Hi, Betty, It's up to you whether to split your database for other reasons, but I have had no trouble with substantially larger databases using FOW 4-9. My largest one is at 105,000 individuals, and a colleague working on the same Lutheran immigration project has his own database at 130,000. Also, the OMII Swiss immigration project in Ohio has used FO since v6 and runs at over 1,000,000 names. See http://www.omii.org/ Linda On Thu, 21 June 2001, "Betty Stokes" wrote: > > My database is getting rather large - Over 22,000 names and I tend to put a good many notes into my direct line. How large is "large" for a Family Origins database? I have a reasonably new computer with ample hard drive and memory. > > Should I split out and make a basic database for just direct line ancestors and children to make sure if something happens with the large database that I would have the basic one also.? > > Then there is the problem with doing an ancestor gedcom that doesn't pick up the children's spouse's names. > > Betty > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Very basic Windows: http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/created4/COMPUTERBASICS.html > basic HTML: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp _________________________________________________________________ iVillage.com: Solutions for Your Life Check out the most exciting women's community on the Web http://www.ivillage.com