This is where Legacy is very weak. I export hedging to GenoPro & manipulate in that program. Someone else has suggested exporting to FTM. Legacy programmers might note the difficulty of simply and cleanly splitting entire branches of a tree. Wendy has described a method, but it involves several steps & seems over-complex for something which should be straightforward. Joan
On 28 Aug 2011, at 00:54, "R&C Sentz" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to best separate the two sides of the family > so that I can create Gedcoms to share with the two sides of the family. > Cousins on my father's side and on my mother's side. > > It seems that it might be easier to do charts, etc. with them separated. > > Is there a way to tag a the records without going into each person? For > instance is there a "global" tag for everyone in the my father's tree, > siblings, aunts, uncles, etc. > > __________________________________ > Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com/get > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: 8/27/2011 7:49:02 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Separating Family branches >> If I understand you correctly, unlink you mother from your father, use >> Advance tagging to tag all your father’s ancestors, then export the tagged >> individuals to a new Legacy file. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergy.co.uk/ >> >> From: R&C Sentz >> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 12:42 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Separating Family branches >> >> It appears that my e-mail did not go through, so I am resending this >> message. I apologize if you received the first. >> >> I want to separate out some of my family tree branches. Right now my name >> is the beginning of my genealogy file. I want to have my Father's side >> separate from my Mother's side. What is the best way to do this? Should I >> create a Gedcom file, rename the file and delete the family branch that I >> don't want in the file. Or can I just copy my father's line somehow from >> the existing file and then rename the file? >> >> __________________________________ >> Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com/get >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ >> Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3861 - Release Date: 08/27/11 >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
