A List of Gramps 5.1 Tutorial videos was posted to the r/Gramps Reddit discussion community by NoBunchOfCoconuts. (That was the foundation of this posting. Although the generic genealogy videos and Review videos have been excised.)
New users may find the Offline Manual download to be helpful in getting started. Searching a single document is easier than a wiki with a multiple separate articles.
Additional videos have been collated into that list as follows:
Oct 2019 Gramps YouTube videos by
TechTutorials the suggested Playlist
- Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #1: Downloading, Installing, & Uninstalling (Windows 10)
- Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #2: Creating Backups & Updating your Software
skip to 17:00 to learn how to import the example.gramps into a blank tree - Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #3: Program Overview
- Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #4: Creating a tree & adding people & relationships
- Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #5: Repositories, Sources, & Citations
- Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #6: Creating Events (Personal & Family)
- Gramps {5.1} Tutorial #7: Places & Addresses
2023 Gramps YouTube videos by TechTutorials the suggested Playlist
Exploration of specific Features, not tutorials:
- Gramps {5.1.5} Tutorial #8: Adding Media, 15 Apr 2023
- Gramps {5.1.5} Tutorial #9.1: Ahnentafel Reports, 21 Apr 2023
- Gramps {5.1.5} Tutorial #9.2: Birthday & Anniversary Reports, 24 Apr 2023
Feb 2025 YouTube channel by Dezza Gramps
Sep 2021 YouTube video by uberdorf.
- use Gramps (5.1.4 version from Debian 10 flatpak) to import a genealogy file with media attached (gpkg)
- 00:00-01:29 Introduction
- 01:30-02:39 importing
- 02:40-04:05 People
- 04:05-10:00 Relationship
- 10:00-14:21 Miscellaneous
Apr 2021 YouTube video by Chris Waite (CWtek1). This is a about downloading and installing with a brief import of a GEDCOM file.
- Gramps Genealogy Software - Alternative to Family Tree Maker
- 00:00-05:27 Download and Install (for Windows)
- 05:27-08:45 configuring backups and lots of stuff that will not make sense until you’re more familiar with using Gramps.
- 08:45-09:13 setting up a blank tree
- 09:13-11:26 exporting a GEDCOM (from Family Tree Maker, making certain to export with the UTF-8 encoding if your tree includes any names with accents/diacritical marks. e.g., Hänsel Schrößler or François Sébastien Würgöître) and importing into an empty Gramps tree
- 11:27-11:45 blurred screens showing the import worked
- 11:46-09:13 credits
2016 Gramps YouTube videos by
Photo Restorations by Tim G.:
- GRAMPS {4.x} Video 0: Installing (Debian-based Linux), 17 Mar 2015
- GRAMPS {4.x} Video 1: Installing (Windows), 17 Mar 2015
- GRAMPS {4.x} Video 2: Getting Started with Your Family Tree
- GRAMPS {4.x} Video 3: Upgrading GRAMPviews
- GRAMPS {4.x}: Using the Form Gramplet
- GRAMPS {4.x}: Defining Custom Forms for the Form Gramplet
- Genealogy Tip 1: Census Pages are Sometimes Out of Order
- Tutorials: Upgrading GRAMPS {4.1.3} (on Debian Jessie), 14 Jun 2015
YouTube by Michel Vuijlsteke
- Adding marriages - video tutorial for Gramps 4.2.x - aimed at new users., no sound , 2016-03-03
Richard Suthern’s - video tutorials for Gramps 4.1.1 - aimed at new users. , Richard Suthern on Youtube, 2015-02-16
- Gramps (4.1.1) Overview of the interface
- Gramps (4.1.1) Part 1: Start a new tree
- Gramps (4.1.1) Part 2: Start a new tree
- Testing Options
- Gramps Genealogy - Using places in version 4.1.3
2015
- Gramps Genealogy Software Demo, Part Two: Creating a Printable Family Tree, Clare Walker on Youtube, 2015-09-11
- Gramps Genealogy Software Demo: Adding Births, Marriages and Deaths, Clare Walker on Youtube, 2015-09-11
2014
- How to install uninstall backup and import Gramps Genealogical Software on Linux Mint or Debian, Linux Review How-To’s, Compulayne.com on Youtube, 2014-11-10
Check the Reviews page on the Gramps wiki for an expanded history of Gramps-related videos that also includes these Video tutorials. (This forum message strips that overwhelmingly long list to tutorial videos only. Reviews are not the objective of this thread and are not included.) These videos have been published by talented users on both introductory and advanced topics.
