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From: "Lady Bonita" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Deleting an erroneous line
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 21:00:37 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020430174300.03429d40@pop3.norton.antivirus> <00fb01c1f096$f00e3c70$090ce118@hewlett5k1589j> <3CCFDE0C.5184B45E@bellatlantic.net> <003b01c1f5ea$34780dc0$3684dc0c@Sarles1> <000e01c1f606$2629b9f0$220110ac@Katrinka> <008401c1f607$907e6110$3684dc0c@Sarles1>


I have not been following this thread .. but, is this something that TMG
Utilities will fix?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Sarles" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Deleting an erroneous line


> The trouble is, Cathy, there are 1100 of them!
>
> Jane
>
>
>
>
> > I can't help you with the deletion, but I have a line which I am not
sure
> of
> > either. Since it was a continuation of one of my ancestral lines, what
I
> > did to disconnect them was to remove the parents as primary, thus
> separating
> > the lines. To do this, you first have to create a second set of "phony"
> > parents and swap them out for the parents you have as primary. Thus,
the
> > former primary parents will appear at the top of your person's event
> screen,
> > being replaced by the phony ones below which are now primary. I then
> > deleted the phony parents, so it appears that no parents exist for this
> > person. Then, I changed the parents now listed at the tope of the event
> > screen to Father-Pos and Mother-Pos. This method would work as well
> severing
> > a son or daughter from his parents for a descendant line. You just go to
> the
> > person you want to severe, and delete the parental connection. You
> wouldn't
> > even have to create a set of phony parents like I did above if you are
> sure
> > the line is definitely not connected and never will be.
> >
> > I kept the people in my database because I have not proven or disproven
> the
> > link, but did not want them showing up on reports. You, however, could
> > safely remove all these now without fear of damaging the rest of your
> file.
> > Unfortunately, I know of no way to do that deletion except one by one.
> But,
> > at least, if you can sever the line, that is one step further to your
> goal!
> > And, depending on your research range, you may want to keep this line in
> > your database anyway for future reference in case it connects someplace
> > else.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> > Listowner: PAPKE-L, KUTSCHKE-L and BRASSER-L @Rootsweb.com
> > Papke & Collier Genealogy Home Page
> >
>
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/l/Cathleen-M-Collier/index.html#lin
> > ks
> > Pommernkontakte (managed by Gunthard Stuebs)
> >
>
http://pommernkontakte.de/index.html?sessid=902c28d2590217e7f984864cd40a4281
> > &mode=page&db=rc&page=welcome
> >
> > Grandparents are similar to a piece of string handy to have around and
> > easily wrapped around the fingers of grandchildren.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jane Sarles" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 07 May, 2002 1:11 PM
> > Subject: [TMG] Deleting an erroneous line
> >
> >
> > > I really don't mean to presume on the expertise of those folks who are
> so
> > > willing to be helpful on this group, but I am sending questions as I
> come
> > to
> > > problems, and there are more of those than I anticipated. I thought
> doing
> > > them one at a time would be less onerous than saving them up for one
> long
> > > quest. So.....
> > >
> > > Long ago I added a line that appeared to be mine and has since been
> > > disproved as related. There are many many descendants of that line.
I
> > > can't quite figure out how to delete them other than going through and
> > > deleting "person" one by one, which would take many days. I feel sure
> > there
> > > must be a better way. I could make a flag that says "bad" and mark
all
> > the
> > > descendants of the first guy, but can I then find a place that allows
me
> > to
> > > delete all those with a certain flag?
> > >
> > > Jane Sarles
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> will
> > release it when it is ready.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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