diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d515dd39..4963981ee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-18  Douglas S. Blank  <dblank@cs.brynmawr.edu>
+	* src/plugins/DefaultGramplets.py (SurnameCloudGramplet.main): 
+	moved cursor to beginning of text
+	* src/DataViews/GrampletView.py (Gramplet.append_text): 
+	new scroll_to="begin" to go to start of text area
+
 2008-01-18  Jerome Rapinat <romjerome@yahoo.fr>
          * data/man/gramps.1.in: add missing -l option
 
diff --git a/src/DataViews/GrampletView.py b/src/DataViews/GrampletView.py
index c8d23fdfe..cffa2c08a 100644
--- a/src/DataViews/GrampletView.py
+++ b/src/DataViews/GrampletView.py
@@ -252,8 +252,14 @@ class Gramplet(object):
             enditer = self.gui.buffer.get_end_iter()
             end = self.gui.buffer.create_mark(None, enditer, True)
             self.gui.textview.scroll_to_mark(end, 0.0, True, 0, 0)
-        else:
+        elif scroll_to == "start": # beginning of this append
             self.gui.textview.scroll_to_mark(start, 0.0, True, 0, 0)
+        elif scroll_to == "begin": # beginning of this append
+            begin_iter = self.gui.buffer.get_start_iter()
+            begin = self.gui.buffer.create_mark(None, begin_iter, True)
+            self.gui.textview.scroll_to_mark(begin, 0.0, True, 0, 0)
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError, ("no such cursor position: '%s'" % scroll_to)
 
     def load_data_to_text(self, pos=0):
         if len(self.gui.data) >= pos + 1:
diff --git a/src/plugins/DefaultGramplets.py b/src/plugins/DefaultGramplets.py
index 706b24c5a..c1eb21410 100644
--- a/src/plugins/DefaultGramplets.py
+++ b/src/plugins/DefaultGramplets.py
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class TopSurnamesGramplet(Gramplet):
                 break
         self.append_text(("\n" + _("Total unique surnames") + ": %d\n") % 
                          total_surnames)
-        self.append_text((_("Total people") + ": %d") % total_people)
+        self.append_text((_("Total people") + ": %d") % total_people, "begin")
         
 def make_tag_size(n, counts, mins=8, maxs=20):
     # return font sizes mins to maxs
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class SurnameCloudGramplet(Gramplet):
                 break
         self.append_text(("\n" + _("Total unique surnames") + ": %d\n") % 
                          total_surnames)
-        self.append_text((_("Total people") + ": %d") % total_people)
+        self.append_text((_("Total people") + ": %d") % total_people, "begin")
         
 class StatsGramplet(Gramplet):
     def init(self):