If you are breaking it up, one for your spouse and one for you, I would use "All Ancestral Related" while you have your name highlighted, it would get all your family tree from you back. You might want to also do "family". > > From: "Bette" <nobia@centurytel.net> > Date: 2005/07/05 Tue PM 12:26:38 EDT > To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Dividing my PAF File > > Alan or anyone, > If I go to export, pick my name do I select "Ancestors" or "All Related" I > don't want to miss anyone in my family. > I only go back 10-11 generations but it is difficult to know who is my > family and who is his family when I get past the 6th generation. > Thank you. > Bette > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <alanjones10@cox.net> > To: "Bette" <nobia@centurytel.net>; <PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Dividing my PAF File > > > | EXPORT - > | I would do EXPORTs and in each export select only the surnames you want in > that file. While I haven't done this for surnames, I have done it to break > up my file into my father's side and my mother's side of the family. > | > | Alan > | > | > From: "Bette" <nobia@centurytel.net> > | > Date: 2005/07/05 Tue AM 11:06:50 EDT > | > To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > | > Subject: [PAF-5] Dividing my PAF File > | > > | > Good Morning, > | > > | > I would like to divide my PAF into two surname files. Can someone tell > me the best way to do this? I will still keep my original file intact. > | > Thank you for any help you can give me. > | > > | > Bette > | > > | > > | > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > | > FreeBMD - Free Access to England and Wales Civil Registration Index > | > Volunteer as a Transcriber Today! > | > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > | > > | > > | > | > | > > > > ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== > AVG Anti-Virus Users > Disable the 'Certify outgoing messages' option via the E-mail Scanner tab. > >