Cheryl, Maybe you could do it by some advanced tagging.
Tag all descendants with Tag # (a) (whatever number you want, make sure to clear all of that tag number first) Tag all of the desc of the unwanted persons with Tag # (b) (a number of your choice different from the first number) Unlink from the parents the unwanted person whom you want to delete descendants of. Tag all the descendants again of the parents with Tag # (c) Since the unwanted persons are no longer linked their descendants should not be tagged in this step. Verify that all the persons tagged with B have no tags c Once you have that done you can either export all persons NOT tagged b and start a new file with the gedcom. Or select all persons tagged b and use advanced delete. Hope that helps. Jay On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:11 PM, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Kurt, but deselecting them is as much work as > deleting them one at a time. :( Did I mention that in the > generation to be deleted there are close to 1000 persons? > > Looks as if I'll just have to live with them in there but > unlinked. > > Cheryl > > Kurt Kneeland wrote: > > I think tagging would be easiest. Tag Descendants of the starting > person, then untag the sub-lineages and or individuals that you don't want. > Then on Export Gedcom, set the Record selection to just the tagged > individuals. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: singhals [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 6:13 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Legacy 7/7.5 > > > > In either Deluxe or freem *IS* there a way to delete an entire line? > Nor just unlink them, delete them? > > > > I need a 6 gen descendants GED AND the 7th gen (4 persons) > > of two of the 3 people in the 6th gen. I don't want the > > descendants of the 3rd person. > > > > Can it be done? > > > > Cheryl > > > > > 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
