diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 5d27098a3..593e8bd0e 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-08-04  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/PeopleModel.py: provide a work around for the python 2.3 bug unicode
+	sorting problem with locale.strcoll. For a nul termination during sorting,
+	strip it off after sorting. Only used for python2.3, since this bug was
+	fixed in python 2.4.
+
 2005-08-03  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/NavWebPage.py: use new ProgressMeter, add ability to
 	not generate a CSS style sheet.
diff --git a/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py b/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
index cd3f45289..5f3910447 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/PeopleModel.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import time
 import locale
 import cgi
 import sets
+import sys
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
@@ -71,6 +72,25 @@ _EVENT_COL = 8
 _FAMILY_COL= 9
 _CHANGE_COL= 21
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# python 2.3 has a bug in the unicode sorting using locale.strcoll. Seems
+# to have a buffer overrun. We can convince it to do the right thing by
+# forcing the string to be nul terminated, sorting, then stripping off the
+# nul.
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if sys.version_info[0:2] == (2,3):
+    def locale_sort(mylist):
+        mylist = map(lambda x: x + "\x00", mylist)
+        mylist.sort(locale.strcoll)
+        return map(lambda x: x[:-1], mylist)
+else:
+    def locale_sort(mylist):
+        mylist.sort(locale.strcoll)
+        return mylist
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # PeopleModel
@@ -136,8 +156,7 @@ class PeopleModel(gtk.GenericTreeModel):
             node = cursor.next()
         cursor.close()
 
-        self.temp_top_path2iter = self.temp_sname_sub.keys()
-        self.temp_top_path2iter.sort(locale.strcoll)
+        self.temp_top_path2iter = locale_sort(self.temp_sname_sub.keys())
         for name in self.temp_top_path2iter:
             self.build_sub_entry(name)
         
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ReadGedcom.py b/gramps2/src/ReadGedcom.py
index 28ae82ff5..4e4b823ce 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ReadGedcom.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ReadGedcom.py
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ class GedcomParser:
                     event.set_name("Death")
                     self.person.set_death_handle(event.get_handle())
                 self.parse_person_event(event,2)
-                self.db.commit_peronal_event(event, self.trans)
+                self.db.commit_personal_event(event, self.trans)
             elif matches[1] == "EVEN":
                 event = RelLib.Event()
                 if matches[2]: