I just imported quite a few profiles into Gramps from a Gedcom I had created in Wikitree from certain of my ancestors. Gramps placed the Gedcom name into Source Citations in the People tab, in the format “Import from 34619277-846f5c.ged”. That is fine.
However, also Gramps placed the Wikitree-specific source data into the Gramps People tab “Internet”, under Type “Web Home” with data in format https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/[wikitree ID].
[EDIT: the actual text is the “https” URL for the Wikitree ID]
I had expected these person-specific source citations would have gone into Source Citations. Is there a way to move them in Gramps from the Internet tab to the Source Citations tab?
Bad news. I did an experimental export with known profiles.
Their WikiTree GEDCOM export does not even try to break out Sources. So… no. You’re going to be stuck with manually adapting the Notes into Sources and Citations.
But more importantly, WikiTree mangles the standard GIVN (Given name) tag by (inconsistently) stripping the “middle name” out into a custom _MIDN tag. That means that it is better to corrupt the GIVN (pre-process the GEDCOM with plain text editor, using the Find&Replace into a _GIVN) so that it forces Gramps to re-parse the more consistently formatted NAME tag data into normal GIVN and SURN (Surname) data.
Gramps DOES recognize their custom _MARN (Married Name) into an alternative name of “Married Name” type.
It could be improved by writing the _PGVN (preferred Given) to the Nickname. (Originally, I thought this would correspond to the Gramps “Call Name”. But Gramps requires the Call Name to be an exact match of the Given Name. WikiTree allows short forms, translations, et cetera. So Nickname is the only possible bucket.)
The REFN (REFN.wikitree.user_id, REFN.wikitree.page_id, REFN.wikitree.privacy) and WWW tag handling cannot be improved until Gramps implements a schema for a UUID.
I used the Special:DownloadGedcom page in Wikitree to create the Gedcom export file.
1 SOUR WikiTree.com
2 NAME WikiTree: The Free Family Tree
2 CORP Interesting.com, Inc.
1 DATE 16 Nov 2024
2 TIME 05:58:01 UTC
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 FILE 34619277-846f5c.ged
1 COPR Interesting.com, Inc. and my name]
1 SUBM @SUBM@
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 NOTE This file contains private information and may not be redistributed,
published, or made public.
0 @SUBM@ SUBM
1 NAME [my first name] /[my last name]/
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME [first name] /[last name]/
2 GIVN [proper first name]
2 _PGVN [preferred name]
2 SURN [last name]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 Jan 18[99]
2 PLAC Pandėlys, Novo-Aleksandrovsk Uyezd, Kovno, Russian Empire
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 Aug 19[99]
2 PLAC Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa
1 WWW https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/[wikitree ID]
1 FAMC @F3@
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE == Biography ==
2 CONC [first name] (preferred name]) was born in 18[99] in what is now (2024)
Lithuania, son
2 CONC of [father's name] and [mother's name]
2 CONC . [first name] married [spouse's name] and they had fou
2 CONC r children together. He passed away in 19[99] in Orange Free State, Sout
2 CONC h Africa.
2 CONT
2 CONT == Sources ==
2 CONT <references />
2 CONC * "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (http://familysearch.or
2 CONC g : modified 28 February 2024, 04:15), entry for [full name]
2 CONC (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:[FamilySearch ID] );
contributed
2 CONC by various users.
2 CONT * Worldwide Jewish Burial Registry, from JewishGen
1 REFN 41641737
2 TYPE wikitree.user_id
1 REFN 45946703
2 TYPE wikitree.page_id
1 REFN 60
2 TYPE wikitree.privacy
Gedcom from Wikitree.pdf (24.5 KB)
Attached is an excerpt of that file [properly redacted as to personally identifying info] that might help.
Feb 2025
WikiTree’s Special:DownloadGedcom export of Washington-11 Descendants of US President George Washington with all comments and all but one image reference purged.
0 HEAD
1 SOUR WikiTree.com
2 NAME WikiTree: The Free Family Tree
2 CORP Interesting.com, Inc.
1 DATE 21 Feb 2025
2 TIME 18:22:24 UTC
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 FILE 9566856-0fafec.ged
1 COPR Interesting.com, Inc. and US Presidents Project WikiTree
1 SUBM @SUBM@
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 NOTE This file contains private information and may not be redistributed, published, or made public.
0 @SUBM@ SUBM
1 NAME US Presidents Project /WikiTree/
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME George /Washington/
2 NPFX President
2 GIVN George
2 SURN Washington
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 Feb 1732
2 PLAC Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British Empire
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 Dec 1799
2 PLAC Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
1 WWW https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Washington-11
1 FAMC @F1@
1 FAMS @F2@
1 REFN 5049
2 TYPE wikitree.user_id
1 REFN 6936
2 TYPE wikitree.page_id
1 REFN 60
2 TYPE wikitree.privacy
1 OBJE
2 FORM Image
2 FILE https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Image:George_Washington_1782_painting.jpg
2 TITL George Washington by John Trumbull, 1790
2 PLAC New York City, New York County, New York, United States
2 DATE 25 Nov 1783
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Augustine /Washington/
2 GIVN Augustine
2 SURN Washington
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Nov 1694
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 Apr 1743
1 WWW https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Washington-222
1 REFN 864330
2 TYPE wikitree.user_id
1 REFN 884539
2 TYPE wikitree.page_id
1 REFN 60
2 TYPE wikitree.privacy
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Ball/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN Ball
2 _MARN Washington
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 Nov 1708
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 Aug 1789
1 WWW https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Ball-463
1 REFN 864331
2 TYPE wikitree.user_id
1 REFN 884540
2 TYPE wikitree.page_id
1 REFN 60
2 TYPE wikitree.privacy
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Martha /Dandridge/
2 GIVN Martha
2 SURN Dandridge
2 _MARN Washington
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 Jun 1731
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 May 1802
1 WWW https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Dandridge-1
1 REFN 5050
2 TYPE wikitree.user_id
1 REFN 6937
2 TYPE wikitree.page_id
1 REFN 60
2 TYPE wikitree.privacy
0 @F1@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3@
1 WIFE @I4@
1 CHIL @I1@
0 @F2@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1@
1 WIFE @I5@
1 MARR
2 DATE 6 Jan 1759
2 PLAC St. Peter's Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia
0 TRLR