diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9481c8f56..7c6ac232b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-08-22  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py: apply event type string conversion 
+	fix to family types
+
 2006-08-22  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: show url when no description (#0000319)
 
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py b/src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py
index 7640c9843..f0b30ffaf 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class GedcomWriter(UpdateCallback):
                             self.writeln("2 TYPE %s" % event.get_description())
                     else:
                         self.writeln("1 EVEN")
-                        the_type = str(etype).strip()
+                        the_type = str(event.get_type())
                         if the_type:
                             self.writeln("2 TYPE %s" % self.cnvtxt(the_type))