Michele, I totally agree with your approach to inclusion of foreign GEDCOMs. Assuming that one can contact the Tree owner, one techniques which I have found useful is to offer copies of my document(s) before asking if they have documentary support for something about which I am uncertain.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Michele Lewis Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Diamond-trees in the rough and what to do with them in your core Legacy file I NEVER merge GEDCOM files into my Legacy database NEVER and I certainly wouldn’t if the info was unsourced. If I thought the information was reliable, I would add each person one at a time AS I RESEARCHED THE PERSON MYSELF to be able to add the appropriate sources. Yes, I would try and contact the compiler of this information and ask them specific questions about their sources. If they do have sources then I would access those sources myself. I don’t trust anything I don’t see with my own two eyes. If the person has documents, I would offer to pay for copying and mailing costs or ask him/her to scan them and email them along with full citations of where they found the documents. It may seem like a lot of work but it will save you work in the long run. If you just add everything you will spend years trying to sort it all out later. Also, your database will not be credible to any other researcher who DOES document their sources. Legacy is the best program out there for handling your genealogy database. I know you will learn all kinds of useful tricks on this mailing list to get the most out of the program :) Michele 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
