diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 8789b28a3..24a4d17ae 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-20  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DisplayModels/_BaseModel.py (BaseModel.add_row_by_handle): 
+	if search not defined, do an insert
+
 2007-04-19  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/docgen/ODFDoc.py: PROPERLY escape ampersands
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/DisplayModels/_BaseModel.py b/gramps2/src/DisplayModels/_BaseModel.py
index eb5c45425..4172c892a 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/DisplayModels/_BaseModel.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/DisplayModels/_BaseModel.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class BaseModel(gtk.GenericTreeModel):
             self.node_map.clear_map()
         
     def add_row_by_handle(self,handle):
-	if self.search and self.search.match(handle):
+	if not self.search or (self.search and self.search.match(handle)):
 
 	    data = self.map(handle)
             key = locale.strxfrm(self.sort_func(data))