I just received a gedcom who did the responsible thing and changed the given names of all living folks to "Living". Since these people were born long after our lines crossed, I would like to just delete them. Is there a way to identify all these folks and do some kind of mass deletion. I estimate the number is around 700 and I sure don't want to manually delete 700 people. Thanks, Jim

I think that you can import the GEDCOM into an new, empty database, then export a GEDCOM of everyone but those who's given name contains "living" File menu, GEDCOM - Export GEDCOM, Give it a name and a place to reside. Select People to Export - General - and other options- Click the green, Mark button, Everyone, Go to the red side, Unmark, and click on "Find" In which Field, select "Given Names" In Comparison, select contains In Search for enter Living Click OK Click OK Import this newly created GEDCOM into another new, empty database and check it out. If it is exactly what you want in your main database, you can import it there. Otherwise, you can do some more editing. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Winfrey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: [FO] Deleting Imported Individuals > I just received a gedcom who did the responsible thing and changed the given > names of all living folks to "Living". Since these people were born long > after our lines crossed, I would like to just delete them. Is there a way > to identify all these folks and do some kind of mass deletion. I estimate > the number is around 700 and I sure don't want to manually delete 700 > people. > > Thanks, > > Jim >

"Jim Winfrey" <[email protected]> wrote: >I just received a gedcom who did the responsible thing and changed the given >names of all living folks to "Living". Since these people were born long >after our lines crossed, I would like to just delete them. Is there a way >to identify all these folks and do some kind of mass deletion. I estimate >the number is around 700 and I sure don't want to manually delete 700 >people. After you import the gedcom file to a new database, either export a new gedcom file or make still another new database and drag & drop selected people to it. To choose which people to select, first mark everyone in the database and then unmark the ones where you find the given name contains "living". Your second new database will then contain only those who are not named "living". Wayne League