# Genealogy **URL:** https://gramps.discourse.group/c/genealogy/10.md [Latest](https://gramps.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://gramps.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://gramps.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [About the Genealogy category](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/about-the-genealogy-category/633)
**Author:** [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Replies:** 0
Discussion about genealogy and family history in general that is directly related to Gramps. --- ## [AI and Genealogy](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ai-and-genealogy/10016)
**Author:** [@Woody](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Woody)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ai-and-genealogy/10016 "2026-09-22T13:18:31Z")
Here I found two GitHub projects that work with AI. I tested OFB-Werkstatt (I even got it working :wink: ). Quite interesting. Maybe someone else will be interested. --- ## [Early-ish Scottish Naming Conventions?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/early-ish-scottish-naming-conventions/10023)
**Author:** [@mcneill\_dave](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/mcneill_dave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/early-ish-scottish-naming-conventions/10023 "2026-09-20T21:41:30Z")
Hi all, I’m new to genealogy, and I’ve stumbled across an ancestor whose record lists his name as “Neil ‘og’ McNeill”. He was born about 1600 AD, so ‘og’ seems pretty unlikely. I’m thinking it’s a replicated typo of ‘of… --- ## [More questions about USA stuff](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/more-questions-about-usa-stuff/9976)
**Author:** [@ursus](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ursus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/more-questions-about-usa-stuff/9976 "2026-09-12T13:57:18Z")
I have found a Petition for naturalization (1950) First thing I noticed: it is not dated. The date can only be guessed because it is stated when the applicant arrived and that he has been in USA for 2 years uninterupted… --- ## [Question abut USA marriage certificate](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/question-abut-usa-marriage-certificate/9948)
**Author:** [@ursus](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ursus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/question-abut-usa-marriage-certificate/9948 "2026-09-07T10:49:33Z")
A man \[Dutch nationality\] in my research marries in the Netherlands. The marriage gets dissolved (in 1935) by divorce. In 1943 he resides in the USA and gets married. He then declares he hasn’t been married before. He is… --- ## [Domus house history project](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/domus-house-history-project/9920)
**Author:** [@DavidMStraub](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DavidMStraub)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/domus-house-history-project/9920 "2026-09-06T17:49:21Z")
Hi, I wanted to share a new genealogy project of mine, for those who haven’t heard of it yet. The idea was born while working on Gramps Web’s map view: I’m creating places of type “building” for each house where an anc… --- ## [Second cousin or half-second cousin?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/second-cousin-or-half-second-cousin/9917)
**Author:** [@david1](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/david1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/second-cousin-or-half-second-cousin/9917 "2026-08-29T18:38:55Z")
AIO64-6.0.8–1, Win 11 Person X and Person Y share one common great-grandmother. The descent tree to Person X is via a first husband and the G grandmother. The descent tree to Person Y is via the marriage of a second hus… --- ## [How to add midwife](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-add-midwife/9905)
**Author:** [@artur](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/artur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-add-midwife/9905 "2026-08-27T19:42:05Z")
Hello. Often in church records the midwife (obstetrix or shortened to Obst. Obstr.) is listed, example below. In my family back in Poland we had a family member that delivered many babies. I’m not sure how to go about a… --- ## [How do you handle calculating time between important family events?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-handle-calculating-time-between-important-family-events/9896)
**Author:** [@Kaitlyn\_Kroemer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Kaitlyn_Kroemer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-do-you-handle-calculating-time-between-important-family-events/9896 "2026-08-27T17:05:32Z")
Hi everyone, I’m interested in how people working with family-history data handle the time between important events. For example, when recording a marriage, birth, or other family milestone, what is the easiest way to … --- ## [In memoriam Daniel Seth Garnitz - founder of the "I use Gramps" Facebook group](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/in-memoriam-daniel-seth-garnitz-founder-of-the-i-use-gramps-facebook-group/9731)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/in-memoriam-daniel-seth-garnitz-founder-of-the-i-use-gramps-facebook-group/9731 "2026-07-18T16:32:19Z")
Tom Shaw shared a sad posting regarding Dan Garnitz. Richard “Kap” Kaplowitz sorrowfully announced that his best friend of 62 years, Dan, had passed away after a brief illness in Frederick Maryland at 74 years of age. A … --- ## [Naming conventions for European royalty and nobility using custom name formats](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/naming-conventions-for-european-royalty-and-nobility-using-custom-name-formats/9879)
