I would create a new database into which I would import the gedcom. Then, I would find and export ONLY those families or lines that were tied to my genealogy. Import those into another new database and just clean up those rather than messing with the original gedcom/database. -- Happy Hunting!! -- Paul Houston, TX, USA ICQ #73314929 Researching: VA - WHITE,LIPSCOMB,HILL,JOHNSON,SAUNDERS, TALBOT,TATE,EVANS NC - SMITH, BOSWELL, RHODES, CAPEHART,MORRIS, MARSHE, BRITT,SHAW View my American Ancestry at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paulrsmith **************** FREE Credit Card Referral Program. Quick money AND residual, lifetime income! CHECK IT OUT !! http://smithecomservices.tripod.com *************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne League" <wleague@mindspring.com> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [FO] Hoe to edit Notes > Bryce L Hager <bryce@gulftel.com> wrote: > > > > >I am using FO8.03 and opened a new data base and imported a GED > >COM. everything went well except there is double notes on the > >people that had notes on them. The problem is to edit each of > >them is not practical as there ore over 65000 in the file. > > It sounds like you are saying that you found a gedcom file somewhere > that has 65000 people in it and and all the notes are written twice, > or duplicated. > If that's the case then there's not much you can do about it. Since > all the notes are different, any kind of global editing is out. > You'll have to fix them one at a time. Someone has really fouled up > years and years of work by doubling the notes. > But that's not so far out, since you normally need to go over any new > gedcom with a fine tooth comb anyway, to check the data and make its > format agree with your data. Fixing all those notes is not too much > extra work besides what you would need to do anyway. The unusual > thing is the enormous size of the gedcom file. > 65000 people in a database is the result of years and years of > research work and you should not expect to zap all that into a > database with little or no effort. > > Wayne League > > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > PLEASE send personal replies and "THANK YOU" message privately. All messages on this list are archived and archiving takes up valuable space. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >