# Funny codes in notes on published gedcom **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590 "2022-07-09T21:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/1 "2022-07-09T21:09:45Z")
(Windows 10 - AIO64-5.1.4-1) I use the Website, [TribalPages](https://www.tribalpages.com/about.html) to keep a tree available for family. Each time I upload a new gedcom, I see numbers and symbols in my online note that is NOT in my note on gramps file. I have been fixing this manually, but I would love to figure out how to get rid of this odd thing. Can someone help me please. I am certain it is an artifact of gramps but I have no clue how to get rid of it you can see an example of the odd code here > **[James & Kathy's Family Tree](https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=farley2005&view=0&pid=1393&randi=677597303)** > > A TribalPages.com Family Tree genealogy website researching Thomas, Farley, Sexton, Strong, Hale, White, Workman, Thompson, Taylor, Milam and other surnames. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/2 "2022-07-09T21:34:40Z")
Looks like the 2 Citation notes are not being processed correctly. It is not inserting the superscript citation annotation; nor is is inserting the actual body of text of those 2 Notes in the Endnotes. Instead it just encloses the IDs with `@` symbols. Could you screen capture the Edit Note dialog for either: - N0857 - N2172 That will tell us if there’s something inside causing problems. ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/3 "2022-07-10T03:33:37Z")
I never realized until just now that all the notes were not showing! this is screen shot of N2172 ![Screenshot 2022-07-09 233120](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/0/00bdc7ef9ffb93f3db014d5eb667ab2dd9496bca.png) and here is N0857 ![Screenshot 2022-07-09 233307](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/d/d7608dc6939178400655070a3678d7a51a073779.png) ---
**Author:** ![SNoiraud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/snoiraud/32/72_2.png) [@SNoiraud](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/SNoiraud)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/4 "2022-07-10T08:16:18Z")
What tool do you use to show your tree ? This is not a gramps report. So we can do nothing for you. ---
**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/5 "2022-07-10T10:47:53Z")
Something to explore. The N2172 note attached to a Death citation looks to be one of two notes where the other note printed. What is different about that other note? Why did that note print? ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/6 "2022-07-10T11:04:14Z")
The problem seems to be related to the interpretation of a GEDCOM exported from Gramps. Which means either: 1. Gramps GEDCOM export is doing something different with those Citation Notes 2. Tribalpages is not parsing that GEDCOM structure So a GEDCOM for that single person is needed for inspection. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/7 "2022-07-10T11:17:30Z")
> [@DaveSch](#): > > The N2172 note attached to a Death citation looks to be one of two notes where the other note printed. Agreed. One says that it is a citation for the Name. Which has all sorts of potential for unique problems. (That might just be necessary to attach the citation to another level. Maybe the person rather than the name?) But the other is for a Death and that should a typical citation. Perhaps the Note is a 2nd note in a the same citation. Or it is a note of a note? Both problematic Notes are of type “Citation”. Maybe other Note Types are interpreted differently? ---
**Author:** ![StoltHD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@StoltHD](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoltHD)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/8 "2022-07-10T13:21:21Z")
Try to open the gedcom with Ancestris and see what the notes look like in that software… > **[Unlimited Family Tree Freeware on Windows, Mac and Linux - Ancestris](https://www.ancestris.org/index.html)** > > Our ancestors have so many stories to tell... Ancestris is a free genealogy software to allow all genealogists, from beginners to experts, to build their genealogy in complete freedom. For us your data is what is most important. With Ancestris, you... ---
**Author:** ![GeorgeWilmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@GeorgeWilmes](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GeorgeWilmes)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/9 "2022-07-10T14:26:56Z")
Looking at the page that you linked, it seems your intention is to hide information about living people, and yet the citation note for the obituary includes such information. I don’t know the solution for that, whether it involves changes in your Gramps data (to impact the GEDCOM export) or in tribablpages (to react to the settings in the GEDCOM), or both. ---
