Hi Al, There is no one right answer to each of your questions, only a range of choices in which you need to consider which is the right one FOR YOU.
> 1)Is it better to load all information into one family file: from > 1610 down to present day (13 generations), including many, many > branches along the way and then take a similar route up the other side > of the family to 1744? Or is it better to break it up into random > family trees that are, in reality, all connected? > Personally, I keep one file for my family and my parther's family. I used to keep my partner's family separate from mine, but it was a hassle switching from one to the other when my focus changed. It also means you have one Master Source list, one Master Location list, etc - and this helps to be consistent with what you call things and how you enter them. And it means that you don't have duplicate people, where one branch of the family intersects unexpectedly with another, or the children of a couple where you'd previously chosen to split off to separate files. When the time comes that you want to report on one branch, or share the information on one part of the family, there are simple ways to extract what you're after. > 2)Page 277 of the Legacy User Guide says that “documents and other > types of files that are attached in this manner will not be included > on report or web sites. They are simply for documentation purposes.†> I have no intentions of putting my files on a website but the bulk, by > far, of my information is documents of various types along with some > photos, most in jpg. The documents are in various formats. I want > those documents in the reports and included in e-books or printed > books, dvds, etc. Do I understand this guide properly? > Yes, you can attach all sorts of documents and files to your data in Legacy. But before you start madly attaching everything you can, do a few and run some reports to see how they're treated. You may like it, or you may decide it's not worth the effort. These days, having done a bit of file attaching, I've come to the conclusion that it's worth attaching a picture of someone, but not really worth attaching an image of a census, for example. The output is too small to read. I understand my own filing system, so can quickly locate files relating to the data in my Legacy file by referring to the source information. Geoff has been demonstrating this sort of thing in his series of "Watch Geoff Live" webinars recently, which you might like to take a look at. See http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/webinars.asp for details. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
