You will get differing opinions on this. Some people only research/add their direct line ancestors. Some people do direct line plus connected collateral lines, some do all of the right surnames in the area whether proven connected or not, and some do everyone within a geographical location.
I am a middle of the road person. I do direct and collateral lines and I will occasionally add an unrelated person when I am very suspicious that they are in fact related. Most of the time I eventually find the relation but I do have a few people floating around in my database that I haven’t been able to hook up yet. Michele From: Tami P. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 12:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Do you add everyone with surname or just confirmed links? 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 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
