# GEDCOM Daten importieren

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**Created:** [September 21, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-daten-importieren/1843 "2021-09-21T10:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![gufrie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@gufrie](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gufrie)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-daten-importieren/1843/1 "2021-09-21T10:23:34Z")

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(Please include your Gramps version and Operating System)  
AIO64-5.1.4-1  
Windows 10  
How can I import GEDCOM-Files?

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**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:** [September 21, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-daten-importieren/1843/2 "2021-09-21T11:17:27Z")

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Step one is to create a database that will take the GEDCOM import.

- Click the **Manage Databases** icon  
 ![ManageDatabases-icon-toolbar-51](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/2/27c3af81dc11130ce3b63aef4d06fba34ffb7b84.png)

- Click a) **New** b) **Rename** c) **Load Family Tree**

Now that you have a loaded family tree, the Import options will be available.

- Go to menu **Family Trees** \>\> **Import**

- After acknowledging there is no Undo option, a file selector will allow you to navigate to your OS files to select your GEDCOM file.

Welcome and Good luck.

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**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:** [September 21, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-daten-importieren/1843/3 "2021-09-21T11:56:14Z")

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There is a [Preferences item](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#General_Gramps_settings) you MAY want to change before importing your GEDCOM.

If your GEDCOM does not have a source for _every_ record, you may want to mark all this data as coming from that GEDCOM file.

This ‘source’ identifier will not be very helpful in the present. But in a couple years, you will not remember which records came from fresh research.

Select the “ **Add default source on GEDCOM import** ” option in the **General** tab of **Edit : Preferences**.

**Note:** there are many dialects of GEDCOM. Many programs use custom tags if GEDCOM cannot support all their feature requirements. See the “[Import from another genealogy program](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Import_from_another_genealogy_program)” wiki article for notes about handling the GEDCOM variations exported by different genealogy programs.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-daten-importieren/1843/4 "2021-10-21T11:56:17Z")

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