The differences of opinions you will find will depend mainly on what you expect your end results to be and for how you work. Be it printed format, web pages, mapping, etc.
With a tool such as Legacy, for me, I maintain one database of about 14,000 for all my work. I really like it ability for making most my web site for me in which I am able to generate individual sub-sites for a number of the family lines that I research, besides generating an ALL-inclusive output for everyone I have in my database. For me having the variety of outputs has allowed my to have contact with many others who have found connections with my data, and been able to assist me with some of those 'brick walls' occasionally. And again, with Legacy I can quickly customize and generate a wide variety of reports specifically geared for people very easily, which makes them very happy and more willing to add further help later on. Having all in one database also lets you shift back and forth between research as needed with just a few clicks. Also maintenance, upgrades, and backups are much more easily handled. To each his own as he sees fit. -- Byron Schafbuch Webmaster: Schafbuch Family Heritage Site http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~byronsch/ >-----Original Message----- >From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com >[mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Howard Mathieson >Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 4:37 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: [LegacyUG] one file or many? > >I recently decided to use Legacy as my genealogy program of >choice. The decision was made after examining a number of >reviews which spoke highly of the program. > < snip > > *** Holiday discounts on Legacy 7.0, add-ons, books, and more. Visit http://tinyurl.com/65rpbt. *** 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