**Author:** [@BlakeIsHereStudios](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/BlakeIsHereStudios)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/naming-conventions-for-european-royalty-and-nobility-using-custom-name-formats/9879 "2026-08-21T21:32:46Z")
A majority of my family tree is of European royalty and nobility, from which I descend. So my Gramps tree needs naming conventions, and I used custom name formats to create my own. Here is an example profile, specifical… --- ## [Gramps mentioned in Family History](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-mentioned-i-slakthistoria/9872)
**Author:** [@kmikkels](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/kmikkels)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-mentioned-i-slakthistoria/9872 "2026-08-19T10:17:04Z")
Gramps was mentioned in the latest issue of the Swedish genealogy magazine "Släkthistoria" --- ## [Citations (Scotland) - How would you](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/citations-scotland-how-would-you/9730)
**Author:** [@pr0xibus](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/pr0xibus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/citations-scotland-how-would-you/9730 "2026-07-18T23:03:47Z")
Unsure if this is the correct Section, so admin please move if required. Starting out with Geneology, and I understand the Concept of Repo, Source, Citation. What I am having trouble with the way Citations should be w… --- ## [Family trees using text](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/family-trees-using-text/9713)
**Author:** [@BlakeIsHereStudios](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/BlakeIsHereStudios)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/family-trees-using-text/9713 "2026-07-14T21:12:33Z")
Does anyone else find family trees made using text charming? I’ve created one for the Carolingians, which is pictured here. (Note that I didn’t include how Charles the Simple’s wife and Louis IV’s mother, Eadgifu, is… --- ## [Permalinks persistent url and other trouble](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/permalinks-persistent-url-and-other-trouble/9689)
**Author:** [@ursus](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ursus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/permalinks-persistent-url-and-other-trouble/9689 "2026-07-07T11:29:12Z")
last month one of the online archives I visit regularly was off-line. After it came back on again many hundreds of URL’s that previously had a permalink are gone and lead tot a 404 error. Untill now I have always, relig… --- ## [GEDminer (website) In-browser GEDCOM analysis](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedminer-website-in-browser-gedcom-analysis/9619)
**Author:** [@stuck](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/stuck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedminer-website-in-browser-gedcom-analysis/9619 "2026-06-28T08:50:46Z")
This post isn’t about Gramps, it just something I came across: I’ve not tried it, being very cautious about uploading stuff but the privacy policy reads well: It implies that (like when you use the Topola Viewer) no … --- ## [What do you do with the results of your research](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-you-do-with-the-results-of-your-research/9592)
**Author:** [@ursus](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ursus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-do-you-do-with-the-results-of-your-research/9592 "2026-06-11T19:56:02Z")
what do you do with the results of your research. When in 1995 I made a website with my genea-research I quickly noticed it was leached. I took it down, made a trial website just to be sure, uploaded some incomplete da… --- ## [How to record a marriage gift recording document?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-record-a-marriage-gift-recording-document/9574)
**Author:** [@yusufbouzekri](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/yusufbouzekri)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-record-a-marriage-gift-recording-document/9574 "2026-06-03T09:14:19Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve recently come across a document from 1940s used to keep track of who gave which gift in a big wedding. I document is made up of 6 pieces of paper that were scanned digitally, each containing the name… --- ## [Featuring GRAMPS Features! Is It Really A Genealogy Program for All?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/featuring-gramps-features-is-it-really-a-genealogy-program-for-all/1322)
**Author:** [@ed4becky](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ed4becky)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/featuring-gramps-features-is-it-really-a-genealogy-program-for-all/1322 "2026-06-01T15:39:04Z")
I finally did an episode on GRAMPS on the Genealogy Software Showcase. My goal was to do a balanced demonstration for beginners, not a tutorial. I know people here feel strongly about it, so hopefully, you find it fair… --- ## [Historical events or facts into Timelines with Gramps?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/historical-events-or-facts-into-timelines-with-gramps/3623)
**Author:** [@PLegoux](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PLegoux)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/historical-events-or-facts-into-timelines-with-gramps/3623 "2026-05-25T23:44:22Z")
Hello, I just bought a book - Contexte - that evokes the daily life of the French from the year 1000 to the present day. I would like to extract quotes and events or facts from them in order to bring them closer to the… --- ## [Creating a world tree in Gramps](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-a-world-tree-in-gramps/9152)
