How to Write a Genealogy Report

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Tip 1 - Hints & Tips Sixteen: Writing Genealogical Reports - Society of Genealogists

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by James Szeles | permalink

Tags: Society of Genealogists, Family History, Genealogy, Reports, Research Reports, Proof Summaries, Compiled Lineages, Narrative Family Histories

For further reading: http://www.sog.org.uk/learn/education-sub-page-for-testing-navigation/hints-and-tips-sixteen-writing-genealogical-reports ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Write a Genealogy Report | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by key 3net 2817 | permalink

Instead of presenting your family history in the form of a chart, as with a family tree, a genealogy report presents your family history in the form of a biographical narrative. Each page in a genealogy report is dedicated to telling the life history of one of your relatives--who he was, where and when he was born, who he married, how many children...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_6105514_write-genealogy-report.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Writing an effective report of your research, to a client or yourself | Planting the Seeds on WordPress.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Rodrigo Guzman | permalink

When you research your family (or a client's family, if you are a professional) how do you write up your research? Or do you write it up at all? There are a many different formats that one can use in this process. But, regardless of format, your report should have the same parts to be most effective.…

For further reading: https://michaelhait.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/writing-a-research-report/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Write As You Go - Tonia's Roots

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ramesh Patil | permalink

One of the classes that really struck a chord with me at FGS 2012 was Elissa Scalise Powell’s Write As You Go! Regular readers will remember that I make periodic declarations to be more systematic in writing about my research; however, I’m never as disciplined as I want to be. One of the things that …

For further reading: http://www.toniasroots.net/2012/09/03/write-as-you-go/ ^[4]