Well greetings again.
Have you started your first 6 generations yet?
I have removed all the reference numbers in my FTM 5.0 file
and have been renumbering them to be the same as O'Gorman
numbers. I have the generation 1 through 5 numbered and was
wondering if you wanted a GEDCOM file of them to check while
I number generation 6 and 7. I may have typed in the first 8
generations (just names birth and death dates) enough to
try to get some relatives linked up in the lists when I find where
they connect. I am willing to send out, or have reside where
ever, the GEDCOM file for the first 8 generations if it can be
checked and put somewhere.
Cheers Gary Lee Calvert mailto:gcalvert@iquest.net
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From: <cybercat(a)mail.ntr.net>
To: <CALVERT-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 12:36 AM
Subject: [CALVERT-L] Calvert Repository
Dear Fellow Calverts,
I am suggesting a massive project of assembling and publishing information
about
the Calvert family. The primary reason for doing this would be to
help
others find their
Calvert ancestors. Beyond helping others, we would also establish a
permanent and
growing library or repository where information about the family
would be
catalogued.
Later, when our children and grandchildren became interested in
family
history, they
have a starting point to learn about great-grandfather, etc. (Anybody
who
thinks what
we are doing now is going to be passed-on to future generations,
should
stop and
think about where they began their research.)
The concept would be for each of us to "collectively place" our family
lines in
"Ultimate Family Tree". This would be done by sharing a
"common file" and
E-mailing
the file from person to person. My proposal would be to start with
the
Virginia
Calverts. The Virginia Calverts alone would create an "Ultimate
Family
Tree". with
more than 8061 records. After this, we could add in the Quaker
Calverts,
etc.
To make this work, we would have to be very "fussy" about record numbers.
For
example with the Virginia Calverts, we would be using the numbers
assigned
in
Descendants of Virginia Calverts. This would take us to at least 8061
records. When
we added in the Quaker Calverts, we would need to move to perhaps a
10,000
series
of record numbers. For loose branches of the family tree, we would
need to
list
"unknown individuals" to carry these lines back to their
roots in the 16th
century.
(This is all workable, however we can't have someone saying
"Aunt Mytle"
is record
no. 1 and she is going to take the place of the 1st Lord Baltimore.)
The job won't be that difficult, if there are enough volunteers willing to
"add" their own
family lines to the FTM program. Once this was up and going, we
simply ask
the
newcomers to add-in their newly discovered family lines. Also, the
"old-timers" would
have a place for adding newly
discovered info about their families.
For my part in doing this, I will add the complete text from
Descendants of Virginia Calverts, for the 1st Lord Balitimore and his
son Leonard, plus all the Calverts thru the 6th generation in
Descendants of Virginia Calverts. From this point on, we need
volunteers. Please share your thoughts about doing this, and let me
know if you are willing to help.
George Calvert
cybercat(a)ntr.net
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