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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 126 Send Message	Liesele	Report	1 Jan 2007 21:16
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 126 Send Message	Tree has grown into a forest and needs pruning. Is there any other way that I can delete relations without having to delete them individually? Would be nice if I could delete a line of relations who are not directly related.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 494 Send Message	Elly	Report	1 Jan 2007 21:17
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 494 Send Message	You have to delete individually... Also, you have to start with the youngest, ie those without children of their own and work backwards Elly
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 126 Send Message	Liesele	Report	1 Jan 2007 21:20
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 126 Send Message	Thanks for the info Ely. Didn't think there was any other way.Not looking forward to the hard manual labour.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 494 Send Message	Elly	Report	1 Jan 2007 21:28
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 494 Send Message	Keep you out of mischief!! Just make sure you delete the right ones!! lol Elly
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,477 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	1 Jan 2007 22:10
	Depending on how many you wish to keep, might it be easier to ask GR to delete the whole thing, then re-enter the ones you want..............just a thought! Reg