Oh, yes, I’m backed up. But it doesn’t help: here’s the details.<\/p>\n
1) I knew we were creaking. I wrote to the software people to ask what the max file size was. They were supposed to answer by 2 days ago. They didn’t. I can now answer the question. At about 45,000 people\u00a0at\u00a0115,000k with 2 gig memory.<\/p>\n
2) Realizing I was treading on thin ice, I decided to split the thing, give Jane hers, and me mine, which I reasoned should cut it in half and solve any possible problem. I did that. The program refused to split. Instead of erasing the spare people, it retained them in the list of persons in data-file, while wiping the tree involving them.<\/p>\n
3) That—is why the backup does me no good. It will not split.<\/p>\n
4) How did it manifest? It quietly scrambled my data and Jane’s into ancestors we don’t even share. How prevalent? Well, it would take analyzing 400 pages of printout to find out.<\/p>\n
5. How can I fix this? At least I have the data. I have now to re-enter the whole thing. It’s a hobby. Hobbies are pass-times, eh? They’re supposed to be relaxing, so I refuse to get uptight. I can’t help but shudder remembering what it’s like when you hit the Merovingians and the Vikings all over again…but hey, there’s at least a positive. I’m picking up a few lines that weren’t available when I did this the first time. Not my missing grandmother, but a lot, all the same; and I’ve done some major work since finding some records with my mom’s stuff. Sort of therapeutic, building on what she left. I didn’t, however, want to re-enter the whole tree…<\/p>\n
Looks like that’s my only choice. I’ll do it this time as 2 separate trees, since I now know how crowded it can get…sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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