How do I compose a report?

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

I am wanting to produce a comprehensive report of all of the people and relationships in my family file on the lines of the following example and I have no idea how to do it:—

20. MAUD EVELINE6 CARNEGIE (EMMA5 BICKMORE, WILLIAM JAMES4, CHARLES3, BENJAMIN2, DANIEL1) was born 27 January 1884 in Adelaide, South Australia. She married ALFRED MORT 21 September 1905 in Residence of brides father, Adelaide, South Australia, son of ALFRED MANX MORT. He was born 1881 in Quindalup, Western Australia.

More About MAUD EVELINE CARNEGIE:
Sth.Aust B.D.M. Records: Birth - Ade. Book 319 Page 473

More About ALFRED MORT:
W.A. BDM. Record: Birth - 1881/22083

More About ALFRED MORT and MAUD CARNEGIE:
Marriage: 21 September 1905, Res of brides father, Adelaide, South Australia
Sth.Aust. B.D.M. Records: Marriage - Ade. Book 224 Page 1306

Child of MAUD CARNEGIE and ALFRED MORT is:
i. ALTON HARRY7 MORT, b. 24 March 1906, Parkside, South Australia.

(end of example)

The above is taken from a report that a relative sent me of her research which was produced from a PC rather than a Mac, I am afraid I do not know what programme she used. Is it possible to do such a thing with Reunion and if so how do I do it?

Many thanks for any assistance.

[David G. Kanter]

I am wanting to produce a comprehensive report of all of the people and relationships in my family file on the lines of the following example and I have no idea how to do it…As your example shows a narrative-style report that moves “forward” in time as you advanced through the report, check out the Register Report. (Search the Manual for “Register Report” and select “1. Register Report, What Is a Register Report?”.) Pay special attention to the extensive set of options you have (e.g., enabling the “Include Parenthetical Ancestry”, to cite just one).

The other narrative-style report is the Ahnentafel Report; it moves “backwards” in time. (Search the Manual for “Ahnentafel” and select “2. Ahnentafel Report, What Is an Ahnentafel Report?”, or search on “narrative report” and you will get get results showing both the Ahnentafel Report and the Register Report.)

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

Excellent David, thank you so much. As always you are a mine of information and it always seems easy when you know how! Cheers.

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

As your example shows a narrative-style report that moves “forward” in time as you advanced through the report, check out the Register Report. (Search the Manual for “Register Report” and select “1. Register Report, What Is a Register Report?”.) Pay special attention to the extensive set of options you have (e.g., enabling the “Include Parenthetical Ancestry”, to cite just one).

The other narrative-style report is the Ahnentafel Report; it moves “backwards” in time. (Search the Manual for “Ahnentafel” and select “2. Ahnentafel Report, What Is an Ahnentafel Report?”, or search on “narrative report” and you will get get results showing both the Ahnentafel Report and the Register Report.)
Having now tried this it is great as far as it goes. Is there any way that I can produce such a report that includes ALL of the people in a given family file? It seems that both the reports mentioned by David do not do this. Thanks again for any help.

[theKiwi]

Having now tried this it is great as far as it goes. Is there any way that I can produce such a report that includes ALL of the people in a given family file? It seems that both the reports mentioned by David do not do this. Thanks again for any help.

As far as I know it's not - unless everybody in your file is descended from one couple - which of course seems very unlikely.

And to be fair, are you certain that the report sent to you by a PC user contained everybody in that person's file, or just those descended from the oldest ancestor on one of the lines?

Roger

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

As far as I know it's not - unless everybody in your file is descended from one couple - which of course seems very unlikely.

And to be fair, are you certain that the report sent to you by a PC user contained everybody in that person's file, or just those descended from the oldest ancestor on one of the lines?

Roger
Thanks for this Roger. No I am not sure at all that the report sent to me contains everybody and I do not suppose for one moment that it does! (I am one of those people who believe that all-things-Mac are inherently superior to anything PC so if the best Mac genealogical software, i.e. Reunion 8, can’t do it I am sure PC stuff can’t! bg). Never-the-less I would still like to produce such a comprehensive report I have mentioned, but if it is not possible, then so be it. One for the wish list perhaps?

[David G. Kanter]

…Never-the-less I would still like to produce such a comprehensive report I have mentioned, but if it is not possible, then so be it. One for the wish list perhaps?While I’d never bet against what great new things the folks at Leister Productions might come up with, I’m not sure just what kind of “comprehensive report” you’re hoping for.

Of the potentially complete-data reports, Reunion currently includes these options:

- -a. Direct-Lineage-Dependent Reports: The Family History, Register, Ahnentafel, & Descendant Reports—with their Layouts set to include everything. As these don’t include, in one report, everyone in your Family File—even if linked—I appreciate none of them is what you are looking for. (At present you could get everything-on-everybody reporting by doing one of the descendant-style reports on your furthest-back family line and then do more of the same report on your other lines—pruning them by the generation setting or the marking-only option to where they join the other family line to minimize redundancy.)

- -b. “Anybody” Reports: Person Sheets, Family Group Sheets, & Web Family Cards (with the Person Sheet option)—with their Layouts set to include everything. Done on their “All” options, my first impression is any of these will provide an everything-on-everybody report.

If the “b” products don’t satisfy your needs, then I would suggest a posting in the “Wish List” forum—not as a continuation of this thread—with just what content and selection criteria you’d like to see as a future report in Reunion.

[genealogist.lily]

I am wanting to produce a comprehensive report of all of the people and relationships in my family file on the lines of the following example and I have no idea how to do it:—

20. MAUD EVELINE6 CARNEGIE (EMMA5 BICKMORE, WILLIAM JAMES4, CHARLES3, BENJAMIN2, DANIEL1) was born 27 January 1884 <snip>
More About MAUD EVELINE CARNEGIE: <snip>
More About ALFRED MORT: <snip>
More About ALFRED MORT and MAUD CARNEGIE:<snip>
Child of MAUD CARNEGIE and ALFRED MORT is:
i. ALTON HARRY7 MORT, b. 24 March 1906, Parkside, South <snip>I would like to suggest you try using the "Family History Report". I can't think of anything more tiresome than reports that say "more about..." Heaven forfend that Reunion should ever do this. In Reunion, the "Memo" field gives ALL the additional information about a marriage, a birth, a death, without actually repeating, every time that ubiquitous phrase "more about". In Reunion the Memo Field is cleverly included NEXT to the pertinent data - without duplication of the phrase "more about".

Many genealogists like the narrative style of reporting but give me a "History Report" anytime. We produced a hard cover book of over 1,000 pages - from a Reunion "Family History Report". The most time-consuming part of this task was removing the extraneous carriage-returns - but it was well worth the effort.

The "History Report" is columnar in style and, when formatted on a 2-column page, lists "everything" in an easy-to-view format with memo fields that add additional "mores" to the events without being tiresomely repetitive. The Notes Field provides an elegant location for the the narrative portion of any family history. A Reunion "History Report" is "genealogy-at-a-glance" and the over 500 good folk who bought our book - have sent nothing but rave reviews for the ease of reading.
Lily in Canada

[Andrew-Bede Allsop]

I would like to suggest you try using the "Family History Report". snipThank you for this. The family history report is indeed much to my liking and so easy to use. Thanks for suggesting it. But it still fall short of listing everybody in a family file. I have reconciled myself to the fact that I am not going to achieve that particular elysium!