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== Export ==
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To export your database:
## In the top section select which filters to apply to your family tree
## From the checkboxes select which items to include in the export (people, marriages, children, places) and whether to Translate headers into the language you are using.
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A selected set of fields of your genealogy data will be saved to a .csv file in the format described below. In addition, the people and families are referenced so that the data can be edited and read back in, thereby updating the database.