How does one go about splitting a family file when they are related to themselves - no kidding this does happen especailly in smaller locales where only a low number of families settled the area
----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Herson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 8:02 am Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] splitting up a family tree To: [email protected] > I see these comments all too often on here. "This person would > have no > interest in another person's family." It's really sad. It's > almost like > saying this 2nd marriage isn't really a family. My first > wife died and I > remarrieda divorcee. All the families had children and everyone > is in one > legacy file. That's the way to do it. Don't jump through hoops > and cause > yourself extra work just because you *think* someone else might > not be > interested in the family. > > Tom Herson > Ithaca, NY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:29 AM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] splitting up a family tree > > > How I split my database was to save the database to two different > files; One for my family and one for my wife's family. I then used > advanced tagging to tag (all my wife's ancestors in my database) (all > my ancestors in my wife's database) and delete them. Using the tree > finder I found several tree fragments. A little clean-up a couple > hours later it was done. > > For me, and possibly for others, some circumstances may make the > option of two databases make sense. All my children are from a > previous marriage and all my wife's children are from her previous > marriage and we will never have children of our own. Our research > purpose is to create a family history for our children so my kids > would have no interest in her side of the family and likewise hers > would not be interested in my side. I also felt no relatives > from her > side of the family would have interest in my relatives and vice-versa. > So, combining the families would imo just add clutter for anyone > interested in looking through the data for "their" family. We > currently have no common ancestors and it doesn't look likely > that a > connection will be made in that respect. The only commonality between > the two databases is: I'm in my wife's and she's in mine. As far as > descendants go, I keep her kids and their spouses and > descendants in > her database and mine are in my database. At one point I too had > everything in one database but divided it several years ago and I'm > glad I did. If connections ever entangle our families I will entertain > combining everything into one database again but until then I'm quite > happy with keeping them separated. > > Note: I did try briefly to seperate the databases out into four > databases (my father, my mother, her father, her mother) and > that, to > me, was quite unmanagable. > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a large family tree on Legacy 6.0. I was told by > a family member > > when I started that I should try and separate the different > families….> > > Keep my family in one file, and my husband's in another. > I didn't listen, > > but I want to do it now. > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected]/Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail- > archive.com/[email protected]/Online > technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >
