Carolyn, I do not know of any way to split trees of this type. Ask me as I have thought about the possibility. But as my family from the time they reached a certain area in Tennessee in the early and mid 1800's did not stir for over 100 years. Several sets even migrated at the same time and had intermarried before they reached Tennessee. Then this continued and I am related to some families through both my mother and father. I see no way to divide my tree.
Before anyone contributes this to southern ways, one set were intermarried before they ever left Pennsylvania. You could do it but then you would be duplicating a lot of work and relationships would not show correctly. Marilyn On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Carolyn Hains <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. -Hodding Carter
