Re: [Gramps-users] Exporting families

[Don A. <don...@co...>]

On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 16:27 -0400, John Pearson wrote:
> I have just loaded up gramps, and I am evaluating it as a substitute/upgrade 
> from Family Tree Maker.  I have not been able to find a way to export or 
> write out a family or an individual.
> 
> In order to isolate information sources, I usually write out a portion of a 
> dataset, and then edit that portion.  That allows me to isolate the 
> information and source.  
> 
> Later, I can merge the reseach dataset back into the main dataset for the 
> particular surname.
> 
> I have found the import facilities, and they seem to work well.  But I have 
> found no way to designate an individual or a portion of a family for export.
> 
> Well, thanks in advance.  This looks like a very useful application, and I am 
> looking forward to switching my research over to it.
> 

You can try exporting to GEDCOM. This will allow you to specify a filter
that can be used to create a sub-file. You can use the Custom Filter
Editor (under the Tools menu) to create very flexible filters.

With 1.1 development release, you should be able to export a subset to
the GRAMPS XML file. This is not in the 1.0 releases.

Don