Hi all -- -- My system is a shadow of Stella's. Documents are in file folders, but the concept is the same. Yep - - - thinking ahead is most important. [I almost burned out a brain doing it!] 'Am happy with Clooz! Vince Correll, in Fresno, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Howlett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 11:01 PM Subject: RE: [Clooz] Multiple databases? > Hello Mike, > > Now that I'm filing everything according to document type, it seems > logical to me to maintain two separate databases. My maternal and > paternal lines are in one, my husbands in another. We don't have > children but we do have some nieces who are quite interested in my > hobby. I don't think my husband's niece would be very interested in > my family and the niece I have my eye on from my side wouldn't be > interested in my husband's lines. I sure wouldn't want to have to > figure out how to separate the two trees when the time comes to hand > everything on. I want to give each niece a complete package. > > I have separate d/bs in my genealogy programme, separate sets of > binders for the docs, separate backup disks. If I have to remove a > document from a binder I can tell immediately where to put it back > because I've used different colour inks on the page protector > labels. > > I've learned that you need to do a lot of thinking before you start > using Clooz. You must think of the documents you're likely to be > working with in five and ten years time, not just what you now have > on hand. You must also think of quantity as well as kind. You > wouldn't want to face the possibility of having to renumber an > entire section because you started off numbering them 01, 02 and > later found that you're actually going to have more than 99 of that > type of doc. > > Pat has made the prog. very flexible and hasn't given us a lot of > hard and fast rules re. naming and numbering docs which means that > we have to do our own thinking. However, there are some good > suggestions in the manual. > > Documents have never been so accessible--it's wonderful being able > to find what I want in a minute instead of having to spend half a > day looking for it! > > Hope this helps a bit. > > Regards, > > Stella Howlett > BC, Canada > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Limer [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: September 28, 2001 9:05 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Clooz] Multiple databases? > > > > > > I am just starting to use Clooz and I am researching both > > my own family and my Wife's family. Does it make any > > sense to have two databases for the two sides of the > > family. Any suggestions on how to best setup the > > databases before I get much entered would be appreciated. > > > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >