Open List of Databases

 

If you want to have several different databases that are not connected to each other, then you can create several folders to hold the data.  To make it easier to switch from one database to another, you can create a list of the folder names and then just click on the one you want to change to.  To create the list of folder names, select File from the main screen menu and then select "Open list of databases."  Then click on the Edit button.  It will open an editor and you can then type one folder name on each line.  After you have added the folder names, select File and Save and exit the editor.  Then whenever you pick "Open list of databases" you will see the list of folder names and you may pick the one you want to work on.  

 

For most people, it may be best to keep all the data in one folder.  The program can handle 10 million names in one folder and if all the people are related to you (or to your children) then keeping them all in one folder will give you the results you want for the ancestor charts.  If you have data in more than one folder, you can not print a chart with people from two folders.  Some people want more than one folder because they are working on data for other people, or because they have data that they do not want to add to their main database yet because they are not sure if the names are really related.

 

If you want to open a database without adding it to a list, then instead pick File from the main screen and then Open database.