Creating a Complete Book From Genealogy Data
Using GEDitCOM II or GEDitCOM, you can prepare a beautiful and robust book from your genealogy file. The book will be organized into chapters by generations, have a table of contents, an index, a bibliography of all cited sources, and include portraits of individuals and family tree charts. Click here to see a sample book created in GEDitCOM II.
In brief, to create a book, you create a Book Style record, fill in the fields, select style options, and then click a button to create the entire book in one step. When using GEDitCOM II, the entire book create is automated. Creating books in GEDitCOM takes two steps — run an extension to create files for the book and then use separate LaTeX software to typeset the book.
All the instructions for book create are in the GEDitCOM II or GEDitCOM help window and in the help for the extension that creates the book. To see the extension's help, use the "Documentation..." menu command in the "Extensions" menu and select the "Create Generations Book" extension from the pop-up menu in the documentation window. When using GEDitCOM, you will need to download and install the extension first.