Karen et al, Go to this Rootsweb message board. http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.poland.unknown/21028/mb.ashx Debbie karen duffy wrote: > Debbie, > I couldn't open this link--do you have another way to view your roll? > I'd like to see how you displayed all the information. > > Karen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> > To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 8:06 AM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] Making charts for family distribution > > >> Alan, >> >> Been there done that. I printed out one of my great grandmother's >> lines. IO think the font was 10 or 11. I included side lines and the >> side lines' spouses, parents etc. This roll is about 25 feet in length >> but about two feet in width. >> >> I'm sure this can all be done at a Kinkos now but when I did it I >> printed out page after page from my gen. program, cut and taped/pasted >> the people into place making sure I even had those people who were >> illegitimate. This meant I had an uneven width so I took sections and >> photocopied them onto 14" long paper so the almost finished product >> was the same width all the way along. I taped these now longer pieces >> together, took them to Kinkos and had it printed off on one long sheet >> of paper. They had to do this a couple of times to get it right (I >> paid once). Now some people were impossible to fit in so I made little >> separate strips and glued them where they belong on the "tree" and >> then folded them back in over themselves so you could still see the >> information that's "behind" them but could also unfold the strips to >> see who else is there. This rolls up nicely and does fit into a tube >> which fit into my suitcase. I took one to France and one to Poland a >> couple of years ago. The one in Poland is at the USC and makes nice >> wallpaper. ;) >> >> I don't know if this link will work for you but it shows my "working >> copy" roll. The loose pieces are the ones to be taped on and folded. >> >> The oldest ancestors are at the bottom left of the photo. The yellow >> spots indicate my direct line. >> >> Debbie >>