**Author:** ![PLegoux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/plegoux/32/413_2.png) [@PLegoux](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/PLegoux)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/10 "2022-07-10T16:40:46Z")
I can find the same kind of unmanaged things on Geneanet. In my case, the Geneweb engine behind Geneanet don’t manage multiple repositories for one source. @Rnnnn@ are visible for these unmanaged references: ![Screenshot_20220710-182851_Chrome](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/1/1bddf07c8d13fc8017c32e4d1add1eb1dc237e3a.jpeg) So I don’t think Gramps or its Gedcom are to blame but the engine of the website which probably don’t manage multiple notes for that use. ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/11 "2022-07-10T19:47:13Z")
> [@SNoiraud](#): > > What tool do you use to show your tree ? > This is not a gramps report. So we can do nothing for you. I’m not sure what you mean, I simply use GRAMPS. those screenshots are taken directly from the GRAMPS program. ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/12 "2022-07-10T19:51:13Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > So a GEDCOM for that single person is needed for inspection. I can not figure out how to make a single person gedcom. Can you give me the instructions for that? ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/13 "2022-07-10T19:52:05Z")
> [@PLegoux](#): > > So I don’t think Gramps or its Gedcom are to blame but the engine of the website which probably don’t manage multiple notes for that use. that may be what is happening, but it does not happen on ever person, just a few (that I have noticed) ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/14 "2022-07-10T19:53:40Z")
> [@StoltHD](#): > > ry to open the gedcom with Ancestris and see what the notes look like in that software… I am downloading the program and will try that in a few minutes Edit to add - his notes look fine in the program you asked me to download. All 4 are there and no funny code ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/15 "2022-07-10T20:11:38Z")
One other thing I just realized, those “notes” that I screen shot are not in the “NOTE” section. They are citation notes in my sources ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/16 "2022-07-10T20:46:50Z")
> [@Wildkat](#): > > can not figure out how to make a single person gedcom. Can you give me the instructions for that? The quick & easy way is to make a Custom Filter is to use the clipboard. 1. Select the person in the People view 2. Edit menu → copy _the clipboard dialog automatically opens if it wasn’t open already_ 3. select the Person on the Clipboard 4. right-click the Person to pop up the context menu ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/c/c9353dd88d5f65343592d59c34226bcc5d0f799d.png) 5) choose the \* **Create Filter from the [RECORD TYPE] selected** menu item 6) give the new filter a memorable name Now you can just use that custom filter in the Person Filter when you do your normal Export to GEDCOM. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/17 "2022-07-10T21:09:20Z")
> [@Wildkat](#): > > I’m not sure what you mean, I simply use GRAMPS. those screenshots are taken directly from the GRAMPS program. Your screenshots of the original Notes are from Gramps. But the 1st linked website was from Tribal Pages. Even though those webpages were spun from a Gramps exported GEDCOM, one of Serge’s special development interests is the [Narrated Web Site](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_7#Narrated_Web_Site) report, he was probably expecting your webpage questions to related to the Gramps tool. ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/18 "2022-07-10T21:26:43Z")
Thank you, I have uploaded the file to my google if you or anyone would like to take a look at it. > **[William Hunter Thomas Sr single ged.ged](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1osaL3sAf5DJ8TTPtvLqZwAJQwmLesNXy/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/19 "2022-07-10T21:28:32Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > > [@Wildkat](#): > > > > I’m not sure what you mean, I simply use GRAMPS. those screenshots are taken directly from the GRAMPS program. > > Your screenshots of the original Notes are from Gramps. But the 1st linked website was from Tribal Pages. > > Even though those webpages were spun from a Gramps exported GEDCOM, one of Serge’s special development interests is the [Narrated Web Site](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Reports_-_part_7#Narrated_Web_Site) report, he was probably expecting your webpage questions to related to the Gramps tool. oh, ok I have nowhere I can host a narrated website so I have to use tribal pages, but I understand his statement now ---
**Author:** ![Wildkat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/wildkat/32/1143_2.png) [@Wildkat](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Wildkat)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590/20 "2022-07-11T00:41:32Z")
> [@GeorgeWilmes](#): > > Looking at the page that you linked, it seems your intention is to hide information about living people, and yet the citation note for the obituary includes such information. I don’t know the solution for that, whether it involves changes in your Gramps data (to impact the GEDCOM export) or in tribablpages (to react to the settings in the GEDCOM), or both. The site automatically hides living people from anyone who is not an invited family member to my tree. I have no control over that [Next page](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/funny-codes-in-notes-on-published-gedcom/2590.md?page=2)