We have been requested to list these answers so that others get the results. Here is another one. Dorothy Durden ----- Original Message ----- From: <BNOREM@aol.com> To: <NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] Filing system > In a message dated 2/26/2000 8:46:43 PM Central Standard Time, "dorothy > vasvary" <bdotuser@netzero.net> writes: > > << [NCROOTS] Filing system > Would someone out there have a good system that they would be willing to > recommend we use. > >> > > I use Family Tree Maker Version 7.0 for Windows 95/98 & like the feature it > has for adding someone whose link is unclear to my family file - then later > on, if/when the link becomes clear they can be attached & merged with the > main file. > > To use the Add Unrelated Individual command: > > 1. From the People menu, select Add Unrelated Individual (ALT, P, U). > 2. Family Tree Maker displays a blank Family Page. Enter the individual's > name and birth and death dates in the appropriate fields. > > (You can even add more information notes to the "More about" notes page, > which can be edited, added to or changed as more info is found - you also can > add the source of your info to the Sources field & always have that info > handy). > > Note: Because this individual is not currently related to anyone in your > file, you will need to use the Index of Individuals to navigate to any other > Family Page. > > Unrelated individuals will not appear in trees or Kinship reports until you > attach them to the rest of the family. When you find the link between the > individual and the rest of your family, use the Attach Spouse or Attach Child > command, to connect them to the rest of your family. > > It sure beats having to go through all my notebooks everytime I need to check > an individual's status or to add more info - then if I find no relationship > at all, I can either delete/remove the info or move it to a file on my > MSWorks processor for reference in helping others with the same surname but a > different line. I never throw anything away, tho, - I save everything I find > on my particular surnames in surname folders in MSWorks, just in case! :o) > > I'm not affiliated with FTM in anyway except as a very satisfied customer > since it's first version back in the DOS days - I have always found it to be > very easy to use, especially for the computer novice like I was at the > beginning of my computer genealogy research. I have up-graded to each new > version over the years and now have ver. 7.0 & still like the program very > much. > > Betty > > ************************************************** > Researching surname ROBBINS - NC>SC>AL>FL, 1700s-present, > & associated names of BRADLEY, COON, CRIBB, EVANS, HARRELSON, MOODY, ODOM > > Also: DAVIS - VA>NC>SC>GA>FL, 1700s-present, > & associated names of BRASWELL, COOPER, FAIRCLOTH, HARVEY, JOHNSON, > PADGETT. > > Betty (Robbins) Norem > bnorem@aoL > > __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html