Clooz uses Access to store its data. That is a very expensive program and many people don't have it, which is why I didn't mention that. Liz At 11:20 AM 7/1/2006, Al Jensen wrote: >What database format does Clooz use, (SQL, Access,??)? > >If it uses a standard database, you should be able to access the database >using the database program, sort or select by desired field(s), and edit or >delete selected records enmasse. We do it every day in databases. > >Al Jensen >-----Original Message----- >From: Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CG, CGL >[mailto:liz@ancestordetective.com] >Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:50 AM >To: Clooz-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [Clooz] Too Many People > > >At 09:27 AM 6/30/2006, Mwilson wrote: > >2. When I first started using Clooz (way back) I was able to import > >all my people. Now I find that extremely cumbersome as I'm sure > >some of the people I will NEVER have documents or records for. So, > >is there any way to get rid of them (hundreds) without manually > >deleting each one? I just really want to work with mostly my direct > >lines without all the generations of collateral people. Maybe I > >should just start over & import a gedcom of the folks I want, start > >a new database and then add the others manually as I find info about > >them? If I do that, what happens to all the material I've already > >entered in this database?? Is there some way to get it into the new >database?? > >There's no easy way to cull your list of people, sorry. I'm not sure >that we can make that any easier anyway. It's a database and you need >to select each entry that you want to delete. >There's also no easy way to get stuff into a new database. There are >linkages that would need to be reestablished between people and >documents. It would be better to manually delete the people you don't >want in there. Or, just ignore them. You may find records on them some day. > >Liz > >______________________________