Size of the database appears to be "relative". My current family tree goes back quite aways and contains 28,274 individuals, of which 10,400 were born after 1600 and 7400 after 1750. Since I do not have close cousins, most of what I do have is 4th to 16th cousins, which is why the original direct line went so far back to allow me to bring them forward to related family members. The .fdb file itself is 153 MB, and I do have 91 MB of linked pictures and source documentation. So far Legacy 7.5 Deluxe has not even had a single hiccup from my working on my original family file, or on another one that I started about 9 months ago and is now at about 1200 individuals.
Gene Adams ________________________________ From: Kathy Meyer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 2:54:57 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy capacity Graham, Thanks for asking that; I always wonder the same thing when people mention these huge databases; I think I'm at about 2800 or so in my database but then I added in about 6000 from my in laws' gedcom. But when people mention tens and hundreds of thousands of entries, it boggles my little brain. I hope you will receive some answers to this query! Kathy On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Graham Lambert <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Sharon, > >I have just over 2,000 in my tree and quite a few of them are 'very' distant >relations. I guess I only add those distant relations out of boredom because >direct lines, going back in time, are becoming harder to find. Just wondering, >how did you ever collect so many relations and do you think there will be a >cut-off point. I know Legacy can handle them all with no problems, but can you >use them all to a manageable advantage. As I say, just wondering what people >with large trees think, as it is a little beyond my comprehension. > >Graham > > >On 18/02/2011 5:21 AM, Sharon Johnson wrote: >I have roughly 112,000 names in my Legacy database. I download pictures, >census >images, death certificates, etc. I am backing up 2,285,688 KB of memory on my >backup disk. How do I find out what the maximum capacity for Legacy memory use >is? I don't want to get to a point where I start losing information I am >adding. >> >>  >> >>Sharon L Johnson >>[email protected] >>Blogs: grandmasharonlee.blogspot.com >>grandmasharon2000.blogspot.com >>http://www.BinocularDeals.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>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 > -- Kathy Meyer STRESS: when your gut says "NO WAY" and your mouth says "NO PROBLEM" "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein 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
