Family Historian User Group

I felt sure that this was covered in the help or elsewhere - but I can't find it!  In order to split off a section of a tree I've been sent, in order to import it, I have created a named list for all the people I want to keep in the tree.  I was then trying to delete from the larger tree everyone except those on my named list.  According to the user manual, I can do this by creating a query and then using the split/merge files helper.  However, I'm not confident creating my own custom query to deal with this, and couldn't find a customised one on the site.  Has anyone already done this, or could anyone explain it very simply to me?  I'm fairly computer-literate but get very easily confused when it looks like programming language...
Thanks in advance.
Diane

ID:788

Create a custom query based on individuals.

1. Click on the Query buttom
2. Click on the Query Menu Icon
3. Select New custom query
4. Enter a name (eg All to Keep) for your query and base on indivuduals (in the drop down tab)
5. Click on the Rows column
6. Click on the List Tab
7. Select you list in the drop down.
8. Press the run button and you should see all the people you want to keep in the file.

Do the split
1. Make a new copy of the file using save as
2. Select split tree helper from the File menu.
3. Select your query and set the other settings as below.



This will then remove all people and families etc not referenced by your list.

Dear Jane

Thank you so much for this 'idiot's guide'. This idiot found it very easy to follow, and I'm now feeling very smug at having completed a complex merge. Thanks as always for your prompt response.

Best
Diane