Gramps

Notes

Surnames

https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Names_in_Gramps#Origin_Attributes

• UNKNOWN: indeterminate origin
• CUSTOM: Custom user defined origin
• NONE: no given origin
• GIVEN: name was bestowed on the individual (includes ‘John Doe’ names)
• PATRILINEAL: name was inherited from father’s family name
• MATRILINEAL: name was inherited from mother’s family name
• PATRONYMIC: name is derived from father’s given name
• MATRONYMIC: name is derived from mother’s given name
• FEUDAL: name refers to the holding of land in a fief
• PSEUDONYM: name is fictitious
• OCCUPATION: name refers to the trade employing the person
• INHERITED: name was based on the parent name(s)
• TAKEN: name was chosen by the individual, including when adopting a spouse's surname

Event Types

• https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Events_in_Gramps

Built-In

• Birth
• Baptism
• Death
• Stillbirth
• Burial
• Cremation
• Adopted
• Family
  • Engagement
  • Marriage
  • Divorce
  • Annulment
  • Marriage Settlement
  • Marriage License
  • Marriage Contract
  • Marriage Banns
  • Divorce Filing
  • Alternate Marriage - Cohabitation, Common Law Marriages, Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships
• Religious
  • Christening
  • Adult Christening
  • Confirmation
  • First Communion
  • Blessing
  • Bar Mitzvah - when a Jewish boy reaches age 13
  • Bat Mitzvah - when a Jewish girl reaches age 13, also known as “Bas Mitzvah”
  • Religion
• Vocational
  • Occupation
  • Retirement
  • Elected
  • Military Service
  • Ordination
• Academic
  • Education
  • Degree
  • Graduation
• Travel
  • Emigration - leaving one’s homeland with the intent of residing elsewhere
  • Immigration - An event of entering into a new locality with the intent of residing there
  • Naturalization - obtaining citizenship
• Legal
  • Probate
  • Will
• Residence
  • Residence - the act of dwelling at an address for a period of time
  • Census
  • Property
• Other
  • Cause of Death
  • Medical Information
  • Nobility Title
  • Number of Marriages

Custom

• News
• Vacation
• Award
• Gathering
• Membership - Club, Society, Organization
• Birthday
• Memory

Relationship Types

https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/GEPS_001:_Relationship_type_event_link

• Built-In
  • Married: any religious union
    • Divorced (Add event)
  • Civil Union: all other civil legal union
  • Unmarried: a family with no bonds, or a family living together without a mutual love
  • Unknown: Unknown
• CUSTOM
  • Cohabitation: the state of living together and having a romantic relationship without being married
  • Dating
    • Ex-Partner
  • Engaged
    • Ex-Engaged

Customize Gramps / Modify Files

Warning

I use this software primarily for fantasy / imaginary worldbuilding, so numbers are exaggerated

Preferences >> Name Format

Title Given (Call) “Nickname” Surname Suffix

gramps.ini

AppData\Roaming\gramps\gramps60\gramps.ini

• REMOVE the ;;
  • date-about-range=100000000000
  • date-after-range=100000000000
  • date-before-range=100000000000
• max-age-prob-alive=100000000000
• max-sib-age-diff=100000000000
• 100 billion: 100,000,000,000 = 100000000000

tool_options.xml

AppData\Roaming\gramps\tool_options.xml

<option name="MAX_AGE_PROB_ALIVE" value="100000000000"/>
<option name="MAX_SIB_AGE_DIFF" value="100000000000"/>

syncAssociations.py (Custom Associations)

AppData\Roaming\gramps\gramps60\plugins\SyncAssociations\syncAssociations.py

See https://gist.github.com/VMPYRC/9d4ef4bfa6d821277754e2f5ff277bc0

Resources

Content	Link
Blog	https://gramps-project.org/blog/
GitHub	https://github.com/gramps-project
GitHub Releases	https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/releases
Bugs, Changelog	https://gramps-project.org/bugs/changelog_page.php
Discussions, Forum	https://gramps.discourse.group/
Wiki	https://gramps-project.org/wiki/