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**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/curated-addon-collections/7170 "2025-04-17T01:00:08Z")
The default addons “Project” in the 5.2 (and newer) is curated by the Gramps-project team. Gramps https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gramps-project/addons/master/gramps52 Gramps 6.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gr… --- ## [Please update your profile on Discourse](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/please-update-your-profile-on-discourse/9935)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/please-update-your-profile-on-discourse/9935 "2026-09-06T12:51:48Z")
Please consider updating the information in your Discourse profile preferences. Given that the Gramps version and Operating system questions were “optional” in the signup forms, a lot of people opted to leave them blank … --- ## [Welcome to the Gramps Discourse forum](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-the-gramps-discourse-forum/7)
**Author:** [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-the-gramps-discourse-forum/7 "2019-11-27T04:09:02Z")
Gramps is a free software project and community. We strive to produce a genealogy program that is both intuitive for hobbyists and feature-complete for professional genealogists. It is a community project, created, devel… --- ## [Concept: An online "world tree" running on the Gramps framework](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/concept-an-online-world-tree-running-on-the-gramps-framework/10032)
**Author:** [@BlakeIsHereStudios](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/BlakeIsHereStudios)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/concept-an-online-world-tree-running-on-the-gramps-framework/10032 "2026-09-22T22:09:54Z")
Y’know, now that we have Gramps Web and Gramps Connect, we could hypothetically make a “world tree” running on the Gramps framework that we can all work on. We could let people add their own and others’ family trees and … --- ## [Proposal: Note language field](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/proposal-note-language-field/9943)
**Author:** [@riskysnail](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/riskysnail)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/proposal-note-language-field/9943 "2026-09-22T19:54:46Z")
I often translate my notes (biographies, obituaries, record transcriptions, etc) to a second language. I find myself wanting to limit the notes that show up in exports/reports based on the language I wrote them in. Prop… --- ## [Gramps Functional Expansion Ideas](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-functional-expansion-ideas/10011)
**Author:** [@Netuser-Py](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Netuser-Py)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-functional-expansion-ideas/10011 "2026-09-22T16:58:37Z")
Hello All, I am new to the Gramps Dev community and after having looked at the setup requirements that would allow me to pursue what I envision, I am very intimidated. Background: I have “inherited” the custody of my … --- ## [Gramps Connect, first hosted demo](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-connect-first-hosted-demo/9985)
**Author:** [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-connect-first-hosted-demo/9985 "2026-09-22T14:28:41Z")
Want to try out Gramps Connect, the hosted version? This is the first run of the new app, still in development, but making progress since … exactly one month ago today. Happy Birthday Gramps connect! :birthday\_cake: Go … --- ## [Gramps Connect Stories](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-connect-stories/9880)
**Author:** [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-connect-stories/9880 "2026-09-22T14:15:52Z")
One thing I do sometimes at our family reunions is to do a presentation (I’m a retired college professor, so just try to stop me). I usually pick an interesting part of our family history (like two brothers that married … --- ## [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. --- ## [Gramps Web API client authors: please send a User-Agent](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-web-api-client-authors-please-send-a-user-agent/10006)
**Author:** [@DavidMStraub](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DavidMStraub)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-web-api-client-authors-please-send-a-user-agent/10006 "2026-09-22T13:14:37Z")
There is an increasing number of clients that talk to Gramps Web API, most of them AI-related, especially MCP servers. It’s nice that Gramps Web API’s open architecture allows users to try out these tools and interact wi… --- ## ["Grizard" data merge plugin](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/grizard-data-merge-plugin/10027)
**Author:** [@dicaveman](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dicaveman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/grizard-data-merge-plugin/10027 "2026-09-22T13:04:06Z")
I made a tools plugin which is intended to help merge similar .ged files as well as XML and .gramps files. I have not done extansive testing on it, and I am not sure I know enough about the database and other internal g… --- ## [6.1 FamilySearch beta testing Access](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/6-1-familysearch-beta-testing-access/9389)
