Re: [LegacyUG] need help

[Norma Heaton]

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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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, 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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Re: [LegacyUG] need help

[Cathy Pinner]

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, 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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Re: [LegacyUG] need help

[Chris Hill]

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,  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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[LegacyUG] need help

[Norma Heaton]

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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