Not for everyone, and more work certainly, but I keep three family files. A> This is my clean, lean, and mean file with everything sourced. I can defend and show you where my information came from in this file. B> This file is clean, contains a lot of hearsay, but the hearsay (such as it is) was at least one time provable. C> Contains names of others I do not know, or names I cannot get a source for, but they were linked to an ancestor of mine. This file has the event titled: "UNCONFIRMED." One source for this might be Ancestry showing an ancestor of mine as having quite a few children, but they did not list their sources for that and I can't find any source independently.
It is a lot more work, but this way I can keep a clean family file, and also include unproven work of others in a separate file. Robert At 2009-12-26 10:56 AM, you 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
