Sharon I switched from an easy tree program to the Familytree maker Ver.11 a month ago. I just imported my information as a gedcom file. It worked well only a few glitches like ...it didnt replace any notes I had made on an idividual and I also had a lot of duplicates of which the FTM will help you merge together. Now it should be easier with you since you have all your files in the FTM program. Just import them into one file. Im sure there will be a few things you will have to tweak, but it should work just fine in the end. Good Luck. Kathy ----Original Message Follows---- From: "shadri" <shadri@gtcom.net> Reply-To: GABERRIE-L@rootsweb.com To: GABERRIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GABERRIE] Genealogy Data Question Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:48:16 -0500 Dear Friends and Cousins, I wonder if you would share with me your method of entering your genealogy data? By this, I mean do you create a separate family file for each major surname? Or do you put it all together in one huge database? I began my genealogy only a few years ago...being a newbie, I began by creating a SEPARATE family file for each surname. This is now causing me problems. I find that I miss SOOO much information. I will have added some data under one allied family name, and some under the main file name. My focus isn't the best at this particular time anyhow, but even when it is, I find myself making too many unnecessary circles due to my method. Guess it is partly because I don't always have time to type it ALL under each name; or perhaps at times sheer laziness <VBG> in not wanting to type it under each family name. We won't even discuss all the papers I have stacked up that NEED to be entered. "The pile monster." I am using Family TreeMaker v.8 if that matters. TIA for your input. Sharon ==== GABERRIE Mailing List ==== To post messages to the Berrien County, GA discussion list, send them to GABERRIE-L@rootsweb.com YOU are an important part of this list! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1