Family Historian User Group

Yes its me again.  
I am slowly moving forward with my family tree when someone kindly sends me a GED file of their family tree.  Its very comprehensive and links into my husbands mothers family.
My dilema is do I merge it all or just some of it, and if only some of how much?  
This is all much more complicated than it seems at first, has anyone done a course?[confused]

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If they have sent you their whole tree, I would be tempted to cut out anyone not on an all relatives diagram for your husbands mother, you can use the split tree helper and the all relatives query to do this. (there is a link in the how to's).

Then merge that to your main file, but of course you could load the whole lot if you wanted. Just remember to backup before doing any merges and double check the merge once its complete.

Many thanks Jane, I have successfully added just the relatives of my husbands mother and kept a copy of the donated tree.  Im impressed at how logical the process was, I have only been using FH for about a month!![smile]
Still wondreing if anyone has done any geneology training or courses?

I have found my copy of Ancestral Trails

Very useful as is the BBC's Who do you think you are both books are very useful the BBC one being a good start point.

Local adult education classes on Family history are available as is a Open University Local and Family History course.

I can also recommend Ancestral Trails. I got mine from a 'bargain' bookshop (one that sells overstock from mainstream bookeshops). Even at the full RRP I would say its worth it.

I've also attended a couple of courses given by Richard and Marjorie Moore, who are both heavily involved with the SoG. The courses were really good for going into details on specific lines of research and for helping to solve specific problems, but the subject as a whole is just too vast to cover on any course with a sensible duration.

I would also recommend contacting/joining your local family history society. Although I don't have any ancestors who lived where I currently do, its a great source of information, help, and inspiration.

Good luck.
Graham