Hi Ira, Mike My source references are mostly to a personal archive and do not mean anything to anybody else. This is the main reason for deleting the sources. I like your idea about first making a copy of the file and then remove (with the source tool) all the sources i do not want to export. (Saves me to make an extra gedcom ex- and import. And copying the origan file via backup/restore goes faster.) Still i appreciate it that Ira is putting this function on the wishlist. Thanks for the help. Regards. Jos Weijenberg ------------------------------------------------- zie header voor mijn emailadres ------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Calder" <mikecalder@optusnet.com.au> To: "'A.J.M. Weijenberg'" <a.j.m.weijenberg@hccnet.nl>; <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: RE: [CFTW] Remove Source data in Gedcom > G'day Jos, > > > In some cases i do not like to give too much > > data. > > That makes plenty of sense to me - BUT - > > > If i also do not > > want to include source data > > Why would you not want to do this? > > If I get data from others I ALWAYS want to know their sources even if it > is something like "My mother" otherwise such data is at best a "myth". > With the example given it may well still be a myth ;-). > > > The question i have is; is there an easier way to do this? > > I assume that there are only SOME sources you do not wish to divulge - > say "UK Prison Records 1935". In this case the event may well be > sensitive and could be excluded in the Export process. > > 1. I would do a restore of a backup file, with a new name. > > 2. I would remove any sources not wanted using Source Editor. > > 3. I would then do the GEDCOM export. > > Don't know if it would work but it should save you one step of your > Export -> Import -> Export procedure. > > Cheers.... > > Mike. > > Mike CALDER > EMAIL: mikecalder@optusnet.com.au > WEB: http://members.optusnet.com.au/mikecalder/ > >