John: I have a MyDocs folder called Strays where I keep this information. Sometimes they're rather large family clusters with several bits of related data and in those cases I make a folder-within-a-folder, perhaps called "Charles of Glanford" (I know what that means) and there I collect all information related to that family group.
There was a rather clever solution to this situation posted on the list some months ago. Unfortunately I don't remember the details but as I recall, the poster created an artificial patriarch in Legacy using the surname along with a town or county for a first name. Strays were then attached to the appropriate patriarch and therefore grouped by area. In other words, you'd have "Iowa Rossiter," "Colorado Rossiter," etc. This would give you separate trees for each area, but they would be fairly simple to see in Legacy's Tree Finder. Sorry for the very fuzzy response, but maybe this will give you an idea, or perhaps the lady who originally posted is still on the list and will clarify. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Murray Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:59 AM To: Legacy Email List Subject: [LegacyUG] how to record unconnected families Hello again list I note that my last email has been answered before it has appeared on my list Thank you to Dennis, Jenny, Richard, Susan and Wynthner. Could I now ask... I have lots of bits of paper about the ROSSITER family in general and I don't know whether the people are part of my family at this time, they may later prove to be part of it. Is there a general place to record such information. Such as a general notes file OR does one have to set up a file in some other program such as Windows My Docs John Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
