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Subject: Re: TMG-L: File keeping
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:04:44 EST


What to do with broadbrush research. I do a lot of broadbrush Tyler research
and there are a lot of them, many of them not known to be connected, by me,
anyway. When I visit a record locality in Virginia, or obtain a county film,
or census, I record everything Tyler in my rough notes. Then I try and
connect what I have collected into families as far back as possible with
relationsips etc. when I have gone as far as I can go I give the family an
identfying name of its own. For example I have a lot of Tyler info from
Hanover County, VA. I have a good half dozen independent Tyler family data
files based on Hanover data. Most researchers believe that most Hanover
Tylers generate from old John of the 1600s. So thers is a John file in my
data base to which I add info that I can identify as belonging to that
family. I also have a large independent family file back to a John P Tyler of
Hanover. I would guess someday I might find the connection (of course,
assuming one exists) and I will fit the John P family into old John. In the
meantime I maintain the John P data file as independent and also add to that
as I can. It's a way-Dale Mueller
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