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Patsyblefebre: Edit family from pedigree view Gramps 3.2.5.ogg

2013-02-04T07:03:33Z

Edit family from pedigree view Gramps 3.2.5.ogg

Patsyblefebre: Add_family_from_pedigree_view_Gramps_3.2.5.ogg

2013-02-04T06:49:57Z

Add_family_from_pedigree_view_Gramps_3.2.5.ogg

Patsyblefebre: Gramps

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Gramps

Patsyblefebre: Gramps

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Gramps

Ajxn: Undo revision 42719 by Ajxn (talk)

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Undo revision 42719 by Ajxn (talk)

Ajxn at 23:05, 13 January 2013

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Romjerome: /* Family */

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‎Family

Zeniff: Typos, minor grammar, and minor clarity.

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Typos, minor grammar, and minor clarity.

Romjerome: /* Add data to the source */

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‎Add data to the source

Romjerome: /* Create a Source */

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‎Create a Source

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 ==Screencasts==
-* [[Media:Edit_family_from_pedigree_view.ogg|Edit family (parents, children, siblings) from Pedigree View]]
+* [[Media:Edit family from pedigree view Gramps 3.2.5.ogg|Edit family (parents, children, siblings) from Pedigree View]]
 * [[Media:Add_family_from_pedigree_view_Gramps_3.2.5.ogg|Add family (parents, children, siblings) from Pedigree View]]

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 ==Screencasts==
 * [[Media:Edit_family_from_pedigree_view.ogg|Edit family (parents, children, siblings) from Pedigree View]]
-* [[Media:Add_family_from_pedigree_view.ogg|Add family (parents, children, siblings) from Pedigree View]]
+* [[Media:Add_family_from_pedigree_view_Gramps_3.2.5.ogg|Add family (parents, children, siblings) from Pedigree View]]
 [[Category:How do I...]]
 [[Category:Genealogy]]
 [[Category:Gramps Logic]]

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−	[[Category:How do I...]][[Category:Genealogy]][[Category:~~GRAMPS~~ Logic]]	+	[[Category:How do I...]]
		+	[[Category:Genealogy]]
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 So, if you begin with yourself, you are ''interviewing'' yourself, which is a primary source on the subject. From this primary source you obtain events such as birth day, baptize day, graduation, ... . The source of the events allows you to deduce a person existed, as part of a family.
-With this, we have our main terms for genealogy: sources, events, persons and families. Apart from these, Gramps allows you to store Notes, Places, Media (pictures, movies, documents), and [[Repositories in GRAMPS|Repository]].
+With this, we have our main terms for genealogy: sources, events, persons and families. Apart from these, Gramps allows you to store Notes, Places, Media (pictures, movies, documents), and [[Repositories in Gramps|Repository]].
 So, let's now start with adding information into Gramps.

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	'''How do I start with Genealogy using Gramps? '''		'''How do I start with Genealogy using Gramps? '''

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	'''How do I start with Genealogy using Gramps? '''		'''How do I start with Genealogy using Gramps? '''

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 == Family ==
-You now have entered yourself, time to add your parents. You could add your father and mother as you added yourself, and then connect them in a family, but most people will do things in one go via the '''Relationship View''' or one of the '''Pedigree View'''. Let's go to the Relationship view: select yourself in the person view, and then in the navigator, select the relationship view. This view has a toolbar that allows to add parents or to add a spouse. Click on the {{man button|Add parents}} icon to open the family editor.
+You now have entered yourself, time to add your parents. You could add your father and mother as you added yourself, and then connect them in a family, but most people will do things in one go via the {{icon|rela}}'''Relationship View''' or the {{icon|ance}}'''Pedigree View'''. Let's go to the Relationship view: select yourself in the person view, and then in the navigator, select the relationship view. This view has a toolbar that allows to add parents or to add a spouse. Click on the {{man button|Add parents}} icon to open the family editor.
 In the family editor you will see that you are present in the {{man label|Children}} tab. Use the {{man button|Add}} icon next to father and mother to add them as you have added yourself. Use the {{man button|Add}} icon in the {{man label|Children}} tab to add your siblings. You need to use drag-and-drop to sort siblings in the order as you want them to appear in reports (normally oldest to youngest I suppose).

