Hello, Dave. You can do it as follows: 1) Select yourself 2) Select all of your ancestors and their descendants like this: 2a) Search Individual List (CTRL+F) 2b) Click Advanced > 2c) In the relationship filter, choose ancestors in the drop-down list, click select and enter the number of generations of ancestors you want to include in your GEDCOM (to be sure, enter a large number, such as 50), then do the same for the generations of descendants (this will be descendants of your ancestors; for example, if you choose 3 and 3, this will include you, your parents, your grandparents, then three generations of your descendants, three generations from your parents, meaning you, your siblings, you children, and your nephews and nieces, and three from your grandparents, meaning your parents, uncles and nieces, yourself and siblings, and your cousins). You can decide whether you want to check spouses, too. (I would, no point in having hundreds of blood relatives without their "not-related-to-me" moms or dads) 2d) click OK. 2e) In the relationship filter, you can choose descendants in the drop-down list, just to be sure because you may have already included all possible descendants through step 2c above. You can decide whether you want to check spouses, too. (Again, I would, no point in including my grandchildren but not my son-ins-law and daughters-in-law) 2f) click OK. 3) Now you can go to File>Export and export a GEDCOM with this partial list of individuals. (I can give more details about this, but I guess you can move on by yourself from this point on.) -------------------------------------------------- From: "david whittall" <davidandmargaret@talktalk.net> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:48 AM To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Subject: [LDS-WC] PAF5 Blood lines > Hi, > I have over 30,000 names in my tree in PAF 5. > How can I create a Gedcom of just my blood relatives from this tree, which > includes many relations linked through in - laws families etc . > Which has grown like Topsy into an unmanageable monster. > Would be grateful for some help. > Thanks > Dave Whittall > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Jorge, I now have a more more manageable family tree of 2700 people including my wife's blood line too. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Todeschini" <jorgetodeschini@hotmail.com> To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] PAF5 Blood lines > Hello, Dave. > > You can do it as follows: > 1) Select yourself > 2) Select all of your ancestors and their descendants like this: > 2a) Search Individual List (CTRL+F) > 2b) Click Advanced > > 2c) In the relationship filter, choose ancestors in the drop-down list, > click select and enter the number of generations of ancestors you want to > include in your GEDCOM (to be sure, enter a large number, such as 50), > then > do the same for the generations of descendants (this will be descendants > of > your ancestors; for example, if you choose 3 and 3, this will include you, > your parents, your grandparents, then three generations of your > descendants, > three generations from your parents, meaning you, your siblings, you > children, and your nephews and nieces, and three from your grandparents, > meaning your parents, uncles and nieces, yourself and siblings, and your > cousins). You can decide whether you want to check spouses, too. (I would, > no point in having hundreds of blood relatives without their > "not-related-to-me" moms or dads) > 2d) click OK. > 2e) In the relationship filter, you can choose descendants in the > drop-down > list, just to be sure because you may have already included all possible > descendants through step 2c above. You can decide whether you want to > check > spouses, too. (Again, I would, no point in including my grandchildren but > not my son-ins-law and daughters-in-law) > 2f) click OK. > 3) Now you can go to File>Export and export a GEDCOM with this partial > list > of individuals. (I can give more details about this, but I guess you can > move on by yourself from this point on.) > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "david whittall" <davidandmargaret@talktalk.net> > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:48 AM > To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [LDS-WC] PAF5 Blood lines > >> Hi, >> I have over 30,000 names in my tree in PAF 5. >> How can I create a Gedcom of just my blood relatives from this tree, >> which >> includes many relations linked through in - laws families etc . >> Which has grown like Topsy into an unmanageable monster. >> Would be grateful for some help. >> Thanks >> Dave Whittall >> >> Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >