From: nemonews@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 28-Apr-18 11:47 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   > I'd like to contribute, but the thought of doing that for all my 3xxx   
   > people ...   
      
   That's where using one of the "linked" programs (such as Legacy) comes   
   in handy.  I actually chose to use Legacy VERY early in my "genealogical   
   life" and long before the start of FS FamilyTree.   
      
   do _you_ keep your own private tree on your compute   
   Yes/   
      
     and   
   > just contribute the odd one?   
      
   More than just the odd one.   
      
     If so, how do you decide which ones to   
   > contribute?   
      
   Apart from my own family, I don't link any living people and not usually   
   any deceased people who were born in about the last 75 years.  Apart   
   from that, I link most people FOR WHOM I HAVE AT LEAST CONFIRMED NAME   
   AND DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH.   
      
   >>   
   > Do you mean it lets you merge duplicates in the One Tree?   
      
   It's called FamilySearch FamilyTree - I THINK there is another project   
   which is called One Tree or something similar.   
      
     That sounds   
   > potentially very useful to all users, but also dangerous, in that it's a   
   > lot harder (IME) to separate out where an apparently-duplicate has been   
   > merged but turns out to be two people after all. (Or, probably more   
   > common, where what was thought to be one person actually is two, without   
   > a conscious merging having been done.)   
      
   I think FS recognize the problems and do encourage people to offer   
   reasons for any changes to data and to add Sources.  You do still get   
   errors - I think that's inevitable.   
      
      
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