Thank you all for the advice. I like the idea of adding them based upon how strong the “possibility” of a connection may be. For example I’m currently researching surname Hewitt. There seem to be soooo many, however I’m focusing on West Virginia which seems to narrow it down quite a bit.
From: Marg Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Do you add everyone with surname or just confirmed links? To keep this a Legacy topic - you can add unlinked or potentially linked people to your family file. I have added small 'islands' of people to my database when I'm fairly sure there's a connection but not proved it, later (sometimes much later) if research proves the link, l'll merge the trees. A warning though, unless you are researching a fairly unique surname, your file could be very unwieldy. Margaret Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 "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. 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 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
