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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary
Figgins
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?
In addition to the obvious I will sometimes add side
lines that I happen to come acros
In addition to the obvious I will sometimes add side
lines that I happen to come across in my records
search that might aid my research later. Such as
names in a probate, that might confirm that this is a
relation.
I will also more likely to follow families that came
to Kansas even if they are no
The phrase "name collectors" seems to be used in two ways here:
1. Name-collectors has always seemed to me to be people who just
download and add names from GEDCOMs for people without verifying any
of the data. If you use any of this data in your Legacy file, do be
sure to give it a 0 or 1 rating,
y, January 12, 2008 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?
Hehe, I guess my file is extreemely suspect. Yes I do have thousands in my
family file.
Everybody in it is not related to me, but a great majority is.
We all start differently and do this genea
"Heaven bless the name collectors!"
I do something similar but I keep two separate Legacy files. One with my
direct relatives has a little fewer than 4900 names and another generic UK
Love file has just over 23400 names (although my ONS has given me over
57000, so some way to go yet). I started th
ehalf Of Anne
Hildrum
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 2:55 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?
Hehe, I guess my file is extreemely suspect. Yes I do have thousands in my
family file.
Everybody in it is not related
cism about these huge
databases.
Gary Templeman
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From: "Anne Hildrum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hehe, I guess my file is extr
turday, January 12, 2008 5:55 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?
Hehe, I guess my file is extreemely suspect. Yes I do have thousands in my
family file.
Everybody in it is not related to me, but a great majority is.
We all star
xpresses a *general* scepticism about these huge
databases.
Gary Templeman
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From: "Anne Hildrum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?
Hehe, I guess my
other times not. So shame on me for having so many
people in my files,
and making it possible to help others
Anne
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From: "Thomas Herson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Criteria you use to add an
Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?Claire,
I don't think there's a thing wrong with your thinking, I use the 'found'
gedcoms
as a guide only, until the 'proof' can be found and verified. They can be
leads to
the truth and should always eyed from a skeptics point of view.
Claire,
It just depends on how you follow a line.
For myself the process was/is:
Add self
Add parents
Add siblings
Add spouse
add spouses of siblings
add children (mine)
Add children of Siblings
Add parents of siblings spouses
Add siblings of spouses
Add descendents of spouse's siblings.
Then go
Agreed!!! Any undocumented gedcom is just a list of possible connections.
I've received a couple of researched gedcoms and some "what I remember"
lists from other family members, but I still research the people of
interest to me.
Even good reseachers sometimes make mistakes, memory isn't perfect
I'll second George's response. I have a little over 6,000 and they
were all researched by me. You can use the GEDCOMs online as clues. If
and when you add those "3 or 4 people" who are of interest to you,
just be sure to source them, mark their Surety Level at a 0 or 1, and
provide the name of the
Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?Claire,
I am middle of the road. I have about 4000 in my file (my husband's file is
seperate). When researching my family, the community is very important because
my side of the family is based in rural MS. They migrated there from SC when
the
Criteria you use to add an individual to Legacy?Far too often, people are just
collecting names and don't really know if the connections are valid. I'm always
suspect about the claims of 10s of thousands of people in someone's family file
;-)
Tom
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From: Claire S
Nothing wrong with your thinking. Your choice.
- Some record as much as possible on additional spouses and their
prior/subsequent families.
- Some go farther on children/siblings of cousins, etc.
- Some also use the database to keep track of "unlinked" people, e.g. you
don't know "if" or "whe
Claire,
There is nothing wrong with your thinking, everyone to their
own choice as to how many limbs you want to go out on your
tree.
I am one of those who have extended my 3d and 4th cousins
lines past any direct connection. I do this because I enjoy
looking up the family histories and so
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