Jack, Do you and your wife have any common relatives? The amount of detail entered in a family file and intended readers need to be considered. Most of my cousin-researcher contacts are interested in 1/8 or less of my data.
My preference is to see children of cousin-marriages listed with the male cousin because traditional North American families kept the father's surname. In a Legacy multiple lines report using the sample file, Asa's data is repeated for descendants of his parents and descendants of each wife's parents. With separate files, Huffman and Reynolds family books might have a manual cross reference to say that the children of Asa Brown were in the Brown book report. Common surnames for unrelated groups of Brown, Smith and others are found in two or more branches of our family. Easier to avoid confusion by keeping multiple files with the right people for family books in each one. I have one file with direct ancestor names that is used for online searches and ancestor wall charts. Other family files are planned for books with group sheets starting chapters or descendant reports. -- Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Graham" >I have separate databases for myself and my wife, and I'm considering >changing > to one database, but can someone tell me what happens to relationships, > i.e. > 3rd, Great Grandfather etc, Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
