In mine the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish families did it too. It isn't only the Southern Americans. Rich in LA CA
--- On Tue, 11/4/08, marilyn E B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: marilyn E B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] splitting up a family tree > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 7:51 AM > 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. 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