GED-GEN
Oct 122011
 
Signature

Hubert Yuncker 1828

It’s fun to use GED-GEN to add an individual’s portrait to their family group sheet. That’s fine if you have a photograph. How about adding images for ancestors who lived before photography even existed? For those folks, I like to add an image of their signature or their “mark.” Their signature is usually the only shred of personality they’ve left for us to see.  For example, see my family group sheet for Hubert and Barbe Yuncker.

Here are the steps to add an image of an ancestor’s signature in place of a portrait.  If your ancestor could not sign his or her name, they may have used a mark or symbol instead.

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Jun 122011
 

You can print your family group sheets using the Print command within your Internet browser. You may find the way GED-GEN formats pages more readable than those created by your favorite genealogy program. Visitors to your website will also appreciate the ability to print selected pages for their own research.

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