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Details of how Evidentia works with gedcom for gramps
GEDCOM produced by Ancestry.com is not fully readable by Gramps 2.0.x and 2.2.x (Relationship lost).
This is Bug#{{bug|899}}'':fixed for 3.0''. Also, you can use {{bug|899}}:'''grampify.pl''' for fixing broken GEDCOM generated by Ancestry.com.
=== Evidentia ===
If you do source- and evidence-based genealogy research, you might use this (purchaseable) program to help you follow the [http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html Genealogical Proof Standard] (GPS). If so, you need to understand which information [http://evidentiasoftware.com/evidentia-step-by-step Evidentia] will and will NOT export and import via GEDCOM.
====General Tips====
When you are entering information into Evidentia (about people, places, sources, etc.), be sure that it is typed EXACTLY as you entered it into Gramps. This makes it more likely that it will transfer successfully from one program to another.
====People====
=====IMPORT INTO Evidentia as Subjects=====
First, export individuals from your Gramps database into a GEDCOM file, either your entire database, or just those people you are currently researching. Next, import those people into Evidentia as what the program calls "Subjects" under the "List Manager" option.
=====What Evidentia IMPORTS and EXPORTS=====
Evidentia will only save enough data so that you can clearly identify which person you are researching. Evidentia can IMPORT and EXPORT these basic GEDCOM fields about a Person:
* @I0000@ INDI (person's ID number, called a "Reference number" in Evidentia)
* NAME Lakshmi /Wolowitz/ (full name)
* GIVN Lakshmi (given or first name)
* SURN Wolowitz (surname or last name)
* SEX F (gender)
* BIRT (birth year)
====Events and Facts====
As mentioned above, Evidentia can import the Event (sometimes called Fact) of a person's birth. However, that is the ONLY event that can be imported in the current version.
=====Manually add Facts INTO Evidentia=====
The main use for Evidentia is to properly cite and "prove" facts (or events) about people. So, you are required to enter those facts into Evidentia as a "Claim Type", attached to a specific Subject (person), and supported by source citations.
=====EXPORT some types of Facts to Gramps=====
Evidentia has most of the main types of claims you'd expect (birth, residence, etc.) and will export them to the usual GEDCOM fields. If a Claim Type doesn't exist in the original list, though you have to add it. It is unclear if an added Type will export to GEDCOM.
====Sources & Citations====
=====Manually add to Evidentia FIRST=====
Enter your Sources and Citations into Evidentia FIRST. Only after you've finished creating your proofs in Evidentia should you then import your Source Citations into Gramps.
There are two reasons to follow this workflow:
* First, Evidentia currently has no way to import your Sources or Citations, so entering here first means you don't have to enter them twice.
* Second, Evidentia makes it easier to use the 170 source citation TEMPLATES from Elizabeth Shown Mills, so your sources and citations will be properly formatted!
=====Match your Source Title and Source Abbreviation =====
When a Source is exported FROM Evidentia, it uses the "Source Title" for BOTH the Title (TITL) AND the Abbreviation (ABBR) fields in GEDCOM. So, if you've already created Sources in Gramps, use the SAME text in both of these fields, as well as in both programs.
=====Citation Title only used in Evidentia=====
Because the Citation Titles are only used within the Evidentia program, you can choose whatever pattern you like for naming them.
====Claims & Proof====
===== Default GEDCOM export =====
When you export a "Subject" into a GEDCOM file, Evidentia's default export will automatically include that person's:
* individual information: id, name, gender
* claim type: facts, events, or attributes
* source information: title, abbreviation, and full publication info (PUBL)
* full citation (PAGE)
If you entered a date (DATE) or place (PLAC) for a particular claim (event/fact), that will also be exported, so be sure to type the place name in precisely to avoid creating duplicates in Gramps.
===== Evidentia-specific GEDCOM export =====
Evidentia's GEDCOM export does NOT include the full Proof Report (although you could save that report as a PDF and add manually add it to your media in Gramps).
If you DO use Evidentia's recommended export settings, the Claim analysis will be added as a Note to the Citation, and the Proof conclusion will be added as a Note to the Event/Fact. For example:
* Citation Note with the Claim Analysis: "The 'Citation Title 1' asserts that Lakshmi Wolowitz was 30 years old when this census was taken in 1840.
The age given in the 1840 census suggests that Lakshmi was born about 1810. However, the accuracy of census data varies widely."
* Event Note with Proof Conclusion: "Until given stronger evidence of Lakshmi's birth date, it can only tentatively be concluded that she was born in 1810."
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