From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Mar 21 09:11:58 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2LGBwjb018373; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:11:58 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2LGBuo0028070 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:11:56 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2LDf2FI031229 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:41:02 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2LDf26I031228 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:41:02 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2L2QOFI026388 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:26:24 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2L4v71d014729 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:57:07 -0700 X-Envelope-From: GenBrd@aol.com Mon Mar 20 21:57:06 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2L4v6jb014718 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:57:06 -0700 Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com (imo-m14.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.204]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2L4v49j011809 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:57:05 -0700 Received: from GenBrd@aol.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.343.3c5947 (3948) for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:56:57 -0500 (EST) From: GenBrd@aol.com Message-ID: <343.3c5947.3150e198@aol.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:56:56 EST Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Limiting research to what relationship? To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 2340 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I got many different responses regarding limiting my database. Apparently it seemed to most people that I figured I had finished my genealogy research and was ready to quit - NO WAY. I am just trying to make things more manageable for the family book I am work on. I am fortunate to have some major colonial names in my ancestry and so finding information on the Parkers and Whitneys and others was not terribly difficult. I continue to search for spousal family lines that were never as well documented. And I have several brickwalls for my great great grandparents and others. But I am not into collecting names...I want stories and information. So it seemed to me that 15,000 to 20,000 was just way to overwhelming for that kind of personal data. Yes - there were marriages between cousins and back and forth across my family lines, I keep those links in tact. I guess I am the only person that has had this concern, but I have had a great deal of response from people and that has been helpful. Thanks everyone. Jo H In a message dated 3/20/2006 7:21:46 P.M. Central Standard Time, diannemedaris@comcast.net writes: Is the collection itself what matters, or is the process important to you. If you are hooked on "solving" the mystery, then why not continue. I envy you that much data. I have too many brick walls and in one instance can not get past my great grandparents. Congratulations, you are a pro!!!