Trees an Named Lists

Johnyeates · Post by **Johnyeates** » 31 May 2012 14:41

I have created a 'Named List' by running several 'All Relatives' queries on different Root people and adding them to the Named List.
I now have a list of people that are all generally related.
Is there any way that I can create a Tree/Diagram from the Named List ?
I have tried inserting trees into diagrams but there is too much overlap and I can't seem to be able to manually merge them together.
Any help will be appreciated.

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Post by **tatewise** » 31 May 2012 15:25

Try the following approach, but the Diagram may be more complex than you would like.

Use View > Standard Diagram Types > Everyone
Use Diagram > Selection & Marks > Select All Boxes = Ctrl-A
Use Diagram > Selection & Marks > Mark/Unmark Boxes = Ctrl-M
Use Diagram > Selection & Marks > Set/Clear Marks for Individuals matching Query
Choose Unmark all diagram boxes for individuals found by query
Select the Named List Members standard Query
Click Run Query and choose your Named List
Use Diagram > Hide/Show Boxes > Hide Selected Boxes

Johnyeates · Post by **Johnyeates** » 31 May 2012 16:18

Thanks for the quick response.
I'm afraid the procedure didn't work, when Hide Selected Boxes is selected I get the Error Message Cannot Hide Root Person.
I have made the Root person one of the people in the Named Mebers List and I have also cleared the File Root and shut down FH and re-started it in case there was a File Root Flag Set.
I always get the same Error message on attempting to hide the selected boxes.
By the way I am on V4.1.3
John

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 31 May 2012 17:21

Mike will probably be able to help better on this, but because the root person is in the named list, and they are the ones you want to show, then you need to invert the query, to only mark those in the list.
On second thoughts, mark all first, then unmark those in the named list.
Then hide marked

Post by **tatewise** » 01 Jun 2012 09:29

Yes, sorry, I got the selecting and marking the wrong way round, so try this:

Ensure the currently selected Individual is one of those in your Named List set.
Use View > Standard Diagram Types > Everyone
Use Diagram > Selection & Marks > Set/Clear Marks for Individuals matching Query
Select the Named List Members standard Query
Click Run Query and choose your Named List
Use Diagram > Selection & Marks > Invert Selection
Use Diagram > Hide/Show Boxes > Hide Selected Boxes

Johnyeates · Post by **Johnyeates** » 02 Jun 2012 12:38

My Version 4.1.3 doesn't have
Diagram > Selection & Marks > Invert Selection
as an option, or am I looking in the wrong place.

Johnyeates · Post by **Johnyeates** » 02 Jun 2012 13:46

I have found the easiest way of getting the result that I wanted was to Export Gedcom using the Named List query (I didn't need the Media etc, just facts).
I can now Email the PDF Tree and delete the Gedcom afterwards.
Thanks everyone for your help.
John

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