I worked with to do the research for my Maternal Family History.
I approached creating my family’s tree in a different way. Naturally, the client wants it yesterday…. I've got a lot more to do as my client has really done his research and this stretches back to the 1400s! Ultimately the family tree will fill the 4A0 sized area, and to give you an idea just how much info there is, the blank 'Male' and 'Female' entries measure 34mm x 20 mm. Where there are re-marriages, the offspring are labelled with a number that corresponds to the relevant spouse – hence the green circles above some of the entries. Marriages, rather unusually have been stacked vertically so they have a tint behind to help show the union. This means that I can easily join the entries onto a blood line. I then grouped these objects with a leader line coming from the top and popped the resulting groups into a library.įortunately, the client has requested that all children in one generation run from right to left in a neatly aligned row. The other screen shot shows part of the first section that I have built.įor this, I elected to make object styles for 'Male' and 'Female' entries with placeholder text using various stylesheets and the very handy 'apply next style'. One shows the document size that I am working to – a staggering 4A0! I thought I'd share my progress with you and scare the bejesus out of you! I've attached two screen shots. Somehow, I feared that was going to be the outcome…Īnyway, I've got the job and have started making some headway in InDesign with it. If the tree changes, change the data in the program, export a new PDF and have ID update it. I have zero experience with geneological programs, but it sure sounds like you should do this in one of these and produce a PDF when you're done - then you can place this into ID and finish off the book. There is no real easy way to move a frame and have a line “connected” to it moving along - it would need some serious scripting (which you'd need to run after each edit), or a dedicated plugin specially written for this. It would be necesasry to start at the topmost, widest level, then work your way down the ancestry line - and if you need to insert a late-discovered third-degree removed cousin, you'd have to start again at the top. These need to be positioned very carefully, because neither the frames nor (ideally) the lines may overlap.
The key features of geneological trees are the frames with the names and their interconnecting lines. However unwillingly, I would advise against trying to do this in InDesign …
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