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 (Ver. 3.3.1-1)
-It is assumed here, that you have just installed Gramps and starting your first family tree.
+It is assumed here, that you have just installed Gramps and are starting your first family tree.
 As a first step, in the toolbar click on the family tree icon to open the family tree manager called Family Trees - Gramps. In the pop up window click on the {{man button|New}} button (on the right). Now under the title Family tree name (to the left) enter a name for your tree and then click on the {{man button|Load Family Tree}} button (bottom right). Gramps will now open with your newly created tree.
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 Before you begin, you should know that Gramps does '''not''' store your media, it only stores a link to where the media is on your hard disk. So decide where you will store your pictures, videos, sounds, and documents. Then on the menu bar select {{man menu|Edit->Preferences}} and the '''General''' tab. Set the value of {{man label|Base path for relative media paths}} to this directory. Click on the {{man label|Close}} button to save your changes. Keep your media documents well structured in this directory.
-Now lets continue with adding some more data to the source. Double click on it (or press {{Man key press|ENTER}}) to open the source 'Interview with John Doe'. Look at the tab pages at the bottom of the source editor: Notes, Gallery, Data, Repositories, References. Surely you have a picture of yourself! Let's add it to the Gallery of this source.
+Now let's continue with adding some more data to the source. Double click on it (or press {{Man key press|ENTER}}) to open the source 'Interview with John Doe'. Look at the tab pages at the bottom of the source editor: Notes, Gallery, Data, Repositories, References. Surely you have a picture of yourself! Let's add it to the Gallery of this source.
-Click on the {{man label|Gallery}} tab, and then on the little '''Add''' icon just below the Notes tab. This opens a dialog to select the image of yourself. At the bottom of this dialog is a box '''Title:''' to set a nice title such as 'Picture of John Doe'. Entering a title does not change the file name. Make sure you select 'Convert to a relative path'. Press {{man button|OK}}. You will now see the ''Media Reference Editor''. The top of this dialog allows to select a region of the picture, eg when you have selected a group photo, it makes sense to indicate who on the photo is John Doe. You can use the mouse in the preview picture to select the part of the picture of interest (click down is corner 1 and click release is corner 2). Click {{man button|OK}} to save the image and go back to the source editor you where working on.
+Click on the {{man label|Gallery}} tab, and then on the little '''Add''' icon just below the Notes tab. This opens a dialog to select the image of yourself. At the bottom of this dialog is a box '''Title:''' to set a nice title such as 'Picture of John Doe'. Entering a title does not change the file name. Make sure you select 'Convert to a relative path'. Press {{man button|OK}}. You will now see the ''Media Reference Editor''. The top of this dialog allows to select a region of the picture, eg when you have selected a group photo, it makes sense to indicate who on the photo is John Doe. You can use the mouse in the preview picture to select the part of the picture of interest (click down is corner 1 and click release is corner 2). Click {{man button|OK}} to save the image and go back to the source editor you were working on.
-Suppose you have a typed out text of the interview. In that case you can add the textual document (odt, doc, rtf, etc ...) in the {{man label|Gallery}}, but you can also store the text as a {{man label|Note}} in Gramps. The good thing about using a note is that Gramps can search the text of notes with filters. So, click on the {{man label|Notes}} tab, click the '''Add''' icon, and you are presented with a basic editor that you can type or past text into.
+Suppose you have a typed-out text of the interview. In that case you can add the textual document (odt, doc, rtf, etc ...) in the {{man label|Gallery}}, but you can also store the text as a {{man label|Note}} in Gramps. The good thing about using a note is that Gramps can search the text of notes with filters. So, click on the {{man label|Notes}} tab, click the '''Add''' icon, and you are presented with a basic editor that you can type or paste text into.
 When finished, press {{man button|OK}} on the source editor, and your source 'Interview with John Doe' now has also a note and picture.
-To see these, you would have to open the editor again. However, Gramps has a bottom pane that can show you information on the selected entry in the source view. For that, activate in the menu '''View''' the '''Bottombar'''. You will see a number of tabs which allow to show information. The elements showing information are called '''Gramplets''' in Gramps. Gramplets are small plugins that can perform all kinds of tasks. You can add one to the bottombar by using left-click with the mouse on the bottombar next to the tabs.
+To see these, you would have to open the editor again. However, Gramps has a bottom pane that can show you information on the selected entry in the source view. For that, activate in the menu '''View''' the '''Bottombar'''. You will see a number of tabs which allow to show information. The elements showing information are called '''Gramplets''' in Gramps. Gramplets are small plugins that can perform all kinds of tasks. You can add one to the bottombar by using right-click with the mouse on the bottombar next to the tabs.
