Open families

We have noticed that some of you are working on multiple families at the same time.

Do not do this.

In general, you should work on one family until it is complete then move on to the next. There are some exceptions to this rule, such as: you're waiting for me to make a deletion or correction to your file, or there is some kind of a problem with the database or the family tree. Do your best to complete a family before moving on.

It is too confusing to be working on multiple families at the same time. You forget what information applies to which family. It potentially reduces the quality of your work, and it is less efficient (therefore, more time consuming) to go in and out of files over and over again.

Additionally, having multiple open families makes record keeping more difficult and less accurate. This affects the updates I provide to our PI.

Let me know if you have questions or concerns.