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Gramps 6.01, Windows 11

After importing a Family Tree Maker (FTM) GED file into GRAMPS, I need to validate and edit over 3,100 citations. The two systems did align. However, the alignment was in such a manner that the Citation description was often left blank.

Attach is a document showing the data is correct and how FTM produced the report. Hoping that there is a reasonable procedure to create such as report.

Thank you, Rick

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Yes, there is a Sources and Citations report (under Reports → Text Reports) which includes attached Notes like you show in your example, and also a feature request with code for an improved version.

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Thank you for the information regarding the proposed feature. It seems to be a solution for myself. Is there any way to be a beta tester for the revision?

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@GBaynes can you please reply to @Rick.Allen regarding your feature request?

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I think is a better candidate for either:

  1. converting/copying the sources to citations and the Repositories to Sources (with SuperTool)
  2. tweaking the GEDCOM to make them more standardized as Sources. Then importing again

Of course, the ideal option would be to adapt a GEDCOM importer to be a parse Family Tree Maker’s non-standard dialect of GEDCOM.

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emyoulation, Thank you for the suggestions. I was not aware of Supertool. That functionality will be sufficient for my cleanup.

The mapping of FTM GED to Gramps worked fine. The problem was at my end using Cut/Paste of Census reports into Citation Notes rather than splitting across 2 dialogue boxes.

Having the enhanced Source/Citation report will be helpful in data validation or identifying areas of missing documentation.

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