Lesley Robertson wrote: > "david" <nospam@nospam274503> wrote in message > news:EfCdnQz5-dxGS7HanZ2dnUVZ8smgnZ2d@bt.com... > >> >> Thanks for the replies. I've been thinking about what I'd use the >> program >> for. At present I have census info stored in Word files like this - >> >> 1881 census >> Joe Bloggs Head 35 Plumber b London >> Mary Bloggs Wife 32 b Edinburgh >> Baby Boggs 5 mo b Bristol >> >> it's all in blocks, everyone in the household displayed together >> and tabulated. >> >> Is it possible to have this type of layout in a program such as FTM, >> Legacy and >> print it out in one batch, just the census info in one page? >> > The genealogy programmes are for connecting people into trees. I have > all my census data in databases where they're searchable. Where I want > to keep data the way you've specified (rarely) I put it in the Notes > section FTM has. Custodian 3 has been created as a database with many templates for this purpose http://www.custodian3.co.uk/ It will also index imported GEDCOM but not export gedcom which is why I don't use it Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG