# Copy/paste or CSV export children data
**URL:** https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173 "2021-01-27T14:49:45Z")
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### Author:  [@yorkshire\_lad](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/yorkshire_lad)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173/1 "2021-01-27T14:49:45Z")
Recently, I had found myself wanting to copy/paste or export to text or CSV file the children from a given set of parents.
For example
(I hope I’ve copy/pasted the screenshots in to the body of this message, in the above space! but then it said “Sorry, new users can only put one embedded media item in a post.”)
I’ve tried any which way I could think of, but I’m either missing something or being a bit thick. I can’t seem to select the data and copy/paste, or find a way to export it to any sort of file, or even print. Am I missing something? I can (and am at the moment) doing a Windows Prt Scr screen dump, then cropping the image to size, but that graphics has a higher payload than text, and the text in teh screen dump image can’t easily be manipulated like text.
Is there a way to export the 4 columns of data either by exporting to a file, or by copy/paste.
GRAMPS: GrampsAIO64-5.1.2-1
Python: 3.6.4 (default, Jan 23 2018, 13:17:37) …
BSDDB: 6.1.0 (6, 0, 30)
sqlite: 3.21.0 (2.6.0)
LANG: en\_GB.UTF-8
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Thanks for any suggestions
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### Author:  [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173/2 "2021-01-27T14:57:03Z")
The “numbers of images per posting” limit is there because of bot spammers. It will ease up for you shortly.
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### Author:  [@Mattkmmr](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Mattkmmr)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173/3 "2021-01-27T15:18:07Z")
I don’t think a copy&paste works for this children gramplet.
**One solution:**
1. Create a custom filter `children of `
2. Select the custom filter in the sidebar and filter the view
3. `Family Trees > Export View` (save it as CSV)
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### Author:  [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173/4 "2021-01-27T15:50:02Z")
Alternately, it you just want to provide this family info to someone in a compact, low bandwidth form…
You could generate a Reports =\> Text Reports =\> [Descendant Report…](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_6#Descendant_Report)
Copy&Paste works from the various Report outputs.
The following was a 2 generation (self & children generations; includes spouses), [de Villiers](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Genealogical_Numbering_Systems#de_Villiers) numbered descendant report in RTF format (_plain text_ mangles the Unicode glyphs like ń) using the [example.gramps](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Example.gramps) tree.
**Descendants of Garner, Robert W.**
a. Garner, Robert W. (b. 24 Apr 1826/7 (Julian) - Aberdeen, WA, USA, d. 3 Feb 1916 - Portsmouth, OH, USA)
sp. Zieliński, Phoebe Emily (b. 12 Apr 1827 - Bogalusa, Washington, LA, USA, d. 7 Mar 1882 - Albuquerque, NM, USA), m. 4 Oct 1849 - Paragould, Greene, AR, USA
b1. Garner von Zieliński, Lewis Anderson Sr (b. 21 Jun 1855 - Great Falls, MT, USA, d. 28 Jun 1911 - Twin Falls, Twin Falls, ID, USA)
sp. Martel, Luella Jacques (b. 23 Jan 1852 - Eureka, Humboldt, CA, USA, d. 28 Apr 1921 - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA), m. 1 Apr 1875 - Paragould, Greene, AR, USA
b2. Garner, Phebe (b. 1850 - Orlando, Orange, FL, USA, d. before 1860)
b3. Garner, Mary J. (b. 12 Oct 1851, d. 1 Apr 1852)
b4. Garner, Mary M. (b. 12 Oct 1851, d. 24 May 1858)
b5. Garner
b6. Garner, Rebecca Catharine (b. 30 May 1857 - Denver-Aurora, CO, USA, d. 9 Apr 1937 - Alice, Jim Wells, TX, USA)
sp. Ramírez, John B., m. 7 Oct 1875 - Paragould, Greene, AR, USA
b7. Carr, Zelpha Josephine (b. 31 Dec 1858 - Brownwood, Harris, TX, USA, d. 8 Feb 1895 - Beckley, WV, USA)
sp. Floyd, John Morgan, m. 4 Feb 1875 - Denver-Aurora, CO, USA
b8. Garner, Iola Elizabeth Betty (b. 1 Nov 1860 - Orlando, Orange, FL, USA, d. 17 Apr 1941 - Killeen, Bell, TX, USA)
sp. Ford, Stephen Jacob, m. 17 Sep 1879 - Vernal, UT, USA
b9. Garner, Robert F. (b. 4 Apr 1863 - Paragould, Greene, AR, USA, d. 17 Feb 1940 - Marshalltown, Marshall, IA, USA)
sp. Cannon, Mary Jane, m. 25 Nov 1880 - Paragould, Greene, AR, USA
b10. Garner, Emma A. (b. 18 Aug 1868, d. 23 Feb 1869)
b11. Garner, Anetta (b. 13 Jun 1870 - Centralia, WA, USA, d. 4 Oct 1900 - Columbus, Bartholomew, IN, USA)
sp. Parker, Frank R., m. 23 Aug 1888 - Centralia, WA, USA
b12. Garner, Antoinette (b. 13 Jun 1870 - Starkville, MS, USA, d. before 1880)
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### Author:  [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/copy-paste-or-csv-export-children-data/1173/5 "2021-02-26T15:50:19Z")
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