Hi Norma, The easiest way to separate your families is probably to use Tree Finder.
Clear four tags, one for each family. (Advanced tagging > Untag >selected tag > Everyone) Go to View > Tree finder > refresh. This will show all the separate families in your database and how many people are in each family. It will also show any unattached people or small separate groups. Highlight the first name. Set the tag you want (bottom right hand corner). Click on "Tag the entire tree of the highlighted individual" at the bottom of the page. Repeat this process for each of your families shown in the Tree Finder. You can now set up separate Gedcom files. Go to File > Export To > Gedcom. Click on Record Selection > All records with an individual tag of: and choose you tag number. Check other boxes in this selection as appropriate. Click on Customise and select the fields you want to export (I would choose Basic for anything going on the net, but it is your choice) > OK Click on the "Select a file name and start the Export". Save. Your Gedcom is created in the place you selected, and is available to upload. Boyd On 4/08/2013 3:45 p.m., Norma wrote: > > Hello all > > I have several questions which I have not found the answers to in your > archived messages. > > I have 4 distinct family origins in my data base of over 10,000 > individuals. paternal: Jersey Dutch and German; and maternal: > Colonial New England and English. I am thinking that when I finally > upload & share my research to Ancestry &/or Rootsweb, I would like to > upload them as 4 separate files. Am I correct in assuming that in > order to create 4 separate GEDCOMs, I would tag each grandparent (the > starting individual) with a different tag and create the GEDCOM using > only that tag? > > Further, is there a way before I create any GEDCOMs to see how many > individuals in each line? In other words, how many in the Jersey > Dutch line, the German line etc. My data base is comprised of not > only the direct ancestors, but also their siblings and the spouses of > siblings and I would want to include everyone in that particular line. > > (I’m fairly new to Legacy, having switched over from a very old > version of FTM earlier this year and I’m very happy I made the switch) > > Norma > > > > 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
