Thanks to all who responded. I have decided to keep my tree together, after considering all input.
-----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Monday, June 6, 2022 6:12 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Splitting A Tree 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]/ -- 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]/
