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From: "John Foster" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Data Set Manager
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:39:54 -0500
References: <BLU105-DAV24BA772A949B9ECF2FE3BDEE60@phx.gbl>


An advantage of having multiple datasets within the same project is that the
picklist can be set up to search across all of the in the same list. On the
other hand, it can be slow. Using the expanded picklist may not be advised.

If you are doing some maintenance and cleanup, that would probably be faster
in a separate project before any data is moved or combined.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Ritchie" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Data Set Manager


> On Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:59 AM, Terry Reigel wrote:
>
>> My suggestion is to not keep them separate. I'd merge them, and use a
>> Flag
>> and Accents to mark those people you don't yet consider part of your main
>> effort. This eliminates having to keep track of which is the "right"
>> project to enter data into, avoids the hassle of transferring people
>> between data sets, and makes use of any customized tag types, source
>> types, styles, etc., much simpler.
>
> Hi Terry ~
> This interests me because right now I am trying to decide when and if I
> want
> to keep things in separate projects. I'm thinking that maybe what I
> really
> want is separate datasets within one project.
>
> My situation is this. I have "my" family that I've been working on for
> years. I recently moved it into TMG and, with the help of your Primer and
> Lee's book, am slowly working my way through cleanup and better citations
> for all my info. My sister's husband just gave me a book (totally
> UN-sourced) with his family info. Since my sister is the only one of my
> siblings with children, it makes sense that I would add the other side of
> nieces' and nephew's family to my work. I am trying to decide if I want
> to
> keep this data in some way separate? I do have people I am working with
> that would have no connection with my sister's husband, but that is always
> true - I'm always working with people who are only interested in parts of
> my
> research.
>
> Any suggestions - from anyone - on approaches?
>
> (once again - my favorite part of TMG...so many ways to do things, I'm
> sure
> to find one that meets my needs.)
>
> Thanks ~
> Diana Ritchie
>
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