diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 6b3fafdeb..2402b563b 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	* src/plugins/IndivComplete.py: Add author.
 
 2005-11-10  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DisplayModels.py: fix datalist[0] problem running with accessbility enabled
 	* doc/xmldocs.make: fix for GNOME 2.12 help path
 	* doc/gramps-manual/C/gramps-manual-C.omf: fix for GNOME 2.12 help path.
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/DisplayModels.py b/gramps2/src/DisplayModels.py
index 0aabac838..98b43766d 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/DisplayModels.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/DisplayModels.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class BaseModel(gtk.GenericTreeModel):
 
     def on_iter_children(self,node):
         """Return the first child of the node"""
-        if node == None:
+        if node == None and self.datalist:
             return self.datalist[0]
         return None