G'day Paul, > how to go about recording information that is general in > nature, information that pertains to many generations. Write it using Word or similar and then, as you obviously want to keep it with your CFT data, you copy and paste into a DOCUMENT which you make and name via the "Document Editor" (you can just write it in the Document Editor) - I have one such "The Land of Our Forefathers". It will of course be only TEXT so I also keep the formatted document in a special FAMILY HISTORY word folder. You will later find that, if you want a formatted Family History Book with pictures embedded within the text, you will have to use a word processor to modify the output of CFT. BUT - CFT makes it all so easy with a wonderful "semi-literate" base to start with. FWIW - I am now on the final stage. Mike CALDER http://members.optusnet.com.au/mikecalder/ Researching: CALDER, DIXON, TUSON, GRACIE D&GFHS #2979

Hi Mike Thanks for the quick response. I like the idea. Presumably preparing it in Word allows you to do all the good things such as spell and grammar checking prior to importing it into the document editor. Regards Paul Barrett paul.barrett@hornton.org.uk Researching: Barrett - Fyfield Berkshire Howell - Hillingdon Middlesex Clarke - Bagshot, Surrey -----Original Message----- From: Michael CALDER [mailto:mikecalder@optusnet.com.au] Sent: 02 January 2005 20:10 To: paul.barrett@hornton.org.uk; CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [CFTW] How do you record general information? G'day Paul, > how to go about recording information that is general in > nature, information that pertains to many generations. Write it using Word or similar and then, as you obviously want to keep it with your CFT data, you copy and paste into a DOCUMENT which you make and name via the "Document Editor" (you can just write it in the Document Editor) - I have one such "The Land of Our Forefathers". It will of course be only TEXT so I also keep the formatted document in a special FAMILY HISTORY word folder. You will later find that, if you want a formatted Family History Book with pictures embedded within the text, you will have to use a word processor to modify the output of CFT. BUT - CFT makes it all so easy with a wonderful "semi-literate" base to start with. FWIW - I am now on the final stage. Mike CALDER http://members.optusnet.com.au/mikecalder/ Researching: CALDER, DIXON, TUSON, GRACIE D&GFHS #2979

Hi Mike I wonder if you can help me please (again!)? Can you tell me how to go about researching the records of a death of a British Immigrant to Oz who was killed in a road accident (in Sydney?) in Jan 1950. What online archives can I visit? Regards Paul Barrett -----Original Message----- From: Michael CALDER [mailto:mikecalder@optusnet.com.au] Sent: 02 January 2005 20:10 To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [CFTW] How do you record general information? G'day Paul, > how to go about recording information that is general in > nature, information that pertains to many generations. Write it using Word or similar and then, as you obviously want to keep it with your CFT data, you copy and paste into a DOCUMENT which you make and name via the "Document Editor" (you can just write it in the Document Editor) - I have one such "The Land of Our Forefathers". It will of course be only TEXT so I also keep the formatted document in a special FAMILY HISTORY word folder. You will later find that, if you want a formatted Family History Book with pictures embedded within the text, you will have to use a word processor to modify the output of CFT. BUT - CFT makes it all so easy with a wonderful "semi-literate" base to start with. FWIW - I am now on the final stage. Mike CALDER http://members.optusnet.com.au/mikecalder/ Researching: CALDER, DIXON, TUSON, GRACIE D&GFHS #2979 ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)