diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 026922e56..6faf4fa3b 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2005-04-01  Richard Taylor <rjt-gramps@thegrindstone.me.uk>
+	* src/plugins/ScratchPad.py: changed pickle to cPickle. cPickle is much faster.
+	* src/EditPerson.py: changed pickle to cPickle. cPickle is much faster.
+	* src/EditPlace.py: changed pickle to cPickle. cPickle is much faster.
+	* src/Marriage.py: changed pickle to cPickle. cPickle is much faster.
+	* src/Sources.py: changed pickle to cPickle. cPickle is much faster.
+
+
 2005-04-01  Richard Taylor <rjt-gramps@thegrindstone.me.uk>
 	* src/plugins/ScratchPad.py (ScratchPadListView.object_drag_data_received,
 	ScratchPadListView.on_object_select_row): disables drop that originates from the
diff --git a/gramps2/src/EditPerson.py b/gramps2/src/EditPerson.py
index 1004157d2..5b774049d 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/EditPerson.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/EditPerson.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # Standard python modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 import os
 import locale
 from gettext import gettext as _
diff --git a/gramps2/src/EditPlace.py b/gramps2/src/EditPlace.py
index f557618ed..3e3d09f89 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/EditPlace.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/EditPlace.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # python modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/gramps2/src/Marriage.py b/gramps2/src/Marriage.py
index 54250edb8..0f66d8336 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/Marriage.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/Marriage.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # Python modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/gramps2/src/Sources.py b/gramps2/src/Sources.py
index 43562e7bb..ad346956c 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/Sources.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/Sources.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import gtk.glade
 import gnome
 from gtk.gdk import ACTION_COPY, BUTTON1_MASK, INTERP_BILINEAR, pixbuf_new_from_file
 from gobject import TYPE_PYOBJECT
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
diff --git a/gramps2/src/plugins/ScratchPad.py b/gramps2/src/plugins/ScratchPad.py
index 8194392db..5111e5076 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/plugins/ScratchPad.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/plugins/ScratchPad.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # standard python modules
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import pickle
+import cPickle as pickle
 import os
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
 from gettext import gettext as _