Looks like there can be about as many answers to this question as there are Legacy users. The most important thing is to find a procedure that works for you.
If it's someone in an online tree or a name that keeps showing up in records connected to my ancestor or someone with the same surname living in the same location, I put that info in the research notes for my person indicating the potential relationship, where I found it, etc. I also add a "to do" item for my relative indicating this relationship needs to be researched. When I start actually researching these people in an attempt to prove a relationship, I add them (and their family) to my file so I can keep track of my research but I don't link them to my family until the relationship is proven to my satisfaction. I use a tag to indicate these people are unlinked so I can exclude them when I create webpages from my database. If I prove they are unrelated, I leave them unlinked in my file so I don't forget down the road and waste my time researching them again. Linda M. On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have struggled with this question for a long time. It is hard to state it > clearly. I should like to know how others handle putting into your data those > people who MAY be related or connected to your family. For example: > > Persons living in the same county who have the same surname as your family, > but you have found no connection. > Persons who are strangers to you, but who are in - say a Rootweb World > Connect Tree - as being a parent/sibling/child of your ancestor. > Some one who, as a result of some kind of clue (family given names, in a deed > with no relationship stated, etc.) appears to have a connection, but you > don't know what it is. > Person of a whole different surname, but whom you find repeatedly in your > research on your surname, so suspect there may be a link. > > I never know what to do with these peripheral people, as far as inputting > them into my Legacy program. Any suggestions? > > Jane S. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
