Norma,
I wouldn't make another file at all. The floating ones that may or may
not belong to your family are doing no harm. I have a heap of
unconnected individuals and groups in my file.
However if you want a separate file, the directions I gave will
certainly include the spouses of the actual descendants. It will include
the whole connected tree.
Cathy
Norma Heaton <mailto:ndzhea...@gmail.com>
Monday, 5 April 2021 11:37
Thank you both for your suggestions, but is that the only way to do
this? Or is there an easier way? This was a very prolific family,
the starting family had 10 children & succeeding generations had 6 &
up to 14 children. The total number of persons in the initial file
is about 550, and I have only traced his descendants down to his
great-grandchildren. The extraneous people in the file are ones for
whom I found a will & or deed & I added them to the file in the hopes
that I would be able to fit them in somewhere down the line. I do
want to include spouses of actual descendants.
Norma
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Pinner
*Sent:* Sunday, April 4, 2021 8:19 PM
*To:* Legacy User Group
*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] need help
Norma,
As Chris says, this should be an easy task provided you don't have
wrong links between people in your family file.
Make sure you have tagging on at Options > Customise 1.5 or if you've
been using tags, that you have a clear tag and you know which one it
is. (Right click on a tag box to open Advanced Tagging and the bottom
section will tell you how many people are using each tag. Additionally
it will tell you what you used them for, if you filled that in.
Go to View > Tree Finder and make sure you click Refresh. Then the
largest connected tree will be the one you want. Highlight and tag the
entire tree of the highlighted individual
Then you export that tag group. You should be exporting to a new
Legacy file if you want to keep using Legacy for this group. File >
Export to > Legacy file. The first thing that opens is the dialogue to
name your new file for the export process is actually importing into a
new file.
Then choose the option to export just the tag group. Read the whole
screen and choose other options if you want.
If you really want a Gedcom to transfer to an online tree or another
program, the step you missed was to choose to only export your tag
group. There's a Record Selection button.
That will achieve your aim provided you don't have bad links between
people in your current family file.
Cathy
Chris Hill wrote:
The question is whether you have made links ie children or spouses
between them or not. If not they should in separate trees. You could
start at the top of the tree and then tag everyone who is a dependent
of them. Then you should be able to extract just them and their
spouses. Alternatively just tag the major tree, excluding the other
ones, and tag it so that you can extract them.
If you have made links which are potentially wrong, you have the issue
of identifying them and removing them.
Regards
Chris
>From my Motorola G6+
On Sun, 4 Apr 2021, 21:54 Norma Heaton, <ndzhea...@gmail.com
<mailto:ndzhea...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello____
I have created a tree tracing all the descendants of a particular
person & his wife, but in creating this tree I included all
persons with the surname who at the time I thought might be
connected to the individual. Then I wanted to pull out of that
tree only the actual descendants. I created a gedcom of those
individuals & set up a new Legacy tree with only his descendants.
But I have just found the gedcom I created for the new tree has
included all the persons in the original tree. ____
So, my question is: How do I create a new Legacy tree with only
this persons descendants & not the peripheral persons who I have
found have no connection. I am using Legacy 7.5.0.286 ____
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Norma ____
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Cathy Pinner <mailto:genea...@gmail.com>
Monday, 5 April 2021 08:19
Norma,
As Chris says, this should be an easy task provided you don't have
wrong links between people in your family file.
Make sure you have tagging on at Options > Customise 1.5 or if you've
been using tags, that you have a clear tag and you know which one it
is. (Right click on a tag box to open Advanced Tagging and the bottom
section will tell you how many people are using each tag. Additionally
it will tell you what you used them for, if you filled that in.
Go to View > Tree Finder and make sure you click Refresh. Then the
largest connected tree will be the one you want. Highlight and tag the
entire tree of the highlighted individual
Then you export that tag group. You should be exporting to a new
Legacy file if you want to keep using Legacy for this group. File >
Export to > Legacy file. The first thing that opens is the dialogue to
name your new file for the export process is actually importing into a
new file.
Then choose the option to export just the tag group. Read the whole
screen and choose other options if you want.
If you really want a Gedcom to transfer to an online tree or another
program, the step you missed was to choose to only export your tag
group. There's a Record Selection button.
That will achieve your aim provided you don't have bad links between
people in your current family file.
Cathy
Chris Hill wrote:
Chris Hill <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>
Monday, 5 April 2021 05:13
The question is whether you have made links ie children or spouses
between them or not. If not they should in separate trees. You could
start at the top of the tree and then tag everyone who is a dependent
of them. Then you should be able to extract just them and their
spouses. Alternatively just tag the major tree, excluding the other
ones, and tag it so that you can extract them.
If you have made links which are potentially wrong, you have the issue
of identifying them and removing them.
Regards
Chris
From my Motorola G6+
Norma Heaton <mailto:ndzhea...@gmail.com>
Monday, 5 April 2021 04:53
Hello
I have created a tree tracing all the descendants of a particular
person & his wife, but in creating this tree I included all persons
with the surname who at the time I thought might be connected to the
individual. Then I wanted to pull out of that tree only the actual
descendants. I created a gedcom of those individuals & set up a new
Legacy tree with only his descendants. But I have just found the
gedcom I created for the new tree has included all the persons in the
original tree.
So, my question is: How do I create a new Legacy tree with only this
persons descendants & not the peripheral persons who I have found have
no connection. I am using Legacy 7.5.0.286
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Norma
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