Having discovered that I have made a wrong call and researched/added a whole branch (of about 20 names), is it possible to delete the branch, or must it be one by one?
In message <009f01d4a7e6$04bd52a0$0e37f7e0$@internode.on.net>, Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net> writes: >Having discovered that I have made a wrong call and researched/added a whole >branch (of about 20 names), is it possible to delete the branch, or must it >be one by one? [] I can't think of a way; I'd be interested in any suggestion. In the meantime, if you delete the root of the join, _finding_ the others may be aided by use of the "unconnected branch" utility - from the Edit screen, Reports, Other, unlinked branch, Preview. This will identify one at a time - tedious, but for about 20 off, achievable. (You can probably reduce the number by working from the oldest ancestor, and also - depending on whether the unwanted branch was mostly added at once or over a period of time - judicious use of the + and - buttons.) I have a large unlinked branch, but - mainly because of the effort involved in gathering it - I'm leaving it in, as I suspect I _will_ get a link between it and my main tree sometime, if only a marriage. Do you not think you'll ever link to any of your floating 20? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "Does Barbie come with Ken?" "Barbie comes with G.I. Joe. She fakes it with Ken." - anonymous
To Bill Webster For 20 people, it might be just as easy to write down their BK numbers, and delete them one by one. However, there is a way to delete the entire group. First make a backup. (Keep this backup safe for a few days or longer.) Then to delete a group, you use File, Split Database, and create a new folder name, then when it asks you to select people, first press F3 (Function 3) on the keyboard and it will say "option to keep same BK code numbers." Then select everyone with Range from 1 to the end. Then pick the option near the bottom right to De-select people. Then pick the group you do not want (and they will be removed from the selected number.) Then pick Copy to copy the remaining people to the new folder. When it is done, pick File, Open Database, and open your new folder. It will index the names, and then you should have everyone except for the people you de-selected. Since the new database is in a new folder, you can either use that folder, OR you can Backup that one to a new place, and then open your old data folder and then Restore the new one over the old one. John Steed ________________________________ From: Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 6:39 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Delete a branch? Having discovered that I have made a wrong call and researched/added a whole branch (of about 20 names), is it possible to delete the branch, or must it be one by one? _______________________________________________ Remember - Use the Archives at https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchiver.rootsweb.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=XVQ52EJkOYVbfH0gbBDhuWDjbGfVMypiqSfpG201geY%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Frootswebpref&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=40vxG%2BRaZVPuR%2BJuIb4%2Bjs%2BpWUFI%2F0VSXJ9gLtgqUcs%3D&reserved=0 Unsubscribe https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Fbk%40rootsweb.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=%2Fiq9AUzR6qC%2BBLKua%2ByQv7bf%2B5YywsmkrRzVmQuTbN8%3D&reserved=0 Privacy Statement: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2JWBOdY&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=wRJel7O%2BzWxKTZAM%2FqEpyoKetxZpvk995q4EV4d7yRg%3D&reserved=0 Terms and Conditions: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2HDBym9&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=UwHWoDK5i3SKopTgCXknZEDque1pcnQjFWzTp6HAYjI%3D&reserved=0 Rootsweb Blog: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.blog&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=wSPUm%2BgSJyqHBZAjdtq7RE9pia5ty75hLxgMinorCho%3D&reserved=0 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community
Thanks John and John. I ended up printing out ancestor and descendant charts including BK numbers to make sure I knew all of them. From these, in the program, I worked back from children to parents, crossing each one off on the chart as s/he was deleted. After that the program prompted me to I re-index. Bill PS. Some part of this branch had been imported by a Gedcom from a tree I had put together in Ancestry from its hints. It was remarkable how many mistakes I had made there (duplicated people, wrong mother, etc.). -----Original Message----- From: John Steed [mailto:brothers_keeper@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2019 1:14 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Re: Delete a branch? To Bill Webster For 20 people, it might be just as easy to write down their BK numbers, and delete them one by one. However, there is a way to delete the entire group. First make a backup. (Keep this backup safe for a few days or longer.) Then to delete a group, you use File, Split Database, and create a new folder name, then when it asks you to select people, first press F3 (Function 3) on the keyboard and it will say "option to keep same BK code numbers." Then select everyone with Range from 1 to the end. Then pick the option near the bottom right to De-select people. Then pick the group you do not want (and they will be removed from the selected number.) Then pick Copy to copy the remaining people to the new folder. When it is done, pick File, Open Database, and open your new folder. It will index the names, and then you should have everyone except for the people you de-selected. Since the new database is in a new folder, you can either use that folder, OR you can Backup that one to a new place, and then open your old data folder and then Restore the new one over the old one. John Steed ________________________________ From: Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 6:39 AM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] Delete a branch? Having discovered that I have made a wrong call and researched/added a whole branch (of about 20 names), is it possible to delete the branch, or must it be one by one? _______________________________________________ Remember - Use the Archives at https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchiver.ro otsweb.