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From: "Richard Damon" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Help with a filter?
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:51:26 -0400
In-Reply-To: <000401c1f766$56b7de60$3684dc0c@Sarles1>


Jane,
you probably need to use John Cardinal's utility. Use the list of citation
report to generate a file listing all the people, edit the file, then use
the Set Person Field to set a flag to mark these people. The format of the
file is:

id-number<tab>value

You can then delete the people base on the flag in TMG by exporting every
one else into a new file.

Richard Damon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Sarles [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 10:32 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [TMG] Help with a filter?
>
>
> The problem is, they aren't related. Many have no parent,
> sibling or child.
> Some have just one parent. I can't gather them all by using ancestor, or
> father ID, or anything I can think of. Only by List of citation = #166,
> which will not allow me to set a flag.
>
> Jane
>
> > Jane Sarles wrote:
> >
> > > I have 322 people in my data base, many of whom are not
> related to each
> > > other, that I wish to delete. They all came in with a gedcom that I
> should
> > > never have added. I can get a list of them with the "list of
> citations"
> > > report, but that won't let me set a flag which will enable me
> to get rid
> of
> > > them. I have not found a filter on "list of people" that
> will enable me
> to
> > > select those that have the citation of the gedcom, so that I
> can set the
> > > flag. Perhaps this is not doable? and I must just delete the
> whole 322
> one
> > > by one?
> >
> > If what you want to find is all people that have no connection at all to
> the main group in your dataset, there is a way. How difficult it
> is to apply
> > depends on how many people you have in the dataset, and how
> complex their
> relationships are. Here's how:
> >
> > 1. Create a flag -- I'll call it Connected, with values of N,Y
> >
> > 2. Run the List of People (LoP) report, with secondary output to change
> Connected to Y. Use the filter:
> >
> > Is an Ancestor of person number XXX
> >
> > where XXX the ID of one of the youngest person in your line.
> Below, check
> to add Spouses, Ancestors, and Descendants, and set the number of
> generations
> > to a number larger than the number of generations in you dataset. Allow
> the LoP to set the flag.
> >
> > 3. Run the LoP again, with the same secondary output, but a filter of:
> >
> > Connected Flag Equals Y
> >
> > and the same additions below.
> >
> > 4. Repeat step 3, looking at the number of people being added, which is
> shown on the screen after the filter runs. Keep doing it until no
> people are
> > added.
> >
> > When no more people are being added, the only people left are those not
> connected by birth or marriage to your main line. (But do use a LoP report
> to
> > check who is still marked with a Connected = N before you do
> anything rash
> <g>)
> >
> > The problem with this method is it can take a long time to run
> each report
> if you have a large dataset, depending on the capabilities of
> your computer.
> So
> > this process could take several hours if you have say, over
> 10,000 people,
> and a slow computer.
> >
> > If you only want to find individuals that are not related to
> anyone, it's
> easier to filter for people with no parents and no children. But I don't
> think
> > that will work for you, because I assume the people you want to find
> include small groups of related people.
> >
> > Terry Reigel
> >
> >
> >
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