How Do I Back Up and Older Time Machine?

I just got a new 3 Gig HD because I ran out of room with my old Time Machine HD. I realize that I have not only my "current" Time Machine back-up but I have an older one on a third HD ... besides four other HD's.
Do I just have the new HD back-up EVERYTHING including the two old Time Machines, or ... ?
Will it "sort" everything out or will I end up with three copies of some things (which would overflow my new HD). I'm assuming that the oldest Time Machine might have items that aren't on the 2nd Time Machine, because I didn't ask this question when I got the 2nd Time Machine HD

Frederick Koiwai wrote:
Who knows how long one should keep ones back-ups ... they MAY contain family photos, etc?
Not if the originals are still on your system.
When Time Machine deletes an old backup, it only deletes its copies of things that appear only on that backup, so were likely deleted or changed long ago. 
If you want to "archive" things, then delete the originals from your system, either use a different backup app, or make a couple of copies of the archived data and store it in different places.

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