This is something I've wanted to do for years, but I've never been able to find how to do it. All I want is to select a number of people from a record list, and add them all - with their ancestors or descendants or both - to a diagram all in one go.
It seems to be possible to add a number of people to a list for diagramming, but then when I click OK, it says 'No more than 1 item may be selected'. So what's the point of allowing them to be added to a selection list in the first place?
At present I'm 'Adding into Diagram' one at a time, which is irritatingly laborious, because you have to go through the whole selection process from the beginning every time. I suppose I could create a new temporary file every time, by adding the selected people to a named list and doing a Split Tree on a copy of the file to delete everyone else, but it seems to me that this is such an obvious thing to want to do that I must be missing something. Help!
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* Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
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tatewise
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Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
Assuming all the Individuals are related, then try using an All Relatives Diagram with a Couple as the root, as discussed in the second marriage thread.
If that does not include everyone you want, the techniques discussed in All Relatives Diagram add additional spouses may help.
Alternatively, there is View > Standard Diagram Types > Everyone but that can be quite untidy if you have a large family tree.
If that does not include everyone you want, the techniques discussed in All Relatives Diagram add additional spouses may help.
Alternatively, there is View > Standard Diagram Types > Everyone but that can be quite untidy if you have a large family tree.
Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
Hi, thanks for the reply! Perhaps I should explain why I want to do this.
If I'm trying to add into the file the marriage of a Mary Tilsed in 1763, I like to have all the candidate Mary Tilseds on one diagram. At present I go through the record list and expand all Mary Tilseds, then go through and 'close up' the ones that were born too late, already married, in the wrong part of the county, etc. Then I would like to select all the ones who are still expanded and put them all into a diagram for further consideration, to see if I can determine which of the christened Mary Tilseds is the bride.
I do almost everything in diagrams; for example with a marriage I was looking at last night I had three candidate Elizabeth Tilseds for the bride, and two candidate Mary Tilseds for the witness. By getting all five ladies and their families onto one diagram it was easy to see that one of the Marys was sister to one of the Elizabeths, and that furthermore a third sister was married to the other witness. I could therefore be reasonably sure exactly which Elizabeth and Mary were participating in this wedding. My mind just can't get around all that without the diagram, but it takes ages to add each new tree manually.
If I'm trying to add into the file the marriage of a Mary Tilsed in 1763, I like to have all the candidate Mary Tilseds on one diagram. At present I go through the record list and expand all Mary Tilseds, then go through and 'close up' the ones that were born too late, already married, in the wrong part of the county, etc. Then I would like to select all the ones who are still expanded and put them all into a diagram for further consideration, to see if I can determine which of the christened Mary Tilseds is the bride.
I do almost everything in diagrams; for example with a marriage I was looking at last night I had three candidate Elizabeth Tilseds for the bride, and two candidate Mary Tilseds for the witness. By getting all five ladies and their families onto one diagram it was easy to see that one of the Marys was sister to one of the Elizabeths, and that furthermore a third sister was married to the other witness. I could therefore be reasonably sure exactly which Elizabeth and Mary were participating in this wedding. My mind just can't get around all that without the diagram, but it takes ages to add each new tree manually.
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tatewise
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Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
OK, I understand. FH V5 introduced some new Navigation features that may have escaped your notice.
You can now open multiple Diagrams at the same time, each one instantly selectable via the left-hand vertical Navigation Bar.
Also by using the Window menubar command these Diagram Windows can be Cascaded or Tiled Horizontally/Vertically or even manually arranged, sized & zoomed independently.
This allows you to compare several Diagrams at once, and as each candidate Individual is discounted you can close their Diagram Window.
By investing in an extra monitor, you could even double the number of Diagrams on view at the same time.
You can now open multiple Diagrams at the same time, each one instantly selectable via the left-hand vertical Navigation Bar.
Also by using the Window menubar command these Diagram Windows can be Cascaded or Tiled Horizontally/Vertically or even manually arranged, sized & zoomed independently.
This allows you to compare several Diagrams at once, and as each candidate Individual is discounted you can close their Diagram Window.
By investing in an extra monitor, you could even double the number of Diagrams on view at the same time.
Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
Ah, that sounds like a reasonable workaround. I often have lots of diagrams open at once, but it had never occurred to me that I could display more than one at a time! Many thanks for the advice.
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Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
Something else you can do which is probably nearer what you were trying to do by another way, I know it works as I use it for the same reason.
Open a diagram, say an 'All relatives' then under Menu 'Diagram' select 'Insert into diagram' select say 'All relatives' again and from there select the person you want to view alongside your previous selection. it will then put that person on to your diagram and you can drag it to a suitable position. If necessary you can repeat the process for more selections. All the expansion points will still work so you can choose as much or as little as you want to see. Once you have ruled out a candidate slide it to one side or delete it. If you want to keep the diagram you can save it to use again.
Open a diagram, say an 'All relatives' then under Menu 'Diagram' select 'Insert into diagram' select say 'All relatives' again and from there select the person you want to view alongside your previous selection. it will then put that person on to your diagram and you can drag it to a suitable position. If necessary you can repeat the process for more selections. All the expansion points will still work so you can choose as much or as little as you want to see. Once you have ruled out a candidate slide it to one side or delete it. If you want to keep the diagram you can save it to use again.
Adding Multiple People to a Diagram
Hi Keith, thanks for taking the time to reply. This is in fact exactly what I have been doing all these years (I should have said 'Insert into Diagram' where I said 'Adding into Diagram'), but I find it rather long-winded and it's also worryingly easy to lose track of which ones of my list I have added so far!