(For those on the Legacy list, this query was originally asked in the Bygones mailing list.) Those names I know that I have linked are in my main confirmed tree in my Fludder file. When I get another person who I'm not sure where he/she fits, I just go to the menu Add>New Unlinked Individual. That person will show up in the name list but will not be linked to anyone. You can link others to this individual, i.e, children, spouses, etc, still keeping everyone separate from the main confirmed group. In View>Tree Finder.... you can pull up all the "families" you have trees for. Those unlinked individuals (or groups) will show as a tree in the list so you can see what you have there. Remember, the list does not show the name of the "oldest" person in the tree - it shows the person with the lowest RIN. You can double click on a tree and go right to it and you can also tag any of the trees. Example, William Fludder is my main tree with 357 persons. Other trees I have are James Henry Fludder with 107 persons (a branch in Australia, unconfirmed where they link); Elizabeth Fludder, 5 persons (a group floating around in England that will probably link up somewhere); Ellena Maria Fludder, 3 persons (her husband possibly is someone already in the main tree but I'm not sure yet); George Fludder, 2 persons in South Africa; and Simon Fludder, all by his lonesome in SC. Now, when I confirm where one of these trees fit into my main confirmed tree, there are several ways I can link them into the main tree. Let's say I've confirmed that George Fludder is a son of John Fludder, who's the oldest person in William Fludder's tree. One of the ways is to right click on John's family view, select Add>Son>Link to An Existing Person. I'd select George and then George and all of his family will be linked to John's family. I think it's a great way to keep a one-name study together in one place, letting the individuals who are unlinked float around there so you can quickly find them and easily link them into the main group. Sherry *+*+*+**+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* On 2/18/01 at 8:18 AM Donald P Palmer wrote: >Sherry, I'd like to know what you're doing, also. Maybe post it on the >Legacy list? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 23:45 >Subject: Re: [Bygones] Data organization for One-Name-Study > > >> Harvey, >> >> I'm doing somewhat of a one-name study also, in addition to my main >family >database. I also use Legacy. A cool thing is that you can have several >family lines in one family file without those lines being connected. If >and >when you find the connection, it's easy to make that connection in Legacy. >> >> If you have any further questions about how I handle this, email me >privately, as it's more of a Legacy issue than a Bygones issue and it >probably isn't appropriate to carry on a Legacy conversation on the Bygones >list 8-) >> >> Sherry >> >> *+*+*+**+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* >> >> On 2/17/01 at 8:21 PM Harvey Bettesworth wrote: >> >> >I hope that my entry-level queries will not offend anyone. >> > >> >I have been lurking on this site for several weeks in the hope of >finding >> >assistance to several questions. How can I properly document the >> >information >> >that I encounter ? How can I organize the mound of information that I am >> >accumulating? I have information that can be identified with existing >> >family >> >members. I have information that I am accumulating in the hope that at >> >some >> >future time I can relate it to family members who are yet to be >identified. >> > >> >I am a relative newcomer to family research, but it appears that I am >> >headed >> >into a one-name study of the Bettesworth Family. As such, I wish to >> >capture >> >all information related to my surname for possible identification with >an >> >existing or future family member. >> >I am using Legacy as my lineage-linked genealogical program and am >> >considering the merits of Bygones to handle the organization of >> >accumulating >> >information. >> >> <snip> To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
