Victor, thank you for the clarification.

It seems everyone in your Project are related either directly or indirectly, so are all in one relationship Pool.

However, this thread is discussing splitting trees apart into completely unrelated sub-trees with different Pool numbers, which is something rather different.

The question is: should such unrelated sub-trees be retained in one Project or split into separate Projects?

Peter, that may not work if some of those ancestors have descendants.

So an All Relatives Diagram is better but still does not guarantee that all relatives are displayed.

It is best to run the Query > Relatives and Relationships > Search For Orphans that lists by Pool number.

Select everyone in the appropriate Pool and use cog Menu > Add Row Records to Named List.

From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Peter Henderson via groups.io

Further to this, the easiest way to add the sub-tree individuals to a named list is to create an ancestor chart from the sub-tree root and then select all in the chart by dragging a box round everyone.

I think that when Victor refers to ‘trees’ he means ‘Projects’.

In that one ‘Project’ he has several separate trees not linked to his main tree.

From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Victor Markham via groups.io

I don't bother with separate trees. All ther names I have are in one tree.

There are relations I am not directly linked but, say, my nephew is directly linked to his mother's ancestors. I have these all on my tree and it doesn't affect the work I am doing. I can check any of my nephews ancestors by looking at the 'tools' tab and prompting 'how related' That way I can my nephew (and others) their relationship.

This suits me fine. I have over 80000 names on my tree and if I do a narative report only those directly linked are shown. I also know of any indirect connections

Hi Linda,

As a general rule, we don’t recommend putting trees into separate Projects.

Just unlink that particular individual from their incorrect parent ancestor and keep the sub-tree in your main Project.

i.e. In the Focus Window with the incorrect parent ancestors in focus, right-click their Child Individual and choose Unlink Record.

Having done that, if you do want a separate Project, then put all the unlinked sub-tree Individuals into a Named List.

Then use File > Import/Export > Export > GEDCOM File and Select… the Individuals via the Named Lists tab.

You can use the exported GEDCOM file to create a new Project.

Back in the main Project, use File > Split Tree Helper and delete all Individuals found by the Name List Members query.