 == Time for your first Person ==
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 So much done, and not yet one single person is present in your family tree! Time to change that. Let's add yourself. As all information you will add comes from the source 'Interview with John Doe', we first store this in an easy to reach place. In the toolbar click on the {{man button|Clipboard}} icon to open the clipboard. Drag and drop, from the source view, the source 'Interview with John Doe', into the Clipboard. Your source is now stored in the Clipboard and this window can be closed.
-In the Navigator, click on the Person icon to see the person view. Note that on the Toolbar there is a pressed in button (3rd button from the right) indicating the type of person view you have activated. Try the other possibility once to see what changes. Many Categories in the Navigator have more than one view!
+In the Navigator, click on the Person icon to see the person view. Note that on the Toolbar there is a pressed-in button (3rd button from the right) indicating the type of person view you have activated. Try the other possibility once to see what changes. Many Categories in the Navigator have more than one view!
 Click now on the {{man button|Add}} button on the Toolbar to add your first person. You now see the person editor, and the top part of this should be what you expect: all information about the name of this person. So, type in your given name, and your surname. If you are eg. Spanish and have a very long surname, then click on the {{man button|Add}} icon after the surname to enter multiple surnames. See the manual for more details. Now select your Gender.
-As you enter data, you need to add where you obtained this data (Source). For this, click on the {{man label|Sources}} tab, then open the Cliboard form the Toolbar, drag the source you stored in the clipboard, into the area under ID |Title | Auth | Page of the Person Editor. This will open up the 'Source Reference Editor'. The bottom part of this editor is the same source as already entered, but the top part is new, and contains the data on how the information of the person was found in this source and how certain you are of it. For this interview you can set {{man label|Confidence}} to ''Very High''.
+As you enter data, you need to add where you obtained this data (Source). For this, click on the {{man label|Sources}} tab, then open the Clipboard from the Toolbar, drag the source you stored in the clipboard, into the area under ID |Title | Auth | Page of the Person Editor. This will open up the 'Source Reference Editor'. The bottom part of this editor is the same source as already entered, but the top part is new, and contains the data on how the information of the person was found in this source and how certain you are of it. For this interview you can set {{man label|Confidence}} to ''Very High''.
 You already have a picture of yourself, as you added it to the source. You can now add this same picture to this Person record you are creating. For this, click on the {{man label|Gallery}} tab of the person editor, and click on the {{man button|Share}} button. This will open a list of all media objects. Select the one you made earlier and click {{man button|OK}} to store everything. You could also have used the clipboard: or by adding the picture there from the media view, or by adding the media ''reference'' in the clipboard by dragging it from the gallery of an object to the clipboard, and then using it from there where you need it.
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 Next, you will want to add your birthday. For this, open the person editor of yourself, by double clicking on your name. Note that the {{man label|Events}} tab is open. Click on the {{man button|Add}} icon to add an event. Gramps preselects the birth event for the first event that you want to add. Enter your birth date as: (12/31/1900 - Month/Day/Year) or (1 Jan 1900 - Day Month Year). If you use Day Month Year, the Month must be entered with the first 3 letters only or it must be spelled out completely.
-You can also click on the {{man button|Calendar}} button on the right. This window allows you to select the Day Month and Year with a drop down menu. When using this make sure that the Quality is set to Regular and Type is set to Regular. After entering your birth date click on {{man button|OK}} to save it.
+You can also click on the {{man button|Calendar}} button on the right. This window allows you to select the Day Month and Year with a drop-down menu. When using this make sure that the Quality is set to Regular and Type is also set to Regular. After entering your birth date in the calendar window, click on {{man button|OK}} to save it.
-Next, because you have no Places in your database you need to create one. Knowing the place where you where born, click on the {{man button|Add}} icon after the Place entry to create this place. Enter places as City/Town, Township, County, State, Country or any combination of these. Such as Germantown, German Township (Twp), Montgomery County (Co.), Ohio, USA. Being consistent when adding places will be helpful later when you can select these from the {{man button|Select an existing place}} icon.  Adding latitude and longitude will allow these places to be positioned on a map later.
