Creating a classic Register / NGSQ descendant format with Gedcom Publisher
Don Landing
I would like to create a report that uses the classic Register / NGSQ descendant format used by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The key characteristics are:
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Arabic person numbers (2, 3, 4, 5…)
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Roman child numbers (i, ii, iii…)
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“+” marker for children who receive a full entry later
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A short summary line for each child
Does anyone have a Gedcom Publisher format that does this? Or a tutorial that shows how?
Thanks
Don
John Cardinal
Don,
GP won’t mimic the Register Format very closely.
You can assign Arabic numbers to people who have person entries. See: https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/person-prefix.htm
You can use roman numbers to children by choosing a list format for children and then setting a CSS style to use roman numbers for the list.
You cannot assign a “+” marker for children who receive a full entry later. By default, GP uses a “+” marker to indicate children who have offspring.
You cannot add a short summary for each child.
Some of the Register Format conventions don’t make as much sense in a linked, electronic format as they do when used for printed reports. For example, the “+” to indicate a full entry is replaced by the person’s name being a link. The short summary is less useful when the child’s entry is a link away, and one can return to the current spot quickly and easily after following a link.
John Cardinal
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donla...@casasl.net
John:
Thank you very much for the info. I agree with your comments about the “linked electronic format”.
The formatting choices seem to be very similar between GedSite and Gedcom Publisher, is that correct
How does one “return to the current spot quickly and easily after following a link”
VR
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Chris Sackett
I think I was one who requested roman numbers in the children list, but must then have missed your explanation of how it could be implemented. What would the CSS style be?
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John Cardinal
Chris,
In the Person Entry > Family Sections item, set the “Child List Format” to “List (numbered)”.
In the User Styles section, add a User Style as follows. Use the Copy/Paste User Style technique to copy this style:
selector-1:
.gs-pe-family .gs-pe-ul
parameters-1:
list-style-type: lower-roman;
Here’s the result while also using the Person Prefix: Sequence Number property for subject, parents, and children:
John Cardinal
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John Cardinal
Don,
> The formatting choices seem to be very similar between GedSite and Gedcom Publisher, is that correct
Yes, configuring the Gedcom Publisher Person Entry is very similar to configuring the GedSite Person Entry.
There are some differences. GP supports a “Sequence Number” as a choice for the Person Prefix property whereas GedSite has the other options but not Sequence Number. Also, you can add User Styles to manipulate the HTML elements in the Person Entry, but some (older) e-readers may not honor your choices, so you should use a light touch.
> How does one “return to the current spot quickly and easily after following a link”
Most readers have a “back” or “previous” feature where the reader can return to the location prior to clicking a link. Many support several levels of going back. In calibre, for example, the left-pointing angle is “Back”:
Please see my reply to Chris about roman numerals.
John Cardinal
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John:
Thank you very much for the info. I agree with your comments about the “linked electronic format”.
The formatting choices seem to be very similar between GedSite and Gedcom Publisher, is that correct
How does one “return to the current spot quickly and easily after following a link”
VR
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Subject: RE: [GP] Creating a classic Register / NGSQ descendant format with Gedcom Publisher
Don,
GP won’t mimic the Register Format very closely.
You can assign Arabic numbers to people who have person entries. See: https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/person-prefix.htm
You can use roman numbers to children by choosing a list format for children and then setting a CSS style to use roman numbers for the list.
You cannot assign a “+” marker for children who receive a full entry later. By default, GP uses a “+” marker to indicate children who have offspring.
You cannot add a short summary for each child.
Some of the Register Format conventions don’t make as much sense in a linked, electronic format as they do when used for printed reports. For example, the “+” to indicate a full entry is replaced by the person’s name being a link. The short summary is less useful when the child’s entry is a link away, and one can return to the current spot quickly and easily after following a link.
John Cardinal
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Subject: [GP] Creating a classic Register / NGSQ descendant format with Gedcom Publisher
Chris Sackett
Chris
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donla...@casasl.net
John:
I have the User Styles section done but where do I find the area for Person Prefix? Here is what I have so far:
Will the numbering start with 1 or can it use the ID number (Rachels number is 285 in RootsMagic 11 and in the GEDCOM file) for each person from the GEDCOM file like the line above:
F, #285, b. 30 April 1794, d. 18 January 1864
Thanks
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John Cardinal
Don,
The following Person Entry items have Person Prefix properties:
- Subject Name (https://www.gedsite.com/en/pe-item-subject-name.htm)
- Parent Section (https://www.gedsite.com/en/pe-item-parent-section.htm)
- Family Sections (https://www.gedsite.com/en/pe-item-family-sections.htm)
The help pages for those items describe how to use the Person Prefix property for that specific Person Entry item. The instructions are mostly identical.
The general help page, which I linked in my original reply, is here: https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/person-prefix.htm
John Cardinal
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John:
John Cardinal
Don,
Oops. The Person Entry links go to GedSite, not Gedcom Publisher. Here are the corrected links.
- https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/pe-item-subject-name.htm
- https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/pe-item-parent-section.htm
- https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/pe-item-family-sections.htm
GP has one option that is not in GedSite, which is the ability to use a “Sequence Number” as the prefix. See the GP help pages for an explanation.
John Cardinal
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Subject: RE: [GP] Creating a classic Register / NGSQ descendant format with Gedcom Publisher
Don,
The following Person Entry items have Person Prefix properties:
- Subject Name (https://www.gedsite.com/en/pe-item-subject-name.htm)
- Parent Section (https://www.gedsite.com/en/pe-item-parent-section.htm)
- Family Sections (https://www.gedsite.com/en/pe-item-family-sections.htm)
The help pages for those items describe how to use the Person Prefix property for that specific Person Entry item. The instructions are mostly identical.
The general help page, which I linked in my original reply, is here: https://www.gedcompublisher.com/en/person-prefix.htm
John Cardinal
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John:
