It is. Select the oldest person in that branch, go to File, and: 1> Right click. This brings up advanced tagging. This allows yhou to select who you want to break off (i.e., export). 2> Tag #3, and click descendents. 3> Brings up another window- select the number of generations. Since I usually don't know how many generations that will be, I keep mine 999. Some users limit that just a few generations. 4> Select the first option, "Descendents." 5> It also defaults to "All spouses." Therefore, if your ancestor married twenty times, there will be twenty spouses for him/her. If you want just ONE spouse, indicate that right in this box. 6> Click OK. Click Close. 7> Under FILE, click Export to family file. (I am assuming you want a Legacy file!) 8> Find the option "All records with an individual tag of:" and click it. 9> Select tag # 3. (These are the descendents you wanted.) 10> Select the options under this option. The "export all spouses," "export all children," & "export parents of tagged individuals." 11> Click "start the export."
Now you will have a file of your branch. Once you do this once or twice, it really is faster than going to genopro. Good luck. Thank you. Robert On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Joan Kemp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know an easy, practical way of splitting off a branch of a > tree in Legacy? Currently I export to genopro & do from there, because > its is so easy. But it ought to be possible to do in Legacy > > Many thanks > > Joan Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
