martielee 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2017 Is there a way to export a gedcom with only my side of the family (ancestors, uncles, cousins, everyone) without including those of my ex-husband? I have thousands of names in the database so creating a focus group by individually selecting each person is just not efficient. I can’t figure out how to create a focus group for what I want. Or is there another way? Thanks, Marlene Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Byram 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2017 Check out Terry's article. You want to use a focus group and fine turn it until you have exactly the people you want. http://tmg.reigelridge.com/Filters.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2017 Marline, It may help as you collect people into the Focus Group to temporarily make your marriage to your ex non-primary so the Add Others steps described in the article don't follow his line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martielee 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2017 I have tried this over and over - all afternoon - and I'm frustrated. I get all of the required people, but they are not connected to each other. Spouses are not connected to each other and children are not connected to the parents. I can't figure out what I'm overlooking. I think I'm following Terry's steps exactly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2017 What do you mean they are not connected? Not connected where? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martielee 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2017 When I import the gedcom into a new project, there are no children or spouses listed for anyone. I can select search and see them in the database, but they just are not connected to anyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martielee 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2017 I also get a long list of error 6908, such as 6908 Warning : The GEDCOM file appears to be invalid. Missing Pointer : S1015. 6908 Warning : The GEDCOM file appears to be invalid. Missing Pointer : S318. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Hannah 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2017 Marlene, Back in 2014 you were having problems generating GEDCOM files due to your McAfee's 'Real TIme Scanning' interfering with TMG. Did you remember to turn this off? As also discussed back then, do you have the 0 TRLR end-of-file tag in the GEDCOM file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martielee 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2017 Yes, I turn off McAfee every time I export a GEDCOM; it's annoying, but I do it. No, I don't have the TRLR at the end. Why is that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martielee 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2017 Ah! I had run this 21 times (numbered my files so as to keep up). #20 seems to have worked and does have the 0 TRLR end of file. I imported it into a new project and all looks well. Not sure what I did differently that time, but I'll try again with different ancestor. Thanks for your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted March 21, 2017 If you are not getting the TRLR at the end something is interfering with TMG writing the GEDCOM. It has nothing to do with which people you are including, but with some other program operating on your computer on the folder where TMG is writing the GEDCOM. The usual suspects are cloud backup programs and some antivirus programs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martielee 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2017 Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
