This looks good to me. Quite an elegant solution to a rather thorny problem, and much easier to read than anything I've come up with. Tracy > Would this be acceptable separating lines with an asterisk and bracketing > progeny? > * * * > > [family tree chart] > > Clair & Joseph O'Donnell [three children: Mary, Patrick, & Catherine] > * > Hugh O'Donnell & Mary O'Donnell [one child: Helen O'Donnell] > Helen O'Donnell & Ian McGrady [two children: Jason McGrady & Kate McGrady] > Susan Calhoun & Jason McGrady [two children: Jennie McGrady & Nick > McGrady] > Kate McGrady & Kevin Calhoun [two children: Lisa Calhoun & Kurt Calhoun] > * > Patrick O'Donnell & Gwendolyn O'Neil [two children: Clair O'Donnell & > Richard O'Donnell] > * > Catherine O'Donnell & Kenneth Keegan [one child: Richard Keegan] > Anne Callahan & Richard Keegan [one child: Thomas Keegan] > Thomas Keegan & Bridget Sween [two children: Sean Keegan & Shelagh Keegan] > > * * * > Thanks! > > Valerie > >> On Jul 29, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Valerie Maples <vlmaples1@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Can someone point me to the best way to convert a family tree diagram >> into words? Finishing up a book and found this. Ugh! >> >> Thanks! >> >> Valerie >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject >> line. >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.