Hi Paul, Others have responded about how you can report on sections of your family when they're all in one file, so I won't repeat that. But they're right, and it's easy to achieve.
I do want to mention some of the advantages of having your entire family in one file, just in case you're still a bit undecided about that move (and for the benefit of others :-). Having everyone in one file means that there is only one Location list, and one Master Source list. Much easier to handle, and it may even throw up some unexpected connections. One file means you don't have to duplicate the people who are common to different branches, so you won't face forgetting to add a new piece of data to a second (or third...) file. One file means that when you discover that you're a cousin of your spouse, it's easy to make the connections, as all (or most of) the people concerned are already in the one file. I've found out in the past week that my husband's third cousin's stepfather is my aunt's third husband's brother! And it was very easy to make those links, just needed to add two people (the parents of the stepfather and husband who were brothers) to make the connection in Legacy. Everyone is there at your fingertips, whether currently connected to a particular family or not, quickly found via the Name list. Especially if you turn on the alternate and married names in the list (under Options). Just press the "i" key to bring the list up in Family View, and start typing a surname to navigate quickly (or Shift-Tab to the first name or RIN fields if that's easier at the time). If there are many people with the surname, keep typing past the surname, add a comma, a space, then start on the first name to jump to that part of the list. No doubt there are more conveniences to be found by keeping everyone in one file, but those are the ones that occur to me off the top of my head on a Sunday morning when I haven't had breakfast yet, LOL!! Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Paul W. DeTray said the following on 13/05/2012 12:01 a.m.: > > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me. I am new to this email > group, and somewhat new to using Legacy. My question is about > separating family lines in one database. I currently have several > GED/COM files with my different lines. I find this to be very > cumbersome, and would like to create one database. However, I do want > to be able to create reports, and eventually some websites dedicated > to specific family lines. If I combine all my GED/Com files into one, > is there a way to still separate these lines when creating reports? > Thanks again for your help. > > *Paul W. DeTray* > 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