**Author:** [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/6-1-familysearch-beta-testing-access/9389 "2026-09-21T13:46:13Z")
Installed GrampsAIO-6.1.0-beta1-1\_win64 and imported a copy of my tree. The FamilySearch icon in the status bar alerts… Not logged in to FamilySearch From the menu Family Trees \>\> FamilySearch Sign In… User consent dec… --- ## [CustomGOVImport - Import from GOV only what you want](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/customgovimport-import-from-gov-only-what-you-want/10028)
**Author:** [@theBastian](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/theBastian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/customgovimport-import-from-gov-only-what-you-want/10028 "2026-09-21T11:53:51Z")
First of all, this is based on GetGOV, thanks to the developers. CustomGOVImport does the same like GetGOV but you can customize the import. You want to import a place with its hierarchy but don’t want to import some p… --- ## [GetGOV and duplicate place names](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/getgov-and-duplicate-place-names/10010)
**Author:** [@theBastian](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/theBastian)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/getgov-and-duplicate-place-names/10010 "2026-09-21T06:42:36Z")
Hi, I’m using GetGOV for my places. And for me ist works like charm. But if you import all place you often get the same place name for a city und a residential area. So in Gramps your place name gets longer with the s… --- ## [Gramps Connect, a collaborative challenge](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-connect-a-collaborative-challenge/10020)
**Author:** [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-connect-a-collaborative-challenge/10020 "2026-09-21T06:37:07Z")
Gramps Connect is an experimental gramps-based project that runs as a single-user app on your desktop, or as a collaborative, hosted app on the internet. It hasn’t reached version 1.0 yet, but I think it is mature enoug… --- ## [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… --- ## [Custom GEDCOM records reported as errors \[Provide a better message\]](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/custom-gedcom-records-reported-as-errors-provide-a-better-message/10022)
**Author:** [@mcneill\_dave](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/mcneill_dave)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/custom-gedcom-records-reported-as-errors-provide-a-better-message/10022 "2026-09-20T19:17:58Z")
Simple fix to improve new user experience My suggestion is simple. Add something (ANYTHING!) to indicate that a .ged import has succeeded. In my case, I got a massive list of errors and nothing else, so I kept trying, w… --- ## [Multiple children of the same parents in the family tree](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/mehrere-kinder-gleicher-eltern-im-stammbaum/10021)
**Author:** [@christian.stamm](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/christian.stamm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/mehrere-kinder-gleicher-eltern-im-stammbaum/10021 "2026-09-20T19:07:33Z")
Dear Grampsers, I noticed during the database analysis that several children of the same parents have married further within the extended family tree. I therefore need to link these children with the SAME parents… --- ## [FamilySearch tools and implementation testing](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/familysearch-tools-and-implementation-testing/10017)
**Author:** [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/familysearch-tools-and-implementation-testing/10017 "2026-09-20T13:14:00Z")
When the FS tool added the \_FSTDID to the person’s Attribute tab, it does so in a way that this information will automatically be added to all reports that will display Attributes. Could the attribute be automatically s… --- ## [A simple wish for a field](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/a-simple-wish-for-a-field/10015)
**Author:** [@theBastian](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/theBastian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/a-simple-wish-for-a-field/10015 "2026-09-20T12:25:23Z")
It’s simple but it would help me. Please make this field wider. Kind regards theBastian --- ## [Narrative Web/ Openstreeetmap referer](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/narrative-web-openstreeetmap-referer/9958)
**Author:** [@comeng](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/comeng)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/narrative-web-openstreeetmap-referer/9958 "2026-09-20T08:59:49Z")
Ran Narrative Web today got the following error message for Heatmaps and Places. "Referer is required by tile usage policy of Openstreetmap’s volunteer-run servers: osm.wiki/Blocked Looking this up gives Referer is re… --- ## [GetGOV - wrong language in date ranges](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/getgov-wrong-language-in-date-ranges/10013)
