# \#gedcom **URL:** https://gramps.discourse.group/tag/gedcom/42.md [Latest](https://gramps.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://gramps.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://gramps.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Made a tool that turns a GEDCOM export into a printed book and a family website](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/made-a-tool-that-turns-a-gedcom-export-into-a-printed-book-and-a-family-website/10149)
**Author:** [@flyleaf](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/flyleaf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/made-a-tool-that-turns-a-gedcom-export-into-a-printed-book-and-a-family-website/10149 "2026-10-24T20:31:42Z")
Hi all, I’ve been working on a family history for a while, and at the end I wanted two things: a proper book to print, and a website the relatives could look around. I didn’t find anything that did both well, so I wrote… --- ## [GEDCOM diff tool](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-diff-tool/10148)
**Author:** [@dicaveman](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dicaveman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-diff-tool/10148 "2026-10-24T11:44:30Z")
Some months ago I created a GEDCOM diff tool - if anyone has interest to try it, I finally got it to produce some installers this morning: Been a whie since I used it, but I found it helpful for what I was trying to d… --- ## [GEDCOM upload issue Wikitree/WT do not recognize a marriage source/citation if it is done in the Family record](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-upload-issue-wikitree-wt-do-not-recognize-a-marriage-source-citation-if-it-is-done-in-the-family-record/10136)
**Author:** [@Davesellers](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Davesellers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-upload-issue-wikitree-wt-do-not-recognize-a-marriage-source-citation-if-it-is-done-in-the-family-record/10136 "2026-10-20T17:29:44Z")
Version 6.0.3 I make frequent uploads to Wikitree and WT does not recognize a marriage source/citation if it is done in the Family record. It does recognize the marriage date and Place. However, I tried adding the S/C … --- ## [Looking for a few volunteers to test a GEDCOM transfer checker between Gramps and MyHeritage](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/looking-for-a-few-volunteers-to-test-a-gedcom-transfer-checker-between-gramps-and-myheritage/10047)
**Author:** [@GedcomRabbit](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GedcomRabbit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/looking-for-a-few-volunteers-to-test-a-gedcom-transfer-checker-between-gramps-and-myheritage/10047 "2026-10-19T17:00:52Z")
Hi all, I’m testing a small browser-based tool called Family Tree Transfer Check, designed to check GEDCOM transfers between Gramps and MyHeritage for a few specific compatibility issues we’ve reproduced and tested. Th… --- ## [Custom GEDCOM records reported as errors \[Provide a better message\]](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/custom-gedcom-records-reported-as-errors-provide-a-better-message/10022)
**Author:** [@mcneill\_dave](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/mcneill_dave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/custom-gedcom-records-reported-as-errors-provide-a-better-message/10022 "2026-10-01T18:45:29Z")
Simple fix to improve new user experience My suggestion is simple. Add something (ANYTHING!) to indicate that a .ged import has succeeded. In my case, I got a massive list of errors and nothing else, so I kept trying, w… --- ## [Introduction and first question (import from Genbox) as a Gramps newbie!](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/einfuhrung-und-erste-frage-import-aus-genbox-als-gramps-neuling/9969)
**Author:** [@Jaymchen](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Jaymchen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/einfuhrung-und-erste-frage-import-aus-genbox-als-gramps-neuling/9969 "2026-09-10T23:47:45Z")
Hello everyone! My name is Claudia, and I have been conducting research off and on since 1980, with longer breaks in between. Back then, no one could have imagined that there would eventually be an Internet, but… --- ## [Incompatibiliy with the MacFamilyTree export of GEDCOM places?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/incompatibiliy-with-the-macfamilytree-export-of-gedcom-places/9595)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/incompatibiliy-with-the-macfamilytree-export-of-gedcom-places/9595 "2026-06-10T18:15:03Z")
Does anyone have MacFamilyTree and able to export sample GEDCOM data from it? A new user on Facebook reports that the GEDCOM being exported by MacFamilyTree has Place data that is mangled during Gramps import. The user … --- ## [Sidebar Filter gramplet aka GEDCOM import: how should we refresh the Type selector when custom types change? (bug 13716)](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sidebar-filter-gramplet-aka-gedcom-import-how-should-we-refresh-the-type-selector-when-custom-types-change-bug-13716/9561)
**Author:** [@eduralph](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/eduralph)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/sidebar-filter-gramplet-aka-gedcom-import-how-should-we-refresh-the-type-selector-when-custom-types-change-bug-13716/9561 "2026-05-29T17:04:27Z")
I’d like some guidance on the right design before I write a fix for bug 13716 (“Filter gramplets does not update the Type pop-up menu after adding Custom Types”). prculley sketched the cause in the tracker (note 3) and p… --- ## [Exporting a tree with multiple name types](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/exporting-a-tree-with-multiple-name-types/9483)
