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From: "Karen Rhodes" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Data set question -- I wanna lump
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:55:19 -0400
In-Reply-To: <001a01c65722$d6e38f60$0300a8c0@karen>


On 3 Apr 2006 at 9:30, Karen McKellar wrote:

> I know this has been discussed numerous times, but---


Some of these issues bear repeating as new people
come onto the list . . . like me. <grin>


> I also prefer to have my main data in one data-base.
> I have experimented with multiple databases but
> always come back to using the large original one
> (65,000 individuals).


Yowza! I don't know how many I have; several
thousand, I'm sure, but probably not that many.

I have them grouped by main family surname -- my
maiden surname (which, of course, was my father's
surname), my mother's surname, etc. I've been happy
with that.

Maybe I'll take baby steps. Put the different surnames
as separate data sets within one project, and maybe
later, if I become convinced that it'll work for me,
combine them all into just the one project containing
one dataset.

Of course, I'll keep the old arrangement around until
I'm sure what I'm doing will work. H'mmm . . .


> I do create separate projects and databases when I
> am looking at data from only one geographical area.
> I.E. identifying everyone who lived in a certain
> township or area in a unique census. I then
> transfer any pertinent information to the main file.


How would you do that? With focus groups or filters --
things I don't know a blamed bit about as yet.



> Karen
>

Just how many Karens are on this list now? <grin>

Karen Rhodes

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