Are there people in the list you are closely related to? If there are,
could you start with them? and work out? If there aren't, who is in
the list that you are interested in? Maybe start with them?
I would source what I could for the closest ones, and pick a line and
work out, maybe line by line.
Elizabeth C
daughterofmyfat...@comcast.net wrote:
Tom,
Thanks for your suggestions. I found a family tree on Ancestry the
other day with a few thousand names, but I have no way of knowing what
is actually right or sourced, etc. Some of it sounds right. So, do I
download (not sure how yet) everything into Legacy and then start
trying to find sources? Since I don't do well with "clutter" in my
life, I'm not sure how to pick my way through the stacks of names.
But, I don't want to have to manually enter 5000 names either. And how
do I fix something, like a relationship, or delete names that are
completely wrong? And..... Sorry, I am in a little bit of a panic.
Deep breath. I know that I can benefit from someone else's research as
a starting point for my own, so I don't want to reinvent the
proverbial wheel. Would taking one name on the tree and finding
sources that verify their relationship to me and then entering that
name into my Legacy DB be too cumbersome? Or is there a better way?
Sherry
----- Original Message -----
From: "TomK" <giz...@gmail.com>
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:08:11 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
Pacific
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Just Starting Out
Sherry,
You asked:
"When I find online information on my family and perhaps family trees
that have been submitted how do I handle that? Do I download all the
information and then go about trying to verify it? "
I would be careful with what information you enter into your database
that you pick up from online trees that do not list sources, but I
personally do include such information if it seems to help obtain
clues. Two things I would suggest when you add information to your
database is that:
1) You always source the fields you populate so that later you know
where and from whom you recorded the information. There is nothing
worse than to look at your database and wonder where you got a
specific piece of information, especially if you find other records
whose data conflicts with what you already have.
2) As I enter the source information, I make use of Legacy's Surety
Level, and use either 1 (Marginal), or 0 (Have Not Decided Yet) to be
able to later identify those entries that I'm not sure of. You can
include the Surety Level when you print Source Citations in your reports.
Once so entered, I then also look for supporting source documentation
to verify/validate the information.
Tom
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:48 PM, <daughterofmyfat...@comcast.net
<mailto:daughterofmyfat...@comcast.net>> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
My name is Sherry and I've just joined the group and have been
watching it for about a week now. I haven't started on my family
genealogy yet, so I have only purchased Legacy 7 with all the
updates. Ron brought up a good point when he wrote:
<Herein lies a problem which all of us have probably faced when
first starting out on our ancestral trail - we do not <know where
we are going! The earlier this decision is taken then the earlier
the format of the database can be <set. It also follows that one
may need more than one database, if there are to be multiple
output formats.
I've done some thinking about this and decided that the main
reasons I want to use Legacy for are:
1) To upload my data to FamilySearch
2) Print some simple charts that show my direct line that includes
their spouses and children
3) To create a simple web page with the information I find about
my ancestors, including interesting stories, data, and sources for
a very small family of a brother, sister, daughter, and nephew.
I borrowed the first set of CDs on Legacy and watched them several
times and they have helped me to learn how to get around the
program and enter data. However, I am still left with trying to
design my database as Ron pointed out. And, deciding on a way to
enter sources, media, etc. When I find online information on my
family and perhaps family trees that have been submitted how do I
handle that? Do I download all the information and then go about
trying to verify it? And probably many other things that I don't
know enough about to even ask a question. Would you mind giving me
some guidance about how to go about this?
Sherry
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