Ed, Yes, most of us have multiple groups of research targets. I have a main database for the ancestors of my wife and me. I have another where I put anybody I run across with the Winfrey name and variant spellings. This one is made up of downloaded census data, etc. I work on it periodically and try to find the history of these folks and how they connect but they are not my main objective. Whenever I find fits, I drag them into my main database and merge them into the position where they fit.
Jim On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:38:00 US/Central, Ed Barnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Denise, > > Perhaps I should directly discuss the problem I've been trying to solve. > Surely > this applies to almost everyone? > > The real problem is that some records have very little credibility, whereas > others are quite authoritative. People tend to research GROUPS of people. And, > thus, everything in that group has roughly the same level of credibility. > > In my case, I have four groups. Don't most people have a similar situation? > > 1. Family A, researched by family A, recently. > > 2. Family B, researched by family B, published 1896. > > 3. Family C, my immediate family, supplied by living persons and current vital > records. > > 4. The hodgepodge of everything else, shared gedcom files, LDS ancestral > files, > etc., none of it containing any documentation. > > It seems to me that I *need* to keep A, B, and C, separate from each other. > They're being researched by different groups, with different standards of > credibility. And I most definitely need to keep A, B, and C, away from the > hodgepodge. Every time I'm tempted to merge my rock solid "good" data with the > hodgepodge, I regret it. > > Doesn't everyone have this same issue? Or am I missing something fundamental > here? > > Finally, let me rephrase my original question. I have, unfortunately, a single > hodgepodge which also contains A, B, and C. I'm having no success, inside > Legacy > 5.0, in creating a database of just A, just B, or just C. 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
