I agree completely. I have in the past been put down by someone who implied that I had too many people, I MUST have cheated somehow. (Their words) Rich in LA CA
--- On Tue, 4/27/10, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.38 - New General Release Build - 25 April 2010 > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 11:37 PM > Rich, > > I don't think that they are any different from any other > family, except that > their trees are more readily available. The number of > descendants which one > has available depends on how many generations one goes back > and which > non-direct line ancestors one wishes to include. > > Status is not relevent. After around 10years research I > have some 4000 > "relatives" ie those with a connection to my family, no > matter how distant. > Where very large files are likely to be more more common > are with One-Name > studies, especially when many people are contributing their > research. > > In my view, many number counters simply download trees > from, say Ancestry, > without checking each record to ensure its accuracy and > present it as their > own work. To my mind this is not genealogy, and I certainly > would not find > any satisfaction in doing this. A tree of 2000 well > researched and > documented individuals is much more valuable historically, > and to the family > involved. > > So, Graham, I agree with you. You are missing nothing and > probably have a > much superior tree than number crunchers. However, I am not > suggesting that > all large trees may be defective, just many of them! > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > Completely rewritten and revised: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > And the Fergusons of N.W. England > ____________________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES > To: [email protected] > Sent: 28 April 2010 04:35 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.38 - New General Release > Build - 25 April > 2010 > > > Anyone who conects to any Royals, has at least 15000 > documented ancestors. > Rich in LA CA > > --- On Tue, 4/27/10, Graham <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Graham <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.38 - New General Release > Build - 25 April > 2010 > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 7:46 PM > > >  > Hello all, > > I am just wondering how so many people have 20,000 plus in > their family > tree. I have been doing my tree for just over 12 years now > and have roughly > 2,000 relations included. Quite a lot of those are what I > regard as twigs, > rather than branches, and only added as I was reasonably > happy with the > quality of research shown by my distant cousins. From what > I have seen, the > further back you go in time though, the more unreliable the > information > becomes. So now, I am not really looking for any more > people to add, but > rather more information on the close relations that I > already have. I guess > the size of families comes into it, but am I missing > something here? > > Regards, Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian/Support > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:40 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] v7.4.0.38 - New General Release > Build - 25 April > 2010 > > > It counts the number of paths between people. For a large > file like > yours there are many many paths to check. With that many > people try > letting the Set Relationships run for at least 5 minutes > before deciding > it will not finish. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > When replying to this message, please include all previous > correspondence. > Thanks. > > On 26/04/2010 1:16 PM, Richard Van Wasshnova wrote: > > Ron, > > I spoke too soon. Set Relationships worked 4th time > but I was on my 5th > > Great-Grandmother. > > It completes for either of my parents. It completes > for myself if I > > change defaults of 5 Blood and 2 Non-blood to 4 > Blood. > > Ron, I have 30,000 individuals but that counter went > to 68,000 so not > > sure what it counts. > > -- > > Richard Van Wasshnova > > http://www.gencircles.com/users/vanwasshnova > > http://gw.geneanet.org/vanwasshnova > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Ron Ferguson > > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > Leo, > > > > Standard Windows procedure > when resizing a screen is to exit using > > File > > Menu>Exit, this should > ensure that the resizing sticks. Windows > > offers no > > guarantees that exiting using > the "X" will do this. > > > > I have not found the Set > Releationships to hang, but then I have not > > tried > > it with 27000 records! > > > > Ron Ferguson > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
