This automatically creates chapters for all ancestors of the person selected. The person themselves doesn’t have a chapter (they are included in their parents chapter).
Each chapter is grouped as an ancestral couple, and includes the information entered about them in the databased, as well as a list of their children. Other spouses are also included.
As one of the most important components of a report, Ancestor Chapters can be heavily customised, but the default configuration will be fine in most circumstances.
Below are a couple of example pages from an ancestor chapter within a project that has many citations.
In addition to the text automatically generated for each ancestor, manual text can also be included. This is added after their introductory paragraph. Text to appear here is written in the “Notes” section of the person edit dialog, specifying “Report Notes” as the type of note.
Clicking on the pencil items next to the “Report Notes” drop down allows the text to be edited in a separate window, which also allows formatting of text—see section on the rich text editor for more information.
Pictures can be included in Ancestor Chapters if they are linked to the person in their record (use the “Media” section on the person panel:)
