diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 20fb552c2..6c55ab03b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2007-05-15  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DataViews/_PedigreeView.py: Catch possible crash
+
 2007-05-14  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/DataViews/_PedigreeView.py: catch errors
 	* src/DataViews/_RelationView.py: catch errors
diff --git a/src/DataViews/_PedigreeView.py b/src/DataViews/_PedigreeView.py
index 43674049d..60ce1c2e0 100644
--- a/src/DataViews/_PedigreeView.py
+++ b/src/DataViews/_PedigreeView.py
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ class PedigreeView(PageView.PersonNavView):
                         obj = self.dbstate.db.get_object_from_handle(object_handle)
                         if obj:
                             mtype = obj.get_mime_type()
-                            if mtype[0:5] == "image":
+                            if mtype and mtype[0:5] == "image":
                                 image = ImgManip.get_thumbnail_path(obj.get_path())
                 if cairo_available:
                     pw = PersonBoxWidget_cairo( self.format_helper, lst[i][0], lst[i][3], positions[i][0][3], image);