I'd start by selecting my daughter, then > tools > set
relationships. This will identify relationships between your daughter
and others in the database.
Another tool that I would use is setting bookmarks. They are the 3
boxes next to a book at the bottom left side of the screen. Hover over
the boxes to learn how to set them. I find this helpful when I'm
climbing around a particular branch and want to get back to my starting
point readily.
As for "eating" this "elephant", I would start doing research to begin
documenting a line. I would start by documenting my descendants, then
myself, and then move to ancestors. This is info that most folks
generally know, therefore, they don't document it. Your descendants
will be interested in documented data, just as you are. Then move
toward your ancestors and begin to document their lives. That will help
you know these folks and determine the validity of your existing data.
It will also help prevent you from researching incorrect lines that
others may have connected in those downloaded GedComs.
Dawn
Pete McDonald wrote:
I wanted to see if there was someone who may be able to help me get
some idea of where to start with Legacy. I have used PAF for quite a
few years. There was a time when I gathered a lot of GED files from
the internet and connected them to my family stuff that I had, and now
I have over 10,000 people.
The master list seemed like a good idea to start with, trying to
consolidate locations that were spelled or abbreviated. Then I have
been toying with the idea of trying to go up in a family tree from my
daughter to the top of the ancestry tree on all of her ancestral
lines, thus getting a good inventory on who is in mine and my wife's
family tree who are direct ancestors. I was thinking of going for an
approach where I take my daughter's family, meaning my wife and I as
parents and her as child with her siblings, none of whom are married.
The next level up, I wanted the family my wife and I grew up in
respectively with our siblings, and the siblings spouses, but no
children. Then, following that same pattern all the way up, where I
have the families with her direct ancestor in, first as a parent with
children and those children's spouses with no children, and later the
same direct ancestor as a child with their siblings with the siblings
spouses, but no children.
Then, it would give me the possibility of having a chance to see out
of those 10,000+ people, who are direct ancestors.
Then, I thought....This would be neat to really work hard on this
newly formed streamlined group of people, get all the master list
sorted out and cleaned up, get stuff recorded, etc. But, then it
occured to me...what if I wanted to put all of this stuff back into
the original huge file again...And have two files, one of the direct
line, and one with more of the branches? Would that be a hassle or a
simple match/merge process as long as dates of birth, parents or other
important information coordinated?
So, I just have two questions really:
Does this approach seem to have merit, trying to get a direct line of
ancestors?
Is there an easy way to generate this file and will it be easy after I
add information to it, to put it back with the larger file?
I guess that's three questions.
Thanks so much for any help or input. Pete
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