**Author:** [@theBastian](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/theBastian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/getgov-wrong-language-in-date-ranges/10013 "2026-09-19T21:35:11Z")
Hi, I’m using GetGOV zu add new places in Gramps. Adding places works fine but the date ranges are wrong. A date range looks like: from 1900-01-01 to 1999-01-01. The words from. and to should be translated into the lan… --- ## [Changing genealogical symbols on Grampsweb version](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/changing-genealogical-symbols-on-grampsweb-version/6175)
**Author:** [@Learnandgrow](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Learnandgrow)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/changing-genealogical-symbols-on-grampsweb-version/6175 "2026-09-19T20:28:25Z")
Gramps 5.2.2 Gramps Web API 2.4.0 Gramps Web Frontend 24.7.1 Gramps QL 0.3.0 locale: en multi-tree: false task queue: true Is there a way in Grampsweb to change the genealogical symbols? Thanks. --- ## [Websync problem](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/websync-problem/10008)
**Author:** [@eugene](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/eugene)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/websync-problem/10008 "2026-09-19T17:22:57Z")
I am synchronising between gramps web on a vps server and my local linux install. (Both latest stable versions) Websync sometime behaves quite strange. I added a note on server. After this I tried to synchronise to my… --- ## [Styled Note Markup trimmer gramplet?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/styled-note-markup-trimmer-gramplet/5396)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/styled-note-markup-trimmer-gramplet/5396 "2026-09-19T13:26:47Z")
The Note Editor has a Clear Markup feature. It clears ALL stylings applied to the selected text in a Note. But you cannot clear text with multiple stylings without clearing all markup on that text. (I had to boost text … --- ## [I made a thing: GrampsWebApiDB](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/i-made-a-thing-grampswebapidb/9802)
**Author:** [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/i-made-a-thing-grampswebapidb/9802 "2026-09-18T16:21:17Z")
BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA I made a database addon called GrampsWebApiDb that does something a little unique: it allows you to use Gramps on the same database that you are using with gramps-web. Why? I mean… --- ## [NAVWEB Report media files won't play](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/navweb-report-media-files-wont-play/10007)
**Author:** [@Edwardc01](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Edwardc01)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/navweb-report-media-files-wont-play/10007 "2026-09-18T16:16:51Z")
I’m running Gramps 6.0.8 on Fedora 44 KDE and in previous (6.0.8 version on Fedora 43 KDE) I was able to see all media for a particular person in the NAVWEB report, but now when I create a new NAVWEB report I see part of… --- ## [Combining Gramps-Connect and GrampsWeb](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/combining-gramps-connect-and-grampsweb/10001)
**Author:** [@mafiGramps](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/mafiGramps)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/combining-gramps-connect-and-grampsweb/10001 "2026-09-18T14:37:56Z")
… only heard of GreatGramps 2d ago, sorry! I’ve been very impressed by GrampsWeb and now Gramps-Connect comes along offering really nice features (live chat, stories, map overlays …) and uses the same Gramps-Web-Api. So… --- ## [Gramps constant (irregular) crashes (Due to NVIDIA app and control panel)](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-constant-irregular-crashes-due-to-nvidia-app-and-control-panel/9953)
**Author:** [@ursus](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ursus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gramps-constant-irregular-crashes-due-to-nvidia-app-and-control-panel/9953 "2026-09-18T08:22:15Z")
AIO64-6.0.8–1 Since a week I have constant (irregular) crashes. Can’t reproduce when or why. I used python -m trace -t Gramps.py \>/tmp/trace.out To see whats happening. I do get the trace.out, but GRAMPS itself doesn… --- ## [Has anyone set up Public Land Survey System (PLSS) plats in Gramps Places? If so](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/has-anyone-set-up-public-land-survey-system-plss-plats-in-gramps-places-if-so/10002)
**Author:** [@Cynwrite](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Cynwrite)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/has-anyone-set-up-public-land-survey-system-plss-plats-in-gramps-places-if-so/10002 "2026-09-17T18:57:08Z")
What have you found works best? Did you create two completely separate place hierarchies, or did you nest the PLSS information within an existing hierarchy? If you used a nested approach, did it make more sense to do th… [Next page](https://gramps.discourse.group/latest.md?page=1)