1) import the GEDCOM into a new Legacy database 2) decide what you are going to pull into your "main" file from this new Legacy file (clean up the new data as necessary) 3) Use Split View to drag and drop the pieces you wish and as many generations up or down that you want 4) Merge any duplicates you may have imported Ron Taylor
--- On Tue, 5/15/12, Sbcglobal (oldersoul) <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sbcglobal (oldersoul) <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] How to delete tons of people > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 5:25 PM > I have received a gedcom file from a > fellow researcher. > It contains about 6000 records. I would like to have > about 200 records from it. Is there a way I could > easily do a mass delete of certain selected records. > Or could I export a gedcom from it of only a few > selected records. > > I can't select a descendant report to export, that would > be too many records. I would like a few more records > than would be found on a pedigree report. I haven't > figured out how to select certain records for a gedcom > export anyway. > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
