Thank you Elizabeth, I have taken this advice also given by others on the
Group and I am now in the process of merging all my files and what a process
it is too.
I note you mention using your oldest child as a starting point for
relationship calculation, somone else mentioned that also. What is the
reason for that, why pick a particular person?
Colin.
----- Original Message -----
From: Elizabeth Cunningham
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages
I have all of mine in one file, and so I can add (to only one file) my
children's spouses, and their families, if desired, my grandchildren,
and soon, the grandchildren's spouses and families. I also use my
oldest child as starting point for relationship calculation.
Elizabeth C
The Eccles Family wrote:
> Hi Colin,
> I too, started out with separate files for my family based on my
parents
> and my husband's parents. As you said, each file was easier to keep on
> separate floppies for backup.
> With the advent of CD's and DVD's and portable harddrives for backup,
space
> is no longer issue. Also Legacy is different to FTM in that it links to
> multimedia files (photos etc) rather then including the actual file in
its
> database which FTM used to do. This means that your legacy backup file
can
> be small even if you have a lot of people in your file. Some people have
> many thousands of people in one file.
> I now combine all my family into one file for the reasons below.
> 1. You only have to update someone once, for example your children might
be
> in 2 or 4 files - with 4 files you might need to update their
information 4
> times. If you only have one file, you only update once.
> 2. Intermarriages between family members. It was common for families to
> intermarry. I have many instances where cousins have married this would
now
> make it very difficult to split my file and siblings within two families
> have married. - two brothers to two sisters etc.
>
> Legacy also has the ability to have two or more unconnected trees within
the
> same file. Say you have a great uncle Thomas Moore, you find information
on
> a Tom Moore in the same town but you don't know if he is your Thomas.
You
> can enter his information as a separate person or tree. If later you
confirm
> that they are one and the same you can merge their information. If you
find
> that they are different you can document your finds and delete what you
> don't want to keep.
> I hope that this helps.
> Regards
> Anne
> NSW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin
> Liddell
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:44 AM
> To: Legacy User Group
> Subject: [LegacyUG] Merging family files, advantages/disadvantages
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Many years ago when I first started researching my family I kept the
files
> of the different branches seperated as backup then was to floppy disc
which
> held 1.44Mb and each branch would fit on one floppy.
> With today's technology, ie. Cds, DVDs and USB backup drives there is no
> problem with the size of a file.
> With my family I have two files, one for Liddell, my father's branch,
and
> one for McWilliams, my mother's branch. In the case of my wife's side I
have
>
> three files as her father married twice and there are children from both
> marriages.
> My question is, what are the advantages/disavantages of combining all
these
> files into one large file?
> Is this a matter of personal preference only or are there distinct
> advantages in combining them?
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Colin in South East Qld where it is clear blue skies and 23c, not bad
for an
>
> autumn day.{;-)
>
>
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