I agree with you Joan! This should be a more simple process and one that Legacy should consider incorporating.
__________________________________ Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com/get ------ Original Message ------ From: "Joan" <jk...@yahoo.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Sent: 8/28/2011 6:28:20 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LegacyUG] Separating Family branches >This is where Legacy is very weak. I export hedging to GenoPro & >manipulate in that program. Someone else has suggested exporting to >FTM. Legacy programmers might note the difficulty of simply and >cleanly splitting entire branches of a tree. Wendy has described a >method, but it involves several steps & seems over-complex for >something which should be straightforward. Joan > > > >On 28 Aug 2011, at 00:54, "R&C Sentz" <ro...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > >> I am trying to figure out how to best separate the two sides of the >>family so that I can create Gedcoms to share with the two sides of >>the family. Cousins on my father's side and on my mother's side. >> >>It seems that it might be easier to do charts, etc. with them >>separated. >> >>Is there a way to tag a the records without going into each person? >>For instance is there a "global" tag for everyone in the my father's >>tree, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc. >> >>__________________________________ >>Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com/get >> >> >>------ Original Message ------ >>From: "Ron Ferguson" <ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> >>To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >>Sent: 8/27/2011 7:49:02 PM >>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Separating Family branches >>>If I understand you correctly, unlink you mother from your father, >>>use Advance tagging to tag all your father’s ancestors, then export >>>the tagged individuals to a new Legacy file. >>> >>>Ron Ferguson >>>http://www.fergy.co.uk/ >>> >>>From:R&C Sentz >>>Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 12:42 AM >>>To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>>Subject: [LegacyUG] Separating Family branches >>> >>>It appears that my e-mail did not go through, so I am resending this >>>message. I apologize if you received the first. >>> >>>I want to separate out some of my family tree branches. Right now >>>my name is the beginning of my genealogy file. I want to have my >>>Father's side separate from my Mother's side. What is the best way >>>to do this? Should I create a Gedcom file, rename the file and >>>delete the family branch that I don't want in the file. Or can I >>>just copy my father's line somehow from the existing file and then >>>rename the file? >>> >>>__________________________________ >>>Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com/get >>> >>>No virus found in this message. >>>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ >>>Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3861 - Release Date: >>>08/27/11 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Legacy User Group guidelines: >>>http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >>>Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>>Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>>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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >>Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >>http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >>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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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