That's what I do..I call it Loose Ends so I know they are not connected to anything in particular, but might be someday. I use it for people who I think should ought to be connected somehow. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 7:06 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Adding But Not Linking Persons : Jo, why not put these individuals in a separate data-base, and "play around" : with them in there? That way, they wont cause any confusion in your normal : data, will be easy to track. And then, when and if you do eventually "sort" : them out, you can quite easily transfer them over to your normal records and : fit them into their correct place in your tree. : : Lance : : > -----Original Message----- : > Behalf Of jo harper : > : > Subject: [LegacyUG] Adding But Not Linking Persons : > : > : > : > Greetings, all, again. I would like to ask another dumb question : > : > Question, then: What is the danger, if any, of just putting people in, : > that is adding them as individuals, and linking them up later? For : > instance, I know I'm a descendent of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth : > Charde. Rather than continuing back from me, couldn't I start with them, : > and when I can't find the obvious linkage at first blush, could I just go : > ahead and put various entries in the folder's database, and then when I'm : > done linking those that I *can figure out, I can go back and : > figure out the : > unlinked individuals? : > : > Would that work? Too complicated? Too dangerous? What do you think? : > : > Thanks. : > : > jo : > : > Jo Harper : : : _________________________________________________________ : Do You Yahoo!? : Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com : : To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
