NGSQ and Register Styles Comparison Chart

NGSQ and Register Styles Comparison Chart
Parenthetical lineage
list
Genealogical Summary
First appearance of
subject and spouse
names
Event order
BDBurM then
Spouse events
Order of event
information
Date Place; M
Spouse, parents,
date and place
TMG-NGSQ
Same
Same
Font is correct, but
it’s repeated too
often; bold
duplicated in
children’s names
BDMBur; Spouse
events in separate
paragraph
As specified in
sentence structure
Miscellaneous
Numbering
Child list: Genealogical Summary
NGSQ
Names: regular
font; generation
numbers: italics
Generation
indicator attaches
to female given
name
Subject and
spouse(s): regular
font; bold
First appearance of
child’s name
First appearance of
spouse’s name
Register
Names: italics;
generation
numbers: regular
Generation
indicator attaches
to female surname
TMG-Register
Same
Suggestions
Generation indicator
attaches to female
given name
Must be edited
Subject and
spouse(s): small
caps; bold
Can be set, but
repeated too often;
bold duplicated in
children’s names
Apply styles
BDBurM then
Spouse events
BDMBur; Spouse
events in separate
paragraph
As specified in
sentence structure
Must be edited
Place, Date; M
place, date,
spouse, parents
New England
town places do not
include county
names
May be defined in
“Short place” field in
Master Place List
Create new
language for
Register reports
Must be edited; the
word “County” in
place names should
be written out
Text 1 pt. smaller
All children
numbered; no
period after
Arabic numeral;
+ indicates child
carried forward
Regular font, all
caps
Regular font
Regular text
Same, if correct
report options
chosen
Text 1 pt. smaller
Only children
carried forward
numbered; period
after Arabic
numeral
Regular text
Same, if correct
report options chosen
Apply styles
All caps can be set
Small caps
Small caps can be set
Apply styles
Wrong font
Small caps
Regular font
Apply styles
Sentence
fragments, but
write out born,
died, buried ,
married; months
in full
As specified in
sentence structure
Phrases separated
by semicolons;
abbreviate b., d.,
bur., m.; months:
Jan., Feb., Aug.,
Sept., Oct., Nov.,
Dec.; states
As specified in
sentence structure
Sentences must be
edited; use find and
replace with format
included to
substitute
abbreviations
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NGSQ and Register Styles Comparison Chart
Child List Intro
Parents’ names
Unknown name
Include footnotes
for all children
Not present for
children carried
forward
Footnotes only for
children not
carried forward
Same
Children are
“known”
John and Jane
(Smith) Doe
Can be set in report
options
John Smith and Jane
Doe
“Known” is not
used
John and Jane
(Smith) Doe
Can be set in report
options
John Smith and Jane
Doe
[—?—]
Enter in
Miscellaneous
12-pt. font because
memo font must be
same as text
Same
______
Enter in
Miscellaneous
12-pt. font because
memo font must be
same as text
Superscript
References
10-pt. font
Text references
Superscript
Footnotes
First line indent;
right-aligned
Arabic numerals
No indent;
superscript
10-pt. font
Bracketed
superscript
First line indent;
superscript
No indent;
superscript
Must be edited
Must be edited
Find and replace for
double entry
Apply styles
Run macro in
Register report
Run macro in
NGSQ report
Bibliography
Board for Certification of Genealogists. “Example Compiled Genealogies,” pp. 97-119. The BCG Genealogical Standards
Manual. Orem, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 2000.
Hoff, Henry B., editor. Genealogical Writing in the 21st Century. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.
(See also the 2d edition: Michael Leclerc and Henry Hoff, eds., 2006.)
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 100, no. 3 (September 2012).
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166 (October 2012).
Smith, Alvy Ray. “Word for Genealogy: Utilizing Microsoft® Word in Genealogical Documents in Register, or Modified
Register [NGSQ] Format,” v1.11. PDF file. (http://www.alvyray.com/NGStutorial/Word%20Genealogy%
20Tutorial_v1.11.pdf : accessed 8 January 2013).
© 2013, Susan Goss Johnston
NGSQ and Register Styles Comparison Chart