On 2012/04/18 17:24, William (Bill) R. Linhart wrote: > About 20 % of the new family members are in my current file with high degree > of > confidence. > > Before I "shoot myself in the foot" I would like to ask this community for an > approach to using a tree of unknown quality when you find one. This is the > first time I have ever found tree I value. It links, without any doubt, to my > tree to some extent or to a large extent. The 20% is a perfect fit. It is > the > 80% I don't know how to approach.
Personally, I'd start maintaining two files - your, original file and the file containing the newly acquired people. In the latter, I'd prune out the 20% that matched the original, leaving no overlap. I'd then begin research on what was left. Over time, I'd hope to establish the links to the original file and as things firmed-up, I'd add people to the original file, removing from the latter file as I went. Over time, the latter file would fade into history and could be scrapped. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
