If I THINK that the person may have a connection to my family, I put them in a separate database that I call "Unconnected People". There are lots of unlinked individuals in there. Once I make the connection, then I use split screen to move them from that database to my main one.
Mary ---- Robert Arens <bob.aren...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, many. > > I have a system that I've been using in my FTW software for over 10 years. > FTW handles up to 99 children. I am researching all of my ancestral > surnames. Many of the same surname people I discover are not yet documented > as being a member of my ancestral lines. So, I put them under a patriarch > named: "00 not yet my Arens" (without quotes). He then has sons > named: 001-100 (etc) not yet my Arens. In my Arens line I have about 3,000 > of these Arens people. Each of my many other ancestral surnames are handled > the same way. I keep all my records in the same file so that when I do add a > connected ancestor, the program often finds the previously 'not yet' person > match within the program so I can 'fix relationships' and thereby connect > the appropriate previously 'not yet' wives, children, descendants, > ancestors, etc. Some of my 'not yet' Arens lines are over 5 generations > long. I have over 70,000 individuals in this same file. When doing reports > it's convenient to have all 'not yet' people readily identifiable. > > When I imported the FTW generated GEDCOM file into Legacy 7 Deluxe, it > disconnected all children beyond 60. So now, in Legacy, I have these many > family lines floating around without a 'head'. I've tried to think of ways > to 'round them up' so I can create '061-100' etc. fathers. I've tried going > through PAF, which handles more than 60 children, .... no help there. > > If someone has developed a better system for accomplishing this, I would > greatly appreciate the help. > > my current home page: > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/r/e/Robert-Arens-MN/index.html#edit > 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
