Colin, I used my oldest child as a starting point, because that's a way to get my ancestors as well as my husband's in the same report.
Dede Holden On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Colin Liddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.{;-) > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.23.8/1413 - Release Date: 5/3/2008 > 11:22 AM > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