**Author:** [@shmuel](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/shmuel)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/exporting-a-tree-with-multiple-name-types/9483 "2026-05-14T18:14:53Z")
I have my family tree in FTREE/2, which is out of support. It supports a mixture of secular English names and religious Hebrew name. I have a script to export the tree as GEDCOM, but when I tried importing it a few years… --- ## [Import places in GEDCOM](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-places-in-gedcom/9306)
**Author:** [@RogerDodger8989](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/RogerDodger8989)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-places-in-gedcom/9306 "2026-04-03T22:08:50Z")
I’m really trying to get Gramps working, but I’m losing my temper… I have been using a Swedish program called Genney. I have exported my tree as GEDCOM 5.5. Almost everything transferred correctly, but the places are a r… --- ## [GEDCOM date‑constraint semantics should not be propagated into Gramps](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-date-constraint-semantics-should-not-be-propagated-into-gramps/9282)
**Author:** [@StoltHD](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoltHD)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-date-constraint-semantics-should-not-be-propagated-into-gramps/9282 "2026-03-31T20:33:53Z")
Subject: GEDCOM date‑constraint semantics should not be propagated into Gramps First of all, apologies for raising this here, but I’ve recently become aware of a fairly serious issue in how dates are handled — both in G… --- ## [Unmarried parents in GEDCOM](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/unmarried-parents-in-gedcom/9183)
**Author:** [@Greyingrey](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Greyingrey)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/unmarried-parents-in-gedcom/9183 "2026-03-16T19:02:27Z")
Gramps 6.0.3–1 Python: 3.12.11 sqlite: 3.50.1 orjson: 3.10.18 LANG: de\_DE.UTF-8 Betriebssystem: Windows As a trial, I entered a mother, father and child. The relationship between the parents is set to “unmarried”. … --- ## [Problème d'image](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/probleme-dimage/8945)
**Author:** [@cargo.49](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/cargo.49)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/probleme-dimage/8945 "2026-01-16T16:28:25Z")
Gramps version 6.0.6 Bonjour, Je suis en train de migrer sur Linux ubuntu après intégration de mon fichier gedcom tout semble fonctionner correctement, à part un problème d’affichage d’image. Après ouverture d’un indi… --- ## [Genealogy research in Obsidian for those who want to try](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/genealogy-research-in-obsidian-for-those-who-want-to-try/8926)
**Author:** [@StoltHD](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoltHD)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/genealogy-research-in-obsidian-for-those-who-want-to-try/8926 "2026-01-15T22:08:45Z")
I just found this plugin for Obsidian, it might be an easy way in for those who wants to try Obsidian, Zettlr, Foam for VSC for their genealogy or historical research… PS. I do not know anything about this, not tried it… --- ## [Need a Source Usage report Source-Repository-Citation-Citation Text-Fact-Person](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-a-source-usage-report-source-repository-citation-citation-text-fact-person/8947)
**Author:** [@Rick.Allen](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Rick.Allen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-a-source-usage-report-source-repository-citation-citation-text-fact-person/8947 "2025-12-17T21:42:56Z")
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 C… --- ## [Import gedcom vers tableur puis export tableur -\> Gedcom](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-gedcom-vers-tableur-puis-export-tableur-gedcom/8818)
**Author:** [@MIgout](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/MIgout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-gedcom-vers-tableur-puis-export-tableur-gedcom/8818 "2025-12-12T13:54:25Z")
Gramp 6 https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Prerequisites\_Checker\_Gramplet --- ## [XML application issue](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/xml-application-issue/8878)
**Author:** [@jj0192](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/jj0192)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/xml-application-issue/8878 "2025-12-03T20:35:10Z")
I am currently working on a direct gedcom to xml converter for gramps. I have made it extremely far into the process however, I can not see to get the people view to show the dates event though there are event birth and … --- ## [PATCH method not allowed in Grampsweb API 3.5.0](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/patch-method-not-allowed-in-grampsweb-api-3-5-0/8886)
**Author:** [@ArtoV](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ArtoV)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/patch-method-not-allowed-in-grampsweb-api-3-5-0/8886 "2025-12-03T05:41:58Z")
Gramps 6.0.6 Gramps Web API 3.5.0 Gramps Web Frontend 25.11.0 I’m running Grampweb in my own Synology NAS. Trying to find a way how to update changed GEDCOM rows exported from MyHeritage to Grampsweb fe. person and fa… --- ## [Ctrl chars in Brother's Keeper export Gedcom file](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ctrl-chars-in-brothers-keeper-export-gedcom-file/8813)
**Author:** [@Michel152](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Michel152)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/ctrl-chars-in-brothers-keeper-export-gedcom-file/8813 "2025-11-16T00:44:00Z")
Hi, I’m using Gramps 6.0.6 on Windows-11-64b. First, I import in Gramps a Brother’s Keeper Gedcom with such source records 0 @S69@ SOUR 1 AUTH Belgique, Luxembourg, registres d’état civil, 1580-1920, Hotton 1 TITL A… --- ## [Import from Genbox Family History to Gramps 6.0.5](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-from-genbox-family-history-to-gramps-6-0-5/8697)
**Author:** [@Sobec](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Sobec)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/import-from-genbox-family-history-to-gramps-6-0-5/8697 "2025-10-27T02:41:36Z")
Can’t import from Genbox Family History to Gramps. Error message says that the file is not a gedcom. Any suggestions for success. Am running Win 11 Thanks --- ## [Whither GEDCOM goest](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/whither-gedcom-goest/8656)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/whither-gedcom-goest/8656 "2025-10-11T14:51:11Z")
There has been some discussion of making Gramps capable of recognizing versions of GEDCOM and and branching to version specific GEDCOM parsers. Perhaps we could discuss how that might be implemented? Since all the vers… --- ## [Very large GEDCOM import - really happy](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/very-large-gedcom-import-really-happy/8544)
**Author:** [@tsesani](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/tsesani)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/very-large-gedcom-import-really-happy/8544 "2025-09-12T12:45:37Z")
Very large gedcom import - really happy Operating System: GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p2 all updates gramps-6.0.4 10 generations of descendants of one of my great grandfathers. gedcom was 15157613 lines. Product Name: HP Pa… --- ## [Family Circles Poster - New chart visualization type for use with GEDCOM](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/family-circles-poster-new-chart-visualization-type-for-use-with-gedcom/8519)
**Author:** [@GeorgeWilmes](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GeorgeWilmes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/family-circles-poster-new-chart-visualization-type-for-use-with-gedcom/8519 "2025-09-06T01:24:37Z")
Here’s another example of using different types of lines. (And maybe another inspiration for a 3D visualization, using time or generations as the vertical axis.) --- ## [Better Ancestry citations \[for Ancestry GEDCOMs custom "\_APID" tag \]](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/better-ancestry-citations-for-ancestry-gedcoms-custom-apid-tag/8243)
**Author:** [@EConnolly](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/EConnolly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/better-ancestry-citations-for-ancestry-gedcoms-custom-apid-tag/8243 "2025-08-29T04:43:44Z")
I would imagine this is a familiar sight for anyone who’s imported a GEDCOM from Ancestry.com into Gramps: Row on row of near-useless citations, sometimes hundreds of them. I assume this is because sometimes–I’m not … --- ## [Cannot see link to install gedcom files into brand new account. w10](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/cannot-see-link-to-install-gedcom-files-into-brand-new-account-w10/8142)
**Author:** [@leonardivor](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/leonardivor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/cannot-see-link-to-install-gedcom-files-into-brand-new-account-w10/8142 "2025-08-13T13:11:53Z")
I Cannot see link to install gedcom files into brand new account. w10 --- ## [How to delete many objects at once](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-delete-many-objects-at-once/8094)
**Author:** [@liziloo](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/liziloo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-delete-many-objects-at-once/8094 "2025-08-07T20:11:41Z")
Grampsweb 6.0.1 on Docker on OpenMediaVault I feel like I must be missing something obvious, but how do I do a mass deletion of objects such as notes, sources, media, etc? I just started by importing a gedcom from Wiki… --- ## [GEDCOM Import from FTM Missing Footnotes](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-import-from-ftm-missing-footnotes/8021)
**Author:** [@LittleReg1](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/LittleReg1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/gedcom-import-from-ftm-missing-footnotes/8021 "2025-07-30T19:39:43Z")
v6.0.3; Win 11 Tried to import a GEDCOM from FTM 2024 and I received nearly 10K exceptions in an error log. Although some were related to the Privacy setting in FTM (which I can easily fix), the vast majority of errors… --- ## [Problems limiting sources on GEDCOM export](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/problems-limiting-sources-on-gedcom-export/7947)
**Author:** [@uli22](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/uli22)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/problems-limiting-sources-on-gedcom-export/7947 "2025-07-16T10:21:37Z")
gramps 6.0.3 AIO on win 11 Hi I am struggling with gedcom export, either gedcom or gedcom extensions. There are 2 problems first When I export a subset of my persons to gedcom all sources in the database are include… --- ## [URL in source citation](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/url-in-source-citation/7893)
**Author:** [@csam](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/csam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/url-in-source-citation/7893 "2025-07-06T10:36:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from How are we doing sources?: Gramps v6.0 on MacOS I was looking at the Gramps 6.1 roadmap as well as the github pull requests, but couldn’t find anything regarding adding URL to source cit… --- ## [Imported media (e.g. from MyHeritage GEDCOM export) handling](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/imported-media-e-g-from-myheritage-gedcom-export-handling/7886)
**Author:** [@jhenkins](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/jhenkins)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/imported-media-e-g-from-myheritage-gedcom-export-handling/7886 "2025-06-25T14:51:03Z")
Hello All! I’m in the process of trying to move my genealogy research away from MyHeritage to a local database, for which Gramps is very well suited. So far it ticks almost 100% of all the boxes, even though media handl… [Next page](https://gramps.discourse.group/tag/gedcom/42.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=gedcom)