From: Joseph Cain <cain@geomag.gfdi.fsu.edu> Date: Sunday, 11 January 1998 15:51 >I also had one instance where it refused to >recognize one data base even though it could be accessed and seemed >otherwise normal. I solved this by GED exporting and then importing >into the combined one. All is more or less straight (I think!). I would suggest that a check of the Database Structure would be a good idea to make sure that all the additions did link correctly. Run that report with a suitable person as the key individual. >My question now is that since some of the family members are showing >an interest in obtaining a copy of mainly their own branches, whether >there is some easy way to split without having to tediously mark >each record. i.e. is there a way to take a great grandfather in one >branch of the family and pullout all of his descendents? Of course >many of the wives along the way have different names, but one should >retain those as well. Alternately, is there a simple way to >pull out the pedigree of a given individual into a separate file? The standard Split Database facility does this very neatly. From the startup screen, select Split, nominate the Database to be split and a new name, then with the Mark Individuals button select the group of people you want. Check that there not already people marked, and use Unmark, All Records, Multiple to clear then. Then browse to the ancestor you wish to start with and use Mark, Descendants w/spouses, Multiple. With the new marking options Ira just added, you can vary the selection with the subsequent use of Unmark, Living, Multiple etc before you exit the marking screen. It works fine for me. Ian Fettes Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Reply to: fettesi@st.net.au