Mary, I'm a firm beliver that a husbands and wifes data, all of their descendants data, and all of both of their ancestors data should be in the same file. This allows me to print full pedigree charts for my children. I suppose that if this file ever gets too large (what ever that number is), it would be benificial to split the file. Also, if the husband and wife both work on their data on different computers at the same time, it may be best to split the file. My main file contains over 35,000 individuals. It's not yet too large. But then I'm prejudiced because I also like to use the "GenCharts for PAF" program that prints special lists and charts using MRINs as well as RINs from your PAF 5 data file. If I used separate files I would only get half of some of those charts. Lynn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Gagne" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PAF-5] Question > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:18:31 -0600 > > > Is it advisable to make a separate file when working on my husband's > family? I have one PAF, starting with me and going back on both > parent's sides. Now I want to do the same thing with my husband in > place "one". Separate PAFs the best way to go? > > Mary > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to [email protected] with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >