I think there is an article about this on the Legacy website from a while back.... however, since you asked so nicely... :)
I have one file.... basically, my file would be the ancestors and relatives of my children. My son is the person from which I do the set relationships and the colour coding. This allows me to print up charts for my kids and have it have everyone. Another factor is that people will often find out that they are related in more ways than one... Ie - 2nd cousins might have married (or even closer relationships) - which can cause the problem of having to have the information in more than one file if you kept your different lines seperate. That said - I do have more than one file... I have my main file, which only has information that I am quite certain of. Then I have "research" files.... when my mom or dad sends me a gedcom I make them into their own Legacy files. Same for anything I might have downloaded from the internet. I use these as sources of clues - and as possible or probable information.... I check the information, and move them over when I get some sources. By the way, Legacy lets you have more than one file open, and you can drag and drop people or families between the files. That's how I do it - I'm sure other people will have other advice! Heather Stovold researching Stovold, McCaslin, Craven, Smart, Ward On 1/13/07, Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi all, I am new user & wondering about how people save family files. Do you have one file & have everyone - husband & wife (starting couple)with families all in one file or... do you break the files & save by surname. Example my Husband parents surnames are Clifton, VanDyke(dads side), Unruh & Hopkins (mom's side)So would you save a file for each one & build the family from there.
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