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From: "Barbara J. Mathews, CG" <>
Subject: Books from Genealogy Programs
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:50:27 -0500


I concur with Helen in being uncomfortable with computer-generated books,
although I do it frequently. My pet peeve has to do with the location
information. If I fill in my genealogy program with full date and location
information for every event for which I have it, I end up with a pretty nice
looking, full of information Family Group Sheet. But, doing this produces a
particularly irritating genealogy book printout. For example, on one person
in Register style you might have:

John Smith was born 23 March 1721/2 in Windsor, Connecticut. He died there
before his will was proved 8 November 1776. He married there, 23 June 1744,
Jane Doe.

And this becomes:

John Smith was born 23 March 1721/2 in Windsor, Hartford County,
Connecticut. He died before 8 November 1776 in Windsor, Hartford County,
Connecticut . He married 23 June 1744, in Windsor, Hartford County,
Connecticut, Jane Doe.

The repetition of placenames becomes cumbersome. That's my pet peeve.

Yours, Barbara Mathews

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