A small file is okay for well documented families _if_ there are no intermarriages. One branch of my file has about 6500 names with more than 45 intermarriages. Most of the family members lived in two counties prior to 1900. Any researcher who has a file including your earliest ancestors may have information to share.
Wall charts are needed to "see" complex relationships in the direct lines when husband and wife are related multiple ways, eg. royal family. Legacy requires multiple relationship charts.
Some researchers have found that DNA does not match for "well documented" bloodlines. They have collected data about individuals who were known by particular surnames in families that kept secrets about the true bio relationships.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Daniels"
I realize that this comment and question is not on the topic of Legacy BUT as I read all of your emails many tell of a data base of 10,000--20,000-- even 30,000 individuals in your database with Legacy. For myself I go back 8 generations for my bloodline 14 generation with my mother's family, and 9 generations with my wife's side of her family with both parents. This includes all children within each generational family. And I have only tops 670 individuals.
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