Claire:
There is absolutely nothing wrong with your thinking. This is your
hobby and interests - don't ever let anybody tell you what you should or
shouldn't be including. It's up to you to determine your limits.
Looking at the case you mentioned of the family of the wife of your
great uncle. If I found the wife's family in a census, I would go and
enter that family's details into my database, but I wouldn't likely
research them any further than that. The reason I'd enter them in is
that it is a lot easier to identify the family in other censuses if you
have identified the children and their relative ages, etc. But I
wouldn't go looking for b/m/d information on them, etc.
So, for me, while I may add these names to the database (and unlike
someone suggested, I do validate the relationships), they don't all get
researched to the same degree as other names in the database if that
makes sense. But that's my choice. I also see your point about being
creating too much clutter in adding names that you have no intention of
researching any further.
Dave
Claire Spinelli wrote:
I appreciate everyone's input. I think my "problem" is that I get
hooked on someone and want to know everything I can about them.
Obviously, it's not really a problem - I just enjoy it. For instance,
my great-grandmother's brother left Germany in 1876 to attend NYU
Medical School. First of all, I thought that was a rather amazing thing
to do, and secondly, I learned this while my youngest son was a student
at NYU. Is that karma? So, I spent months learning everything I could
about him (including a messy little court case involving an illegal
abortion). If anybody wants to know what the curriculum was at NYU
Medical School in the 1870's - just ask me! At any rate, I really feel
like I KNOW this man, which is what I love about the hobby. So, I'll be
content with growing my little database one ancestor at a time - each of
which is meticulously sourced, by the way. :)
Claire
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