In the past I have created a loose-leaf, genealogy book to take with me when I do research. This book is a list of all of my ancestors grouped alphabetically by surname in descendant order. In the past I have used the custom ahnentafel list, including just the basic b, d, m data and then reversed the list. I have used this format for many years, but it is so tedious to revise each time I have additions or changes if there are many generations of a surname. Would anyone else find my format useful? Does anyone else wish that custom formatting for ancestors in descendant order was available? John: If you didn’t have such a wonderful and useful program none of us out here would expect or wish for anything better. Thank you. Jim Mayor South Albany, VT

Jim Well my book would be over a 1,000 pages long. What I do is create a custom report, normally an Excel spreadsheet, that contains the people that I am likely to find at that location. I also carry by Laptop which has a copy of my BK database. My cellphone has two gedcom based apps that contain my data. Both the laptop & cell phone are easier to carry than a 1,000 page book or binder. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Mayor via Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BK] Ancestor descendant list In the past I have created a loose-leaf, genealogy book to take with me when I do research. This book is a list of all of my ancestors grouped alphabetically by surname in descendant order. In the past I have used the custom ahnentafel list, including just the basic b, d, m data and then reversed the list. I have used this format for many years, but it is so tedious to revise each time I have additions or changes if there are many generations of a surname. Would anyone else find my format useful? Does anyone else wish that custom formatting for ancestors in descendant order was available? John: If you didn’t have such a wonderful and useful program none of us out here would expect or wish for anything better. Thank you. Jim Mayor South Albany, VT Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To Jim Mayor If I understand correctly, you want all of your ancestors, from the furthest back up to the current. So a list of all of your Jones ancestors, then all of your Mayor ancestors, then all of your Smith ancestors, and so on alphabetically. Perhaps you can email me a sample of your report and I will see if I am able to do something like that. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Mayor via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 9:36 AM Subject: [BK] Ancestor descendant list > In the past I have created a loose-leaf, genealogy book to take with me > when I do research. This book is a list of all of my ancestors grouped > alphabetically by surname in descendant order. In the past I have used the > custom ahnentafel list, including just the basic b, d, m data and then > reversed the list. I have used this format for many years, but it is so > tedious to revise each time I have additions or changes if there are many > generations of a surname. > > Would anyone else find my format useful? Does anyone else wish that custom > formatting for ancestors in descendant order was available? > > John: If you didn’t have such a wonderful and useful program none of us > out > here would expect or wish for anything better. Thank you. > > Jim Mayor > South Albany, VT > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message