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d6 75fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586& ;sdata=XVQ52EJkOYVbfH0gbBDhuWDjbGfVMypiqSfpG201geY%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fro otswebpref&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7f e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=40vxG%2BRaZV PuR%2BJuIb4%2Bjs%2BpWUFI%2F0VSXJ9gLtgqUcs%3D&reserved=0 Unsubscribe https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.root sweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Fbk%40rootsweb.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29f ad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636 826127668964586&sdata=%2Fiq9AUzR6qC%2BBLKua%2ByQv7bf%2B5YywsmkrRzVmQuTbN 8%3D&reserved=0 Privacy Statement: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me %2F2JWBOdY&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7f e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=wRJel7O%2BzW xKTZAM%2FqEpyoKetxZpvk995q4EV4d7yRg%3D&reserved=0 Terms and Conditions: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me %2F2HDBym9&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7f e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=UwHWoDK5i3SK opTgCXknZEDque1pcnQjFWzTp6HAYjI%3D&reserved=0 Rootsweb Blog: https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.bl og&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640af b435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=wSPUm%2BgSJyqHBZAjdt q7RE9pia5ty75hLxgMinorCho%3D&reserved=0 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community _______________________________________________ Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/bk@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 9, 2019, at 5:44 PM, Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Thanks John and John. > I ended up printing out ancestor and descendant charts including BK numbers > to make sure I knew all of them. > From these, in the program, I worked back from children to parents, crossing > each one off on the chart as s/he was deleted. > After that the program prompted me to I re-index. > Bill > PS. Some part of this branch had been imported by a Gedcom from a tree I > had put together in Ancestry from its hints. It was remarkable how many > mistakes I had made there (duplicated people, wrong mother, etc.). > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Steed [mailto:brothers_keeper@msn.com] > Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2019 1:14 AM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BK] Re: Delete a branch? > > To Bill Webster > > For 20 people, it might be just as easy to write down their BK numbers, and > delete them one by one. > > However, there is a way to delete the entire group. > > First make a backup. (Keep this backup safe for a few days or longer.) > > Then to delete a group, you use File, Split Database, and create a new > folder name, then when it asks you to select people, first press F3 > (Function 3) on the keyboard and it will say "option to keep same BK code > numbers." > > Then select everyone with Range from 1 to the end. > > Then pick the option near the bottom right to De-select people. > > Then pick the group you do not want (and they will be removed from the > selected number.) > > Then pick Copy to copy the remaining people to the new folder. > > When it is done, pick File, Open Database, and open your new folder. It > will index the names, and then you should have everyone except for the > people you de-selected. > > Since the new database is in a new folder, you can either use that folder, > OR you can Backup that one to a new place, and then open your old data > folder and then Restore the new one over the old one. > > John Steed > > ________________________________ > From: Bill Webster <wbwebster@internode.on.net> > Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 6:39 AM > To: bk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BK] Delete a branch? > > Having discovered that I have made a wrong call and researched/added a whole > branch (of about 20 names), is it possible to delete the branch, or must it > be one by one? > > > _______________________________________________ > Remember - Use the Archives at > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchiver.ro > otsweb.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d6 > 75fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586& > ;sdata=XVQ52EJkOYVbfH0gbBDhuWDjbGfVMypiqSfpG201geY%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fro > otswebpref&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7f > e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=40vxG%2BRaZV > PuR%2BJuIb4%2Bjs%2BpWUFI%2F0VSXJ9gLtgqUcs%3D&reserved=0 > Unsubscribe > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.root > sweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Fbk%40rootsweb.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29f > ad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636 > 826127668964586&sdata=%2Fiq9AUzR6qC%2BBLKua%2ByQv7bf%2B5YywsmkrRzVmQuTbN > 8%3D&reserved=0 > Privacy Statement: > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me > %2F2JWBOdY&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7f > e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=wRJel7O%2BzW > xKTZAM%2FqEpyoKetxZpvk995q4EV4d7yRg%3D&reserved=0 Terms and Conditions: > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me > %2F2HDBym9&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7f > e9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=UwHWoDK5i3SK > opTgCXknZEDque1pcnQjFWzTp6HAYjI%3D&reserved=0 > Rootsweb Blog: > https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.bl > og&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfa29fad56f394d828a9b08d675fd31f6%7C84df9e7fe9f640af > b435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636826127668964586&sdata=wSPUm%2BgSJyqHBZAjdt > q7RE9pia5ty75hLxgMinorCho%3D&reserved=0 > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/bk@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/bk@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community