+Next, because you have no Places in your database you need to create one. Knowing the place where you were born, click on the {{man button|Add}} icon after the Place entry to create this place. Enter places as City/Town, Township, County, State, Country or any combination of these. Such as Germantown, German Township (Twp), Montgomery County (Co.), Ohio, USA. Being consistent when adding places will be helpful later when you can select these from the {{man button|Select an existing place}} icon.  Adding latitude and longitude will allow these places to be positioned on a map later.
-Don't forget to Source this. Click the {{man button|Source}} tab, open the '''Clipboard''', drag and drop your source, select the Confidence level, and save with the {{man button|OK}} button.
+Don't forget to Source this. Click the {{man button|Source}} tab, open the '''Clipboard''', drag and drop your source, select the Confidence level, and save both the Source and then the new place with the {{man button|OK}} buttons.
-Note that the editor that has opened is the Event ''Reference'' Editor. This means that there is a global part that you can share with other people (the bottom of the editor), and a top part which is unique to the person. This top part is used to enter the {{man label|Role}} of the person in the event. In your own birth, you have the primary role. If you know the name of people helping in the birth, and you want to store these people also, you can share this event with them, with a Role of ''Aide''. You can type a custom role in the {{man label|Role}} field if you are not happy with the predefined possibilities.
+Note that the editor that has been open is the Event ''Reference'' Editor. This means that there is a global part that you can share with other people (the bottom of the editor), and a top part which is unique to the person. This top part is used to enter the {{man label|Role}} of the person in the event. In your own birth, you have the primary role. If you know the name of people helping in the birth, and you want to store these people also, you can share this event with them, with a Role of ''Aide''. You can type a custom role in the {{man label|Role}} field if you are not happy with the predefined possibilities.
 Again, add a source to the event via the {{man label|Sources}} tab, like you did before. As you have no real recollection of your own birth, the interview should not have confidence 'Very High'! You would need to add a birth document as source for that.
-When done, click {{man button|OK}} to save the event, and then again to safe the person, and you have your first full person record.
+When done, click {{man button|OK}} to save the event, and then again to save the person, and you have your first full person record.
 == Family ==
 You now have entered yourself, time to add your parents. You could add your father and mother as you added yourself, and then connect them in a family, but most people will do things in one go via the '''Relationship View''' or one of the '''Pedigree View'''. Let's go to the Relationship view: select yourself in the person view, and then in the navigator, select the relationship view. This view has a toolbar that allows to add parents or to add a spouse. Click on the {{man button|Add parents}} icon to open the family editor.
-In the family editor you will see that you are present in the {{man label|Children}} tab. Use the {{man button|Add}} icon next to father and mother to add them as you have added yourself. Use the {{man button|Add}} icon in the {{man label|Children}} tab to add your siblings. You need to use drag and drop to sort siblings in the order as you want them to appear in reports (normally oldest to youngest I suppose).
+In the family editor you will see that you are present in the {{man label|Children}} tab. Use the {{man button|Add}} icon next to father and mother to add them as you have added yourself. Use the {{man button|Add}} icon in the {{man label|Children}} tab to add your siblings. You need to use drag-and-drop to sort siblings in the order as you want them to appear in reports (normally oldest to youngest I suppose).
 In the family editor you can also add events. We call these family events as they are shared by the two parents. Typically this is Engagement, Marriage, .... In these the Role is 'Family'. It is not needed to add these events also individually to the two parents!
-When done, click {{man button|OK}} to safe the family, and you will return to the relationship view with all the extra information visible. From within this view you can navigate to other people and keep enlarging your family tree.
+When done, click {{man button|OK}} to save the family, and you will return to the relationship view with all the extra information visible. From within this view you can navigate to other people and keep enlarging your family tree.
 == A report ==

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 And click on {{man button|OK}}.
-That is it, your first source. In the source view you will see Gramps added an ID to your source. You can change the format of this ID in '''Edit->Preferences->ID Formats'''.
+That is it, your first source. In the source view you will see Gramps added an ID to your source. You can change the format of this ID in {{man menu|Edit->Preferences->ID Formats}}.
 Before continuing, let's show how to change the interface. In the toolbar of Gramps, the last icon is the {{man button|Configure the active view}}, so click it to see how you can adapt the view. Activate the 'Last Changed' Column and by dragging, change eg 'Author' to be the second column. Most views have this configuration option, so change these to your liking!