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Topic: Advice on splitting an online tree please. (Read 367 times)
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LesDx
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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As a newbie to family research, I have a single tree working back from myself through all ancesters.
It's not large by some standards (245 people), but many names have large gaps to be filled in.
I've been wondering if I'd be better off with separate trees starting with grandparents which would make managing the list of names somewhat easier. (I can never remember which branch the name relates to now!)
I've tried to find a way of breaking up my online Ancestry tree to do this, but can't fathom it out.
Any views would be most welcome.
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LesDx
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Thanks Pauline. Sounds like something to contemplate on a cold and dark winter's evening!
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behindthefrogs
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EDLIN
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I start a new tree for each new ancestral surname. All my documentation is then cross referenced back to the appropriate tree.
To split a tree it is often easier to make a number of copies and then delete the people not wanted from each copy. This however depends on whether the program that you are using allows you to delete the root people (i.e. yourself and your parents inyour case)
David
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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danuslave
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I've just worked through a method on ancestry (see attached .pdf). It's a bit slow but you have a lot more control than you would with a gedcom file and it's less scary if you're not technically minded!
If anyone wants to add to or correct this, please feel free.
Linda
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danuslave
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...... and it's still a whole lot faster than typing it all in again!!!
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danuslave
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Hiya
When I worked through the split to write up my notes (splitting_tree_on_ancestry_.pdf) above, I noticed that the hints don't always appear straight away. Perhaps if you go into the new tree again, they may have caught up 
Otherwise I think you may have to make your original tree public and go through the Search options listed at the end of the document. You could always mark it as private again while you are not working on it.
I realise that this may not be very satisfactory if you want to keep your tree private & I'm no expert, so if anyone else knows better, please chip in!
Linda
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splitting_tree_on_ancestry_.pdf