Gramps version: 5.1. Operating System: Windows 10 Can I simply delete “all” entries of family names not on my branches?

It is easier to mark what you want to keep & export those marked People than to do deletions. Deletions are SLOOOOW. Export is quick. I’ll go through and Tag using various filters . Removing & adding Tags manually give fine control. Then create an export Filter for People with that Tag I normally k…

So, by filtering on, say, “Campbell” I will retain the relationships between all those beating that surname? If so, that’s cool. Ken

Thanks for your response. But, I not having much success in figuring out how “Remove & add Tags” Or how to create an export Filter for that Tag. I’m also not sure where I can find the "SuperTool add-on. :slight_smile: Ken

No. You’d have to do a bit more work to retain those connections. First, create a filter to find surname “Campbell”. Then a 2nd filter using the “People related to <filter>” addon rule I’d save everything before running such a filter. It might run forever and I’d want to be able to safely use the …

Added hotlinks to the original post. [image] kencamp43: I’m also not sure where I can find the "SuperTool add-on. :slight_smile: Here’s another thread that talks about that: [image] Tree vivisection experiments with the Isotammi SuperTool Preparations Experiments in data harmonization sh…

[image] kencamp43: So, by filtering on, say, “Campbell” I will retain the relationships between all those beating that surname? If so, that’s cool. Since you mentioned that you want to create a “personal Y-Tree”, it sounds like to want to include all of the male-line descendants of a particul…

How can I delete a branch of my Tree so as to create a personal Y-Tree?

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emyoulation April 21, 2022, 7:06pm 6

Added hotlinks to the original post.

Here’s another thread that talks about that:

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How can I delete a branch of my Tree so as to create a personal Y-Tree?

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