**Author:** [@BlakeIsHereStudios](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/BlakeIsHereStudios)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-a-world-tree-in-gramps/9152 "2026-02-20T00:16:03Z")
I’m creating a big tree in Gramps that will connect the family trees of many people into one. I only have my close family’s tree so far, but I want to add famous people to it. But who should I do first? The only people I… --- ## [Genealogy research in Obsidian for those who want to try](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/genealogy-research-in-obsidian-for-those-who-want-to-try/8926)
**Author:** [@StoltHD](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoltHD)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/genealogy-research-in-obsidian-for-those-who-want-to-try/8926 "2026-01-15T22:08:45Z")
I just found this plugin for Obsidian, it might be an easy way in for those who wants to try Obsidian, Zettlr, Foam for VSC for their genealogy or historical research… PS. I do not know anything about this, not tried it… --- ## [In memoriam Enno Frank Borgsteede](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/in-memoriam-enno-frank-borgsteede/8767)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/in-memoriam-enno-frank-borgsteede/8767 "2025-11-22T21:24:45Z")
Two of our community members were able to discover a sad posting regarding Enno. Wim Berrelkamp is a fellow Groningen descendant who had met with Enno last November at Enno’s home in Driebergen following intensive genea… --- ## [Proper definitions of mother-in-law and sister-in-law relationships in English and their calculation in Gramps](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/proper-definitions-of-mother-in-law-and-sister-in-law-relationships-in-english-and-their-calculation-in-gramps/8810)
**Author:** [@petr\_fedorov](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/petr_fedorov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/proper-definitions-of-mother-in-law-and-sister-in-law-relationships-in-english-and-their-calculation-in-gramps/8810 "2025-11-17T12:07:34Z")
Hello! Since I’m not a native speaker of English I would like to confirm that my understanding of terminology for basic in-law relationships in English is correct. This is related to the bug I recently filled as descri… --- ## [Computeractive 718 (10 Sept 2025): Best genealogy tool for Linux?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/computeractive-718-10-sept-2025-best-genealogy-tool-for-linux/8620)
**Author:** [@yorkshire\_lad](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/yorkshire_lad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/computeractive-718-10-sept-2025-best-genealogy-tool-for-linux/8620 "2025-10-28T14:36:20Z")
Computeractive Sept 2025: best genealogy tool for Linux? Another plug (less flattering this time) for gramps in computeractive Computeractive 10 Sept 2025, Iss 718, p. 20 https://getcomputeractive.co.uk/ --- ## [Crusader Kings (commercial game) and Gramps](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/crusader-kings-commercial-game-and-gramps/8673)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/crusader-kings-commercial-game-and-gramps/8673 "2025-10-15T16:07:36Z")
Ran across an interesting post on Reddit that lead back to Gramps: " should i play this game as an autistic person with a hyperfixation on family trees? i seriously have a weird fascination with family trees…" This lead… --- ## [Was Gramps your first?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/was-gramps-your-first/7131)
**Author:** [@trlvn](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/trlvn)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/was-gramps-your-first/7131 "2025-10-09T11:54:53Z")
Did anyone here start their family history journey with Gramps? It comes up regularly that we should make Gramps easier for new users. Generally, people seem to assume this means people who are brand-new to genealogy. … --- ## [How detailed do you register data?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-detailed-do-you-register-data/8647)
**Author:** [@DaniFra](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaniFra)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-detailed-do-you-register-data/8647 "2025-10-09T10:01:44Z")
Hi, I’ve started building my family tree from scratch again now I’m getting used to working with Gramps and discovering the possibilities. Most other programs/apps were restricted in how much info you could register, Gr… --- ## [Family Circles Poster - New chart visualization type for use with GEDCOM](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/family-circles-poster-new-chart-visualization-type-for-use-with-gedcom/8519)
**Author:** [@GeorgeWilmes](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GeorgeWilmes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/family-circles-poster-new-chart-visualization-type-for-use-with-gedcom/8519 "2025-09-06T01:24:37Z")
Here’s another example of using different types of lines. (And maybe another inspiration for a 3D visualization, using time or generations as the vertical axis.) --- ## [Where to put notes that provide context?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/where-to-put-notes-that-provide-context/8230)
**Author:** [@jackdlail](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/jackdlail)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/where-to-put-notes-that-provide-context/8230 "2025-08-25T18:23:08Z")
Where in Gramps is the best place to context? I am referring to something that is a paragraph or a paragraph with source citations at the end, or a “fat paragraph” (just a longer than normal paragraph). For example, if … [Next page](https://gramps.discourse.group/c/genealogy/10.md?page=1)