Paul, I understand you adding unlinked individuals into your main family file if you are fairly confident that they are going to link in somewhere along the line if you can find the right evidence.
However, in the case of a one name study, you capture any occurrence of a given surname and it's variants. There will likely be many thousands that will simply never link to your own line. If for instance I enter ALL IGI entries for the name BAGE, this will create many duplicate individuals (at least until they can be tidied up), for instance there may be many baptisms stating the same father from a particular parish. I just think havng them all in mymain file would make thing's very messy. Regards Keith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Rogers Sent: 03 June 2005 10:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] One Name Studies In Legacy Hi All I find the best way of doing things is a variation on what Cathy does. Basically if I am reasonably confident that an individual is connected to my tree I enter them in as an unlinked individual. Whole families can be entered this way and sourced as you normally would. I reserve a Legacy tag specifically for definite members of the family (this makes it easy to produce a 'true' family tree if needed) and once a 'possible' has been confirmed I simply make the relevant link and tag them. The way Legacy can keep track of multiple trees in the same family file makes this an easy way in keeping on top of any of these unlinked individuals. This way all my information is stored in the one file and there is very little chance of duplication or missed updating. If I do find at a later date that these individuals are not connected then I simply remove them along with any sources entered. Paul On 6/3/05, Keith Bage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cathy / Jerri, > > It's really interesting that you both have exact opposite methods in terms > of the way your using different files. I guess it just proves that each > person must find what works best for them. I haven't decided yet whether to > store separately or not. I'm investigating the mergeing facilities as I > don't want to double up on input. > > Thank you both for your input. > > Regards > > Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cathy > Sent: 03 June 2005 01:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] One Name Studies In Legacy > > Hi Keith, > > It suspect whether you have another file or not depends on the way you work > and your familiarity with the program - particularly if you share files > with others. > > I started off with a separate file when I was trying to sort out the > Coopers in a small area of Dorset. I soon regretted it as I expanded the > study to include others then everyone in the small village because they > seemed so intertwined. I soon tripped over others that belonged to two > other branches of my family and confirmed that a number of the Coopers were > connected to my family. I was then constantly confused as to which file I'd > updated people in. Yes, I could drag and drop and merge in Split File View > but it was frustrating. > > My Solution: Merge the files and work on one file only however many > unlinked individuals or family groups I have. > > If I make a tentative link to my family line, I add 'Possible' or > 'Probable' to the name. These people can be found quickly and unlinked for > reports - but flag for me where I need to look for extra information to > confirm or otherwise the link. > > Every time I've started a new file for a special purpose, I've regretted it. > > Cathy > > At 02:53 3/06/2005, you wrote: > > >Just wondering if anyone is recording a one name study in Legacy and if so > >how? Do you keep a separate file for direct line, one for unlinked > >individuals, for each set of linked families, what? > > > > > >Regards > > > >Keith > > 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
