I need to create a Gedcom file for MyHeritage and finally created a focus group that makes a good gedcom of 6 generations of ancestors, 5 generations of their descendants, and all their spouses.  I used "suppress details of living people" which eliminated their events, but still output their names and sex.  I don't have permission from all these people to publish their names and family relationships on the web.  Is there a way to not list them in the gedcom?  If not, can I edit the gedcom to either eliminate them or change their names to "Private?"

Robert, A similar question was just asked on the WhollyGenes Forum (which is still accepting posts). See my suggestions here: http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?/topic/17941-hiding-data/#entry70621

At 3/12/2018 11:57, Robert Livingston wrote >I need to create a Gedcom file for MyHeritage >and finally created a focus group that makes a >good gedcom of 6 generations of ancestors, 5 >generations of their descendants, and all their >spouses. I used "suppress details of living >people" which eliminated their events, but still >output their names and sex. I don't have >permission from all these people to publish >their names and family relationships on the >web. Is there a way to not list them in the gedcom? You can delete individuals from the Focus Group which will keep them outy of the GEDCOM file. This can be one at a time or hold the Shift key down and click on each person to be deleted. When all have been selected, click on the [Remove Selected] button. >If not, can I edit the gedcom to either >eliminate them or change their names to "Private?" This is another option. It is a bit more tedious than just removing them altogether, but this allow the reader to see that persons exist, their gender, and any other information that might be left. I prefer this even with the extra work. But, this may depend on how many of these you have. Be sure to edit the GEDCOM in a text editor (such as the NOTEPAD editor of Windows) or if you use a word processor, be sure to save the changes as a text-only file with the .GED file extension. Lee

On 3/12/2018 11:57 AM, Robert Livingston wrote: > I need to create a Gedcom file for MyHeritage and finally created a focus group that makes a good gedcom of 6 generations of ancestors, 5 generations of their descendants, and all their spouses.  I used "suppress details of living people" which eliminated their events, but still output their names and sex.  I don't have permission from all these people to publish their names and family relationships on the web.  Is there a way to not list them in the gedcom? Robert, Sure. Remove their names from the Focus Group. > If not, can I edit the gedcom to either eliminate them or change their names to "Private?" You could, but I think you would have to do it one-by-one, which would be much more tedious I think than removing their names from the FG. Terry Reigel

Michael, Lee, Terry, Thanks for the ideas, but I'd been hoping there was a way to use the living flag with the focus group to have TMG not generate living people at all.  I've got about 500 living descendants and spouses to delete or edit and both methods seem prone to making mistakes and are time consuming.  I may mull this one over for awhile. Bob From: Terry Reigel <[email protected]> To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:54 PM Subject: [TMG] Re: Gedcom of Living People On 3/12/2018 11:57 AM, Robert Livingston wrote: > I need to create a Gedcom file for MyHeritage and finally created a focus group that makes a good gedcom of 6 generations of ancestors, 5 generations of their descendants, and all their spouses.  I used "suppress details of living people" which eliminated their events, but still output their names and sex.  I don't have permission from all these people to publish their names and family relationships on the web.  Is there a way to not list them in the gedcom? Robert, Sure. Remove their names from the Focus Group. > If not, can I edit the gedcom to either eliminate them or change their names to "Private?" You could, but I think you would have to do it one-by-one, which would be much more tedious I think than removing their names from the FG. Terry Reigel The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html

Robert, Maybe I'm missing something, but why isn't your Focus Group including a filter on the Living flag to exclude living people? John Cordes On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:29:54PM +0000, Robert Livingston wrote: > Michael, Lee, Terry, > Thanks for the ideas, but I'd been hoping there was a way to use the living flag with the focus group to have TMG not generate living people at all.  I've got about 500 living descendants and spouses to delete or edit and both methods seem prone to making mistakes and are time consuming.  I may mull this one over for awhile. > > Bob > From: Terry Reigel <[email protected]> > To: The Master Genealogist Rootsweb Email List <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 12:54 PM > Subject: [TMG] Re: Gedcom of Living People > > On 3/12/2018 11:57 AM, Robert Livingston wrote: > > I need to create a Gedcom file for MyHeritage and finally created a focus group that makes a good gedcom of 6 generations of ancestors, 5 generations of their descendants, and all their spouses.  I used "suppress details of living people" which eliminated their events, but still output their names and sex.  I don't have permission from all these people to publish their names and family relationships on the web.  Is there a way to not list them in the gedcom? > Robert, > > Sure. Remove their names from the Focus Group. > > > If not, can I edit the gedcom to either eliminate them or change their names to "Private?" > > You could, but I think you would have to do it one-by-one, which would > be much more tedious I think than removing their names from the FG. > > Terry Reigel

On 3/12/2018 8:35 PM, John Cordes wrote: > Robert, > > Maybe I'm missing something, but why isn't your Focus Group > including a filter on the Living flag to exclude living people? John, Because there is no provision in Focus Groups for filtering based on flags or anything else. Terry Reigel

Terry, Sorry, I wrote in haste and without going into the details of what it is I usually do. What I really had in mind was first filtering the Project Explorer, and then adding all the resulting names to a Focus Group. I do this regularly, and the filter includes a test on the Living Flag as well as other conditions. The purpose is, in part, to create a gedcom without living people. John Cordes On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:27:53PM -0400, Terry Reigel wrote: > On 3/12/2018 8:35 PM, John Cordes wrote: >> Robert, >> Maybe I'm missing something, but why isn't your Focus Group >> including a filter on the Living flag to exclude living people? > John, > > Because there is no provision in Focus Groups for filtering based on > flags or anything else. > > Terry Reigel > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html

On 3/12/18 10:27 PM, Terry Reigel wrote: > On 3/12/2018 8:35 PM, John Cordes wrote: >>   Robert, >>     Maybe I'm missing something, but why isn't your Focus Group >> including a filter on the Living flag to exclude living people? > John, > > Because there is no provision in Focus Groups for filtering based on > flags or anything else. > > Terry Reigel But you can 'transfer' a focus group to a flag:   Make a temp flag or reset one that is hanging around   Use a LOP report to set flag for every one in the focus group Now, with the flag, you can reset it for everyone who is living with a LOP report. Then you can copy that flag back into creating a focus group, with everyone who was there before who wasn't currently marked living. -- Richard Damon