Don't delete the unwanted records from the GEDCOM file that you've been sent - you may just want some of them one day.
Instead, import the file into Legacy and save it as a separate Legacy file to your main database, and make changes to that. You can always import the original GEDCOM file again later on if you need or want to. I presume you already know who you want to keep from this file? There's more than one way you can approach the task of separating them from the others... You could assign a tag to the ones you want to keep and export the wanted to a new file. Tag the unwanted records and delete them (advanced deleting). Unlink the wanted from the unwanted, go to Tree Finder and tag the unwanted trees, then delete them. Lots of choices. Remember to work with a copy (which the imported file will be) so you can go back if you need to. Kind Regards, Wendy Sbcglobal (oldersoul) said the following on 16/05/2012 11:25 a.m.: > 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
