Question by KIm: How do I lay out my genealogy book?
I am trying to make a genealogy book at home in a binder, and I ran into a layout/order problem. I have families with multiple children who have families. I don’t know if I should keep the generations going, as in “this is the child of name, this his child, this is his child.” Or put a family, then the info on their kids, then add the children’s family. If you understand this can you please help. If you made a genealogy book, can you explain how you did it?

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Answer by lohr_gen
I do understand what you are saying, and I’ve seen both methods used in the numerous published genealogies I’ve used in my research. I have not found any accepted/preferred method but there are several systems of numbering the generations [1].

The one lay out I’ve seen that seems easy to follow is Husband and Wife, then all of their children listed underneath them. Insert a break, then Child #1 + spouse and all of their children; Child #2 + spouse and all of their children. etc. In order to avoid confusion, the dates of birth & death for each child is added, as is the name of the child’s spouse(s) and their marriage date(s).

Effectively, you’re doing an outline and you need to arrange the information in a way that best communicates your research to somebody who is complete unfamiliar with it. My suggestion would be to set aside some of your introduction to explain the method you used, and include explicit examples from your book that illustrates the method you choose.

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