I agree. I found a complete family that I thought was an ancestor and his family so I did it the way Boyd suggested. When I was able to prove that I had the correct family it was quite easy to link this family to my known ancestor.
Shirley On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Boyd Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane, > There is no reason why you can't have her as an unlinked individual, with > all her own data, within your main database. She will show in the name > list, and can be linked when you find a connection but will generally not > show in any other lists or reports. > > If you go to View > Trees > Refresh that you may find you already have > some floating individuals. > > Boyd > > On 27/02/2016 7:39 a.m., Jane Sarles wrote: > > I have a prospect for the wife of an ancestor. I am 95% sure that she is > the right one,but not 100%. I should like to have a mini-data base of just > this couple and their ancestors and descendants to use for research > purposes while I try to verify their relationship. > > I don't want to add her to my main data base, since I don't have her > documented, but I need her in my dummy data base so I can see the broader > picture and how she fits in. > > Alternatively, I could put her in the main db, but in some special way > (color type, different font?) or some such designation. Would that work > better? Then I wouldn't have to re-type all her facts in when I verify > her. > > Can anyone suggest how I might do this? > > Jane S. > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > to manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > >
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