This is a sample CSV that can be pasted into the Import Text addon gramplet. It demonstrates a FEW of the recent improvements to the Import and provides a template for people who would like to use a spreadsheet for mass entries. It is even more simple to copy and paste from a spreadsheet when the…

Further, here’s an example of adding multiple occupations, residences and attributes for the same person. Note the square brackets around the Person ID for the Home Person (I0044 - Garner von Zieliński, Lewis Anderson Sr) in the Example.gramps sample Tree. The brackets keep the import from creatin…

A user experimenting with this import tried the appended CSV data into their Tree. They were confused when the Import created the “Roger Moore” without apparent issue. However, the new person showed no sign of the 1924 Occupation of Barrister and the 1926 Residence in Anglia. The problem was that …

Here is a Note with a sample Repository Note with TSV data: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.7.1//EN" "http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/grampsxml.dtd"> <database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/"> <header> <created d…

I have just now experimented with this addon and found that the order of fields matters. Assume a family tree with a single family [F0000] and no individuals. The following CSV, when imported, correctly adds Random Child to the family: Person, Firstname, Lastname [I0005], Random, Child Family,…

I suppose that there was just an assumption. Most programmers would expect that something had to exist before it was referenced. However, the referenced item might already exist in the database and doesn’t have to be created in the CSV. So you might use a CSV to add known person IDs to a family. O…

CSV template for Text Import

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CSV template for Text Import

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