Removing Notes and Sources from a GEDCOM file
Removing notes and sources from a GEDCOM file is something you may need to do at some point, for example you may want to share your file with another researcher or upload your tree to an online site but not have all your notes and/or sources displayed, you may also want to add to the FTF name database which only requires the inclusion of names and dates, notes and sources can in the case of a large file take the GEDCOM above the 2MB limit the database can handle.
The process is not particularly difficult but is probably best described as a little longwinded as you have to create two Gedcom files to remove all your extra information.
Step 1
Create a GEDCOM file in the usual way
Step 2
Import this new GEDCOM file back into FTM, notes and sources etc can be removed during the import process.
Step 3
Create a new GEDCOM file (which is now minus notes, sources etc depending on your selections)
Step 4
Upload or share your new "no notes" GEDCOM file as required.
The following post will, by the use of screenshots, illustrate how to remove notes and sources etc from your file.
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Removing notes and sources from a GEDCOM file is something you may need to do at some point, for example you may want to share your file with another researcher or upload your tree to an online site but not have all your notes and/or sources displayed, you may also want to add to the FTF name database which only requires the inclusion of names and dates, notes and sources can in the case of a large file take the GEDCOM above the 2MB limit the database can handle.
The process is not particularly difficult but is probably best described as a little longwinded as you have to create two Gedcom files to remove all your extra information.
Step 1
Create a GEDCOM file in the usual way
Step 2
Import this new GEDCOM file back into FTM, notes and sources etc can be removed during the import process.
Step 3
Create a new GEDCOM file (which is now minus notes, sources etc depending on your selections)
Step 4
Upload or share your new "no notes" GEDCOM file as required.
The following post will, by the use of screenshots, illustrate how to remove notes and sources etc from your file.
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