From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Mar 22 09:48:04 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 k2MGm4jb023008; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:48:04 -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 k2MGm2lQ029066 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:48:02 -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 k2MEH3FI002146 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:17:03 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2MEH3Tg002145 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:17:03 -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 k2LJNrFI032074 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:23:53 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2LLscus011372 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:54:38 -0700 X-Envelope-From: omchodoy@gmail.com Tue Mar 21 14:54:38 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 k2LLscjb011361 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:54:38 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.195]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2LLsVHv020179 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:54:31 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 50so1377327wri for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:54:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ApLS1ufCghNom6VvthGEr2m8Q8bUL70bZJVVNgwSiB+LJ+dlI2SWO1RczN9Aa5DPUy4bRbGXgLKrr5XKxjsP2SoX+7uDyqCCnBjvGgyMvfpGcbWvoz4i8eIunuSjNsMxbRFpQtztOPlCNx4J1wnYrnWvGLRVEbJsnl6DRPB7mII= Received: by 10.65.11.17 with SMTP id o17mr135949qbi; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:54:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.250.14 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:54:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:54:20 -0700 From: Colleen To: "Paul LeValley" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Limiting research Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <001e01c64ce4$58f6c6a0$d257eb04@your1sfdbkykfj> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <200603210407.k2L47n2c020315@lists5.rootsweb.com> <001e01c64ce4$58f6c6a0$d257eb04@your1sfdbkykfj> 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 never thought of not including my grandparents' siblings and their families when I find information. I've found and/or confirmed relationships with this method, as I have by finding neighbors from one census year to the next. Plus, it's interesting to boot. If you want to try a software program that enables you to electronically draw a family tree chart, check out www.genopro.com. You can place individuals where you need them, link them with whom you need them linked, plus, if you'd like, add social facts such as occupation, illness, plights (alcoholism, miscarriage, etc), and adoption. I created one chart for the maternal line and another for the paternal. This is best for beginners, though, since, after getting too many names, it's too difficult to place them in the chart. It's great for visual learners. On 3/21/06, Paul LeValley wrote: > > This question is getting varried responses because there are three > different > kinds of genealogical research: > > 1. Pedigree: Tracing your 2 parents, 4 grandparents, etc., working back > in > time as far as you can go. Cousins do not appear on these charts, except > as > footnotes. This is what most people do, and this is where some of the > answers are coming from. > > 2. Lineage: Tracing all of your cousins descended from a particular > ancestor, and working forward in time to the present. The ancestry of > spouses does not appeaer on these charts (which have to be drawn by hand > because every family is different). Jo, this is the kind of research you > and I are doing. When I started nearly 40 years ago, I wisely limited > myself to the male line only, leaving the many, many female lines for > somebody else's project. This is also called surname genealogy. I am > handling seventh cousins twice removed, which is as many as have been born > so far. This has still turned out to be a big job, but one that I can > somewhat master during one lifetime. > > 3. Succession: Tracing a title or property which descends through > various > rules and mishaps. You don't need to worry much about this third kind of > research until you link up to the nobility. > > > Jo H. wrote: > > > When my database reached 15,000 individuals I decided that I just had to > > draw a line for myself as to what is reasonable to research. At that > > point I decided that I would stop with 4th cousins.... > > -- Colleen www.omchodoy.blogspot.com www.onlyingenealogy.blogspot.com