From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon May 29 22:48:11 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 k4U4m7jb000813; Mon, 29 May 2006 22:48:07 -0600 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 k4U4m3aF001326 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 22:48:03 -0600 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 k4U2CxFI024132 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 22:12:59 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k4U2Cxls024131 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 29 May 2006 22:12:59 -0400 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 k4TLTjFI023012 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 17:29:46 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k4U04cfn011806 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 29 May 2006 18:04:38 -0600 X-Envelope-From: lemow@familyhistoryguide.com Mon May 29 18:04:38 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 k4U04cjb011797 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 18:04:38 -0600 Received: from outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com (outbound-mail.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.164]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k4U04Y8j010149 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 18:04:35 -0600 Received: from outbound20-2.nyc.untd.com (smtp03.nyc.untd.com [10.140.24.123]) by smtpout05.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCHZC9QA4WN7LS for (sender ); Mon, 29 May 2006 17:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 3332 invoked from network); 30 May 2006 00:03:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (4.227.130.153) by smtp03.nyc.untd.com with SMTP; 30 May 2006 00:03:57 -0000 Message-ID: <001701c6837c$8e35c630$9982e304@lynn6df8be11d4> Reply-To: From: To: References: <200605292025.k4TKPTs7011065@lists5.rootsweb.com> Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:03:59 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-ContentStamp: 14:7:1169853057 X-MAIL-INFO: 1b35a4550dd509c071746080bd95a1bd8410441020d5913dd54d244d91e9 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: iUDM+vOIqElCcySOFOMqpEDZs8S/sK6ZzDegyzzLh/aKHwXzqrl6CvQGhPjEcnXK X-UNTD-Peer-Info: 10.140.24.123|smtp03.nyc.untd.com|outbound20-2.nyc.untd.com|lemow@familyhistoryguide.com 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 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Splitting your files Marilynn, I agree with everything said by Margaret Scheffler. After all we have found that we are distant cousins with Gates ancestors. I would also like to add my own reasons for thinking it over very carefully before splitting you data file. I used to have eight different main files plus some other files with data from other people. I always put GEDCOMs received from others in separate files until I review them. I exclude files of that nature from my discussions here. I'm talking only about your main files. I went for years with all those files. I had my main file with my immediate family, my descendants, my ancestors, and my wife's ancestors. In addition to this file, I kept all of my parents descendants in one file, all of my wife's parents descendants in another file, and had separate files for all of the descendants of my grandparents and great grandparents. I also had similar files for my wife's grandparents and great grandparents. For the reasons Margaret stated, pedigrees could not be completely put together from the separate files and I found that the descendants were common between several different sets of the grand and great grandparents. Keeping it all updated was a nightmare. When I developed the GenCharts for PAF program, I found that I could not gather the information I wanted from the separate files. So I started the laborious task of combining my data files into one main file. It took a lot of time and effort. I'm still finding an occasional duplicate individual, but a bigger task was combining all the sources and notes and weeding out the duplicates there. So, based on my experience, I would consider the future very carefully before splitting your file. Incidentally, anyone can review the GenCharts for PAF program products at www.familyhistoryguide.com. The lists and charts this program produces, are something that every PAF user will want to see. >> The more you get into genealogy, the more you realize you HAVE to split >> your lines. I split my mother's line and my Dad's, then eventually her >> parents and his etc. I have about 10 lines now. Probably more. >> Marilynn >> IBSSG >