Changes

{{languages|Gramps_4.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_Editing_Data:_Detailed_-_part_1}}

{{#vardefine:figure|0}}

The name fields of the preferred name in the {{man label|Person Editor}} are:

*{{man label|Type}} of the name (birth name, married name, nick name, short name, etc.). It is advised to use for the preferred name a name with legal tender as that is what most often is found on documents, and store other name types in the {{man label|Name}} tab of the {{man label|Person Editor}}.

The {{man label|Family name}} and {{man label|Type}} fields provide an "autocompletion" feature: as you type in these fields, a menu appears below the field containing database entries that match your partial input. This gives you a shortcut by letting you select an entry that already exists in the database rather than having to type it all out. You can select the entry using your mouse or using your arrow and '''Enter''' keys.

===General section===

*Source Citations

:These might be general sources that do not describe a specific event, but which nevertheless yield information about the person. For example, if Aunt Martha's memoirs mention her great-grandson Paul, the researcher may assume that this Paul actually existed and cite Aunt Martha's memoirs as the source that justifies this assumption.

*Attributes:

:The {{man label|Attributes}} tab lets you view and assign attributes to the person. You have complete freedom to define and use attributes. For example, attributes might be assigned to describe the person's physical characteristics or personality traits.

*Addresses:

:The {{man label|Addresses}} tab lets you view and record the various mailing addresses of the person. You are advised to use a residence event to store information of residency of a person. The address tab is offered mainly for compatibility with the GEDCOM standard where the rationale of addresses is mailing only.

*Notes:

:The {{man label|Notes}} tab provides a place to record various items about the person that do not fit neatly into other categories, as well as text excerpts you want to add to the family tree. You can share notes between different records in Gramps. The iconbar in this tabpage offers the usual buttons: add a note, select an existing note to add, edit a selected note, remove a note, and reorder buttons to change the order of the notes

*Gallery:

:The {{man label|Gallery}} tab lets you view and store photos, videos, and other media objects that are associated with the person. The central part of the window lists all such media objects. Any object in the form of a valid image file will result in the display of a thumbnail view of the image. For other objects such as audio files, movie files, etc., a corresponding file type icon is displayed instead.

*Internet:

:The {{man label|Internet}} tab displays Internet addresses relevant to the person. A descriptive caption of the Internet location you are storing. Type of internet address as needed to navigate to it, eg. http://gramps-project.org, E-mail, Web Page, ...

*Associations

:The {{man label|Associations}} tab lets you view and edit information about the associations between people in the database. The associations may include Godparents, family friends, or any other types of associations you may wish to record. If the relation is 'Godparent', then this would indicate that the Godparent of the person is the parson whose name is shown. As the GEDCOM standard states "A word or phrase that states object 1's relation is object 2". In the example shown, Lewis Garner's Godfather is John Adkins. Use Events instead for relations connected to specific time frames or occasions. Events can be shared between people, each indicating their role in the event.

*LDS

:The {{man label|LDS}} (Latter Days Saints) tab lets you view and edit information about LDS ordinances of the person. These informations are inherited from gedcom specification.

*References

:The {{man label|References}} tab

=== Date validity indicators ===

Gramps uses a date validator.

== Editing information about relationships ==

Information about relationships is entered and edited through the {{man label|Family Editor}} dialog. This dialog may be invoked in a number of ways:

Any of these methods will prompt you with the following {{man label|Family Editor}} dialog:

The top of the window shows the names of the people whose relationship is being edited, as well as their birth and death information. The main part of the window displays three {{man label|Relationship Information}} fields and the seven notebook tabs representing different categories of information about the relationship. Click any tab to view or edit the information it contains. The bottom part has {{man button|OK}} and {{man button|Cancel}} buttons. Clicking the {{man button|OK}} button at any time will apply all the changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking the {{man button|Cancel}} button at any time will close the window without applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab is modified, an alert window will appear that will prompt you choose between closing the dialog without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving the changes.

The {{man label|Relationship Information}} section fields have the basic description of the relationship. The {{man label|ID}} field displays the ID number which labels this relationship in the database. Leave generated by Gramps. The available types (such as Married, Unmarried, etc.) can be chosen from the drop-down {{man label|Relationship type}} menu. The {{man label|Marker}} allows you to specify some basic information on the status of your research.

The tabs provide the following information categories of relationship data:

*Children

{{man note|Note |Removing a child from the list does not delete that child from the database. It simply removes the child from this relationship.}}

{{man tip|Tip |Use arrows (up/down) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag-and-drop ''drag and drop''] for setting children order into the family.}}

*Events

{{man note|Note |Removing an event from the list does not delete that event from the database. It simply removes the event reference from this relationship.}}

{{man tip| Tip |Sources that document specific events such as marriages or divorces are better filed in relation to those events, under the Events tab.}}

*Attributes

*Notes

The {{man label|Format}} option lets you set the way the note will appear in reports and web pages. If you select Flowed, the text generated will have single spaces put in place of all multiple spaces, tabs, and single end-of-line characters. A blank line inserted between two blocks of text will signal a new paragraph; additional inserted lines will be ignored.

If you select the Preformatted option, the text in reports and web pages will appear exactly as you enter it in the {{man label|Notes}} dialog.

*Gallery

*LDS

To edit source data, switch to the Sources View and select the desired entry in the list of sources. Double-click that entry or click the {{man button|Edit}} icon on the toolbar to invoke the following {{man label|Source Editor dialog:}}