Just a thought - perhaps this sort of thing IS becoming a trend in genealogy because software such as Legacy enables us to easily keep track of such a huge number of family members and relationships, wheras in the past it would have been near impossible.
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn M. Getting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:22 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Wondering Dear Bill, I don't know that the trend has dominated the genealogy quest today, but I do know that with all the intermarriages it is most helpful to make a wide canvas of the families and their brothers and sisters and spouses. I don't follow lines that will lead me no where except in some cases where I have an interest in a group of people in a particular county or town. While I am following my genealogy I am also interested in my families history and that history is made up by the people who lived during their life time. Inveribly these families seem to tie in some where either in the past or present and will perhaps in the future. Family historians are a bit different I think than just straight genealogy. Anyway that's my thinking. God bless. Carolyn, just an old Texas Gal. Life is like pouring water into a Coke bottle. If you're the least bit scared, you can't do it. Researching: Knight/Byles/Walton/Espy/Smith/Little/Marshall/ Waters/Garner/Martin/Foote/Berryman/Colclough/ Rogers/Grigsby/Blanton/Tate/McGuffey/Hobbs/ Schuenemann/Latinsky/Altman/Gambel/Sinz & Gross WebSite: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cgetting/ WebSite: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cgetting/familygroups/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Legacy Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Wondering > 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. Yes, I have not expanded > on all 13 children of my 4th great grand father. just my bloodline. > Now my question: > > Is there a trend to expand your family tree in every direction to amass > such a hugh amount of family tree with 30,000 individuals? and Why has > this trend dominate the genealogy quest today? > > Bill DAniels > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
