep a hard copy of their trees and individual members of trees. What does anyone use?

Researching:
Law Evans Fraser Gibb Williamson Griffiths Morris

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 23 Mar 2022 17:24

Big hand written chart for the main tree , although that doesn’t include the twigs only main stems. Family group records fill in the twigs.

For individuals, I give copy certificates and sources a unique number. I have a card index system with a separate card for each person and record the unique number for each event relating them on the card. Makes it easier for filing marriage certificates and census records that relate to more than one person.

Researching:

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Mar 2022 17:25

Welcome to the boards, Codge.

If your tree is on GR, then unless it's a very small tree, it's impossible to print it out in one go.

There are lots of family tree programmes which allow you to print your tree in various formats - chart, narrative, etc.

I use the free version of RootsMagic:

https://www.rootsmagic.com/try/

But there are many other such programmes, some free, some paid for.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Mar 2022 17:27

If you mean actual certificates, etc, as Rootgatherer mentions, there's an old thread full of suggestions:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/tips_board/thread/1170899

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 23 Mar 2022 21:40

I run an ancestry report from my family tree program and have it in an individual family file with certificates I have bought and census printouts for the particular side of the family

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957