How can I exclude the "Notes" data when a GED file is extrac

[No Spam]

Hi,

When I extract a GED file from FTM the data in the "Notes" for each
individual is always included.

Is there a genealogy program available that would open allow me to
produce a GED file that excludes the "Notes""

[singhals]

No Spam wrote:

Hi,

When I extract a GED file from FTM the data in the "Notes" for each
individual is always included.

Is there a genealogy program available that would open allow me to
produce a GED file that excludes the "Notes""

PAF (even PAF5) does. You just un-tic the box for NOTES.

However, I seem to remember that FTM did that too as far back as v2, for
which I actually paid money. (g)

Cheryl

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On Sat, 13 May 2006 09:41:27 GMT, Joe Makowiec
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 13 May 2006 in soc.genealogy.computing, No Spam wrote:

When I extract a GED file from FTM the data in the "Notes" for each
individual is always included.

Is there a genealogy program available that would open allow me to
produce a GED file that excludes the "Notes""

The Master Genealogist (TMG - http://whollygenes.com/) has an extremely
flexible GEDCOM output. I haven't tried doing that, but I suspect it
should be able to do it. TMG will read your FTM file natively.

What exactly are you trying to do?

I want to be able to pass on GED files to 3rd parties files which
don't contain the information that I have recorded in the "Notes"part
of the FTM file. I'm happy for them to have names/dates/places of
births/deaths and marriages but I have been fairly liberal in making
use of the "Notes" section including comments from others/email
addresses etc which are not in all circumstances appropriate to be
passed on to 3rd parties/strangers.

If you give us a few more details,
somebody may know of a GEDCOM manipulation utility which will do what you
want. Or if your file isn't big, you can edit it using a text editor.

A manual edit would be time consuming. I have over 16,00 names in the
file.

[Nick Spalding]

No Spam wrote, in <[email protected]>
on Sat, 13 May 2006 09:11:18 +0100:

Hi,

When I extract a GED file from FTM the data in the "Notes" for each
individual is always included.

Is there a genealogy program available that would open allow me to
produce a GED file that excludes the "Notes""

You can achieve it in FTM but you have to do it in a three step process.
1. Export to GED.
2. Import again to a new file. When you have established the name for the
new file the next thing you get is a panel on which you have a 'Facts to
Import' button. Click on that and scroll down to the two NOTE items. Select
each in turn and click on 'Don't Import'; then OK and the new GED is
written.
3. Now create another GED file from the new file and it will be without
Notes.

Tedious, isn't it? Up to about version 4 that selection could also take
place when you wrote the GED but for some reason they took it out.
--
Nick Spalding

[No Spam]

On Sat, 13 May 2006 17:28:41 +0100, Nick Spalding <[email protected]>
wrote:

[snip]

Tedious, isn't it? Up to about version 4 that selection could also take
place when you wrote the GED but for some reason they took it out.

Thanks for that. At least I don't need to do it often!!

[Paul Blair]

No Spam wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2006 17:28:41 +0100, Nick Spalding <[email protected]
wrote:

[snip]
Tedious, isn't it? Up to about version 4 that selection could also take
place when you wrote the GED but for some reason they took it out.

Thanks for that. At least I don't need to do it often!!

The process of selecting "Facts to import" doesn't allow you to choke
off other items - eg, Source include/exclude is not a selection, and you
will find your new file scattered with the date of import - again, you
have no option for this.

The one I can't figure is that the Help file contains a page "Facts to
export dialog box", which doesn't seem to be connected to anything.

Paul

[Nick Spalding]

Paul Blair wrote, in <[email protected]>
on Mon, 15 May 2006 14:20:21 +1000:

No Spam wrote:
On Sat, 13 May 2006 17:28:41 +0100, Nick Spalding <[email protected]
wrote:

[snip]
Tedious, isn't it? Up to about version 4 that selection could also take
place when you wrote the GED but for some reason they took it out.

Thanks for that. At least I don't need to do it often!!

The process of selecting "Facts to import" doesn't allow you to choke
off other items - eg, Source include/exclude is not a selection, and you
will find your new file scattered with the date of import - again, you
have no option for this.

The one I can't figure is that the Help file contains a page "Facts to
export dialog box", which doesn't seem to be connected to anything.

It must be a fossil from the days when there was such a facility.
--
Nick Spalding