My husband and I share an apple id. How do we seperate them withou losing anything to use the Family Sharing?

Using iPhone 4S, iOS 8
When we first got our iphones we set up to share our iTunes account so we only had to buy an app once. Now with Family Sharing we want to separate into our own apple IDs. We plan to get new iPhone 6 s soon and want to back up what we can to the iCloud to make it easier. What is the best way to do this without losing any info? I want to keep my apple ID and create a new one for my husband.

Hi Christy,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Family Sharing will make it easy for you to setup a new Apple ID for your husband, while allowing purchases to be shared between accounts. Take a look at the article below for information about the Family Sharing features and how to set it up.
Family Sharing
Cheers!
-Jason

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