Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Help please????

ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Val :~)   from West Wirral

Val :~) from West Wirral Report 10 Feb 2008 14:27

I have been given access to someones tree and permission to copy the details as we both have same family members!!
Can you please tell me how I copy all the details without having to indivdually read and type out
I only want one family from his tree and he will want part of mine
hoping someone can help
Val

Sue in Somerset

Sue in Somerset Report 10 Feb 2008 16:11

If you only want one family then it is going to be best if you copy and paste the details of the relevant people carefully onto something like a word document and then copy and paste details you are sure of into your own tree.

I'd be very unlikely to want to copy a chunk of someone else's research and transfer it straight to my own tree as I'd need to double check any details anyway.

Sue

Nicola

Nicola Report 10 Feb 2008 17:08

you can copy one person at a time on to the clip board. this copies all the details about that person not just the name and dob. If i'm doing this I open 2 windows one with tree I'm copying from and one for the one I'm copying to. I then put the members onto the clipboard one generation at a time and then paste them one generation at a time This makes it less likeley you'll make a mistake and its easy to check that you've not got people in the wrong generation (easy when they all chose the same names).
And sue of course it right that many people would want to check all the details first- but some (like me!) are just too eager and are doing this for a bit of fun rather than as a science and some know that the sotce of tehir info is certain.

Good luck
Nicola.

Val :~)   from West Wirral

Val :~) from West Wirral Report 10 Feb 2008 17:47

Thank you both for your help
I have been typing since I put on my thread
But I had already read through the tree to know they were my family so had to fill in the details!!
what a life we lead hehe!!
many thanks
val