Tami: It really depends on your goals. I document "all" people of my surname that lived in certain areas. For example all "Kemp" families that lived in Ireland and for the surname: Garcelon or Starbird - I save everyone of them that I can find.
Why? Like you say - I've found that sooner or later I will fit them in to the family tree. Now with the terrific online trees it is also easy to add them at Ancestry, FamilySearch and other sites. I like the idea that once I've planted and documented a family on those sites the data will be available for years to come. I tend to keep the linked family data on those two sites and of course in my Legacy program too. Tom On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Tami P. <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve been working on my database for awhile now and have a question. How do > you all decide to add to your databases? Do you add anyone with the surname > your are searching or only those people with a confirmed link? Until now > I’ve only been adding only those that I can confirm a link. However, lately > I’m wondering if I’m overlooking a lot of potential links because they may > be several generations previous to the one I’m currently searching. Just > wondering how you all feel about this too. Thanks! > 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
