Carl - Could you expand a bit on your system of tagging the individuals and/or
the groups. I have a lot of unrelated folks in my system, and this might help
me better manage the files.
Bob
Carl Cox ct...@getgoin.net wrote:
I like the two suggestions I received. Thank you. I will start
Bob,
The 60 maximum is programmed into Legacy.
You can have 60 children per couple. A man could father more than 60
children, but I presume that he would have several wives or concubines or
whatever. But, I don't think it is reasonable to assume that one woman would
give birth to more than 60
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
Robert Arens wrote
If someone has developed a better system for accomplishing this, I
would greatly appreciate the help.
I wouldn't claim to have a better system, but I can only point out
that the advised method of working is backwards from the known to the
unknown, so you should only link
I do not link unrelated people in my file to one person. That would be
very misleading and confusing to anyone else who looked at your file.
I am entering the records for a town in Sicily and have over 48,000 in
my file. I check to see first if there is a relationship to someone who
I keep possible relatives unlinked as well. I can always tgo in and expand
on THEIR tree and then I will link them whenever I find the connection.
michele
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I like the two suggestions I received. Thank you. I will start using the
suggested approach instead of my current approach. I agree, it's misleading
to have unconnected people linked as siblings.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Jenny M Benson ge...@cedarbank.me.ukwrote:
Robert Arens wrote
I like the two suggestions I received. Thank you. I will start using the
suggested approach instead of my current approach. I agree, it's misleading to
have unconnected people linked as siblings.
A couple of thoughts. I have a tag to designate unlinked individuals and
groups. Also, using the
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
YES, I like it.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Carl Cox ct...@getgoin.net wrote:
I like the two suggestions I received. Thank you. I will start using
the suggested approach instead of my current approach. I agree, it's
misleading to have unconnected people linked as siblings.
A couple
Does anyone know how to increase the maximum number of children from 60 to
99 in Legacy 7 Delux?
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Bob Arens
Vice President Chief Financial Officer
EagleVisions Energy LLC
www.eaglevisionsenergy.com
1-952-430-7000
Do you have someone who has more than 60 children?
John S. Adams
Hermosa Beach, CA
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