Sherry: Welcome to Legacy!
I'd definitely recommend keeping the family together in one file. That way you have just one group of settings and preferences to work with as well as one set of Master Sources and Locations--not to mention having just one GEDCOM to upload and maintain. It just makes life so much easier. I have all my data in one file with about 8,000 names and roughly 700 sources. This includes a limited one-name study and ancestors of my sons from two different marriages. I'd be completely overwhelmed by now if I'd tried to separate them into different databases. There are very easy ways to pull different lines from a single Legacy database, but merging separate files can be troublesome. And what do you do when you come across your immigrant ancestor's roots in Europe? You'd have to enter all of the data three times. Stick with one file. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com]on Behalf Of Sherry Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 6:38 PM To: LegacyUserGroup Subject: [LegacyUG] Different Family Lines I am getting ready to enter family information into Legacy. I am a new user and so I have a question. There are 3 lines from the original immigrant ancestor. Each with a variation of the last name: Nidiffer, Neidiffer, and Nidiver. These three names developed over time as they migrated to different parts of the country. Should I enter all of them as one great big happy family? Or should I create different family trees in Legacy? Thanks. Sherry W. 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
