Do you know what you are going to do with you research?

[yellowjim]

hi there, I am  new member to the forum, interested in family history more from a art point of view,
as in i would love to design and draw beautiful Family trees for people.
I have seen my dads printed off examples of our tree, and they are pretty awkward.
so i was thinking to see if i could do any better..

having to do a research project for my MA course, i have decided to research this!

i would be greatly appreciative if you would take a few moments to click on the link below and fill out my simple and totally anonymous questionnaire. thanks in advance 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5LCFBS9

[Rishile]

Hi Yellowjim

Welcome to Rootschat.  I have done your very simple survey and hope it helps you achieve your goal.

I am interested in your idea but wonder if it could extend to Family History information rather than just Family Tree.  I'm sure most people on RC actually research their Family History rather than just building a tree with names, dates and places etc.  I would be interested in what you could put together with - say - 100 - 200 people with details of their lives, photos, pictures etc.

I wish you success in whatever you decide to do.

Rishile

[yellowjim]

thank you very much for your reply and doing the survey rishile,
thats an interesting idea, and i have thought about it, i know what you mean about all the information, and thats kinda why i am unhappy with the ways of presenting that i have seen out there.
if i come up with anything interesting i will post it on here

thanks again
yellowjim

[alpinecottage]

I too did the simple survey, and I'm only posting that to encourage others to do it for you and to assure them that clicking on the link doesn't download anything nasty 

[danuslave]

Hi Yellowjim & welcome to RootsChat

Done the survey 

Agree with Rishile's comments

Good luck with the Project   

Linda

[MaxD]

If it helps (and I'm sure I am not the only one), I tend to agree with Rishile that building a giant tree with names/dates/places is not really what it is about entirely.  I find it more relevant to dig as deep as I can into near relatives, so far just 3 generations back, and to write a story around the facts about each one which I shall then pass on to my successors.  I can't really feel any affinity with my sixth cousin five times removed even if I know his/her name!
MaxD

[yellowjim]

wow, thanks for the comments,
all really interesting to hear your views on it!
gives me stuff to think about
thanks
yellow jim

[Pejic]

I've filled in your survey with narky comments about the lengths of field for numbers of years - initially unimpressed for someone interested in designing, but at the end I see you were using a package so sorry for narky comments.

At the moment I am incorporating my research into a historical diary format, showing what my ancestors were doing at interesting (and other) moments in history.

[copperbeech5]

Hi,

Also done the survey, but No 7 - you could do with a "don't know" box. 

As I said on your survey, for me it would very much depend on the cost of something like a hand drawn tree.  Lovely idea but... sadly reality means I  personally am on a very tight budget!

Good luck,
Copperbeech5

PS Sorry, welcome to Rootschat!