How do I move my iphone/ipad and laptop to a separate account?

My family and I have shared the same itunes account/appleID and have waay too many devices to keep track of. Presently there are 3 of us, we are homesharing the account on our individual lap tops and each have our own iphone and ipads backed up our personal laptop. We've had some confusion with devices mixing and matching our email addresses and phone numbers for facetime and messaging - this is the real reason I want to seperate the accounts. However, I don't want to lose anything I purchased on my new ipad, including the updates.
If I just synched my devices with my own laptop, will there be any negative side effects of creating a new apple ID and itunes account that is specific for me?
will this completely remove my devices from the existing account or must i do that manually by changing the apple id on the phone and ipad?
is there an ideal order of steps to do this, meaning creating the new appleID, new itunes and getting my devices to use them?
how will I be able to delete the association of my devices to the exisiting appleID or will that automatically occur when the devices are given a new apple ID? I know a homeshare is limited to a set number of devices and I can't remember how to take one off.
Should I turn off homeshare at my laptop since my laptop and devices will switch itunes accounts from that of the spouse and teen?
thanks

should I just cry uncle and go to the local genius bar for instructions lol

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