Hi Laurie,
Yes it's easy for a family tree to grow far beyond the family.
If you are wanting just your and your spouse's families I think this
is the easiest way though it may still take you further than you want.
Go to each of the furthest direct line ancestors of yourself and your
spouse and tag on the same tag number (or put in a focus group) the
Descendants (NOT entire Descendant line) of each couple. This
includes the spouses of their children/grandchildren etc but not the
parents or siblings of those spouses.
Export this tagged group adding parents, other spouses, children as
desired. (See the export dialogue)
I prefer to include at least the parents of those who marry into my
line. With a common name this is essential in order to identify the
spouse - but even with less common names it's sometimes surprising
how many have the same name. I tend not to include the siblings
unless their were multiple marriages or the families were friends. If
I know how many siblings I put a note in the marriage note of the parents.
Whether you would want to work with this smaller file is another
issue. I prefer to work in the file with everyone including possibles
and split off sections just for sharing. That way I don't wonder
which file has the updated information.
My thoughts,
Cathy
At 13:07 27/07/2005, you wrote:
Hi List,
I have been using Legacy for quite a while and have researched not
only my direct lines, but those of in-laws etc.
I have over 30 "family trees" (Tree Finder) within my file and would
like to split my largest one which is about 17,000 people.
Some of my "trees" are one or two people as I am also doing a one
surname search of my maiden name Urlaub. Also some are connected
(per family saying, yes they were cousins and the same surname
involved) but haven't found the common ancestor yet.
So with the smallest "trees" I figure I could go into Tree Finder
and tag, wanting to keep them together in a new file, then export those tagged.
Now the largest Tree-- my line has so many indirect lines due to the
in-laws, in-laws etc. How would I split this, keeping my direct
lines and making sure I get my husbands siblings, his direct line,
and also having my and his cousins, aunts and uncles?
I assume some of this happens with unlinking a marriage or parents?
I hope that makes sense.
I have tried reading the Archives and also my User's Guide, but that
seems too vague.
Also, since I want to scale down my direct lines tree-- when I have
the spouse of a sibling, should I include their parent's? I guess
that is how the file gets bigger and bigger <grin>
Laurie
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