Why not have all three? Create one for the wife's family and one for the husband's - and keep the combined one? just be sure to use a copy when you split the 2 trees out! save the original with thed current file name and then have the other 2 with different file names
On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 4:12 AM Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > Rick, > I also would suggest you don't do it unless you need it separate for a > particular purpose. Even then, I wouldn't edit it. > But here is a way to split a tree either for a temporary purpose or > permanently. > > https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2018/07/tuesdays-tip-splitting-a-file-advanced-.html > > and an article on merging files > > https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2018/05/tuesdays-tip-merging-files-advanced.html > Cathy > > > Elizabeth Lindsay <mailto:[email protected]> > > Monday, 6 June 2022 13:02 > > > > Yes, I split my trees into three [one for a 3^rd cousins family] and > > really regret it because there are now people common to each branch of > > these trees so I am going to have to combine them all again – what a > > nightmare! > > > > *From:*LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> *On > > Behalf Of *Roberta Schwalm > > *Sent:* Monday, 6 June 2022 9:52 AM > > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting A Tree > > > > I would leave it as is. Somewhere, down the years, there will be > > people who descend from both your's and your wife's trees and they > > would appreciate having all the information in the one tree. > > > > Roberta Schwalm > > > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 5:22 PM Chris Hill > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Roberta Schwalm <mailto:[email protected]> > > Monday, 6 June 2022 09:52 > > I would leave it as is. Somewhere, down the years, there will be > > people who descend from both your's and your wife's trees and they > > would appreciate having all the information in the one tree. > > > > Roberta Schwalm > > > > > > > > Chris Hill <mailto:[email protected]> > > Monday, 6 June 2022 05:21 > > I can think of a couple of ways, but do it on a copy of your tree > > rather than the master. > > > > 1. Tag all of your wife's ancestors, and her. But you then need to > > find and add all of the spouses, siblings, parents etc. Then you can > > export the tagged records. > > > > 2. Preferably, I would remove your marriage and leave your children > > with only one of you. You should then find that you have two trees > > within the file. If it is still one then you have a link between both > > sets of ancestors which you need to resolve. Once you get it to trees > > then you can export one of them, or just remove one and keep the other. > > > > Personally, and especially within a single family tree, I would never > > split it. It is better to just have one tree with the same set of > > locations etc, and it resolves issues with crosslinks further up. > > > > Regards > > > > Chris > > > > From my Motorola G6+ > > > > > > > > Rick and Evvy White <mailto:[email protected]> > > Monday, 6 June 2022 04:48 > > > > Is there a way to split a family tree? For example, my current tree > > has my ancestors on one branch and my wife’s ancestors on another > > branch. Is there a way to copy my wife’s branch only into a separate > > data file? > > > > I have looked in the help file but don’t seem to find a way to do this > > but maybe I’m not asking the right question. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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