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<Introduction
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< <What is GRAMPS?
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GRAMPS is an acronym for the Genealogical Research and Analysis Management
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Programming System. To put it shortly, it allows you to store, edit, and research
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genealogical data using your computer. Its functionality is somewhat common to
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other genealogical programs. However, it has some unique features.
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< <Why GRAMPS?
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GRAMPS was conceived under the concept that most genealogy programs
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were designed to provide the researcher the capability to input information
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related to a particular family tree. Most of these programs have allowed for
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the arranging and storing of information consistent with the GEDCOM standards.
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They usually provide means for displaying descendant or ancestral relationships
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by means of graphical displays, charts, or reports. These may be augmented
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with pictures or other media to enhance the data. Most provide for inputting
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data on unconnected individuals/families that may or may not have a relationship
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to the primary surname being researched. Various other enhancements may
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also be provided in the genealogical program that allows for different degrees of
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importing and exporting data from other programs and printing the data contained
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in the various reports.
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GRAMPS, on the other hand, attempts to provide all of the common capabilities
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of these programs, but, more importantly, to provide an additional capability of
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integration not common to these programs. This is the ability to input any bits
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and pieces of information directly into GRAMPS and rearrange/manipulate
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any/all data events in the entire data base (in any order or sequence) to
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assist the user in doing research, analysis and correlation with the potential
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of filling relationship gaps. In short, a tool that provides a way to input
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all your research into one place and do your analysis and correlation using
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the speed, power, and accuracy of your computer instead of pencils and
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unmanageable reams of paper.
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<Getting Started
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<Starting GRAMPS
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You can start GRAMPS either from Application menu or from Command line.
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< < <Applications Menu
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Choose Other->GRAMPS.
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< < <Command line
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Type gramps and press Return.
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< Running GRAMPS for the first time.
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[ RE-WORK THIS WITH SCREENSHOTS BEGIN ]
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The first time you run the program, GRAMPS will display its Getting Started
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screens. GRAMPS will guide you through a few pages that prompt you for
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some setup information. The information it requests includes information about
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yourself and your preferences.
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Although GRAMPS requests information about your, this information is used
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only so that it can create valid GEDCOM output files. A valid GEDCOM file
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requires information about the file's creator. If you chose, you may leave the
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information empty.
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[ RE-WORK THIS WITH SCREENSHOTS END ]
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<Main Window
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When you open a database (either existing or brand new), the following window is displayed:
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Figure 1, gramps - GRAMPS (example file loaded). The central area of the window shows
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certain aspects of genealogical information, depending on the current View setting.
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When GRAMPS opens a database, the View is set to the People View.
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< <Views
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Views are the ways to display various aspects of genealogical information, as described below.
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Since the relevant information is non-uniform and broad in both context and modality, it is best
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to break it's display into smaller uniform categories by context and modality. Before the detailed
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description of available Views, let us guide you through the ways of switching between the Views.
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< < <Viewing Modes
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< < < <Sidebar vs Tabbed Interface
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Depending on the state of the View->Sidebar menu item, the Views could be changed either in
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the Sidebar (Figure 2. Sidebar, no filter) or in the Notebook Tabs in the top part of the window
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(Figure 3. no sidebar, no filter). To switch the View, click on the desired Sidebar icon or the Notebook
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tab. To Switch between Sidebar and Notebook interfaces, choose View->Sidebar from the
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GRAMPS menu.
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< < <People View
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People View lists individuals whose data is stored in the database. People View displays people's
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names, GRAMPS ID numbers, gender, and their birth and death dates.
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The list can be ordered by any field. Example: to order list by the birth date, click on the Birth date
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column heading. To order list in reverse (descending) order, click one more time on the desired
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column heading.
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< < < <Filters
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Genealogical databases may contain huge numbers of people. Since the long lists are hard
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for humans to handle, GRAMPS provides a convenient way to limit the scope of browsing
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by using a Filter. To save screen space, Filter controls may be either displayed or not, depending
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on the state of View->Filter menu item.
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When GRAMPS opens a database, the Filter is set to the trivial filter called "All people", i.e. no
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filtering is in effect. To choose a filter, use a pop-up Filter menu above the people's
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list (Figure 4, sidebar, filter). Once the Filter is chosen, press apply button in the upper right corner
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of the window. The filtering will take effect upon pressing Apply. To invert the filtering rule, check
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the Invert check-box on the left of Apply button. Example: To show people without children,
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choose "People with children" Filter, check Invert check-box, and press Apply button.
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To cancel any filtering, set the Filter to "All People" and press Apply button.
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Note: even if the Filter controls are not displayed (View->Edit menu item is unchecked), the filtering
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might still be in place. In other words, the visibility of the Filter controls is not related to the actual
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filtering imposed on the list. This may be a cause of confusion, when you enable the filtering and
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then remove the controls from the display. If in doubt, enable the display of Filter controls and check
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what kind of filter is currently set.
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< < < <Alphabetical Tabs
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GRAMPS offers another way of managing long lists of people -- alphabetical tabs. Upon loading
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a database, GRAMPS checks for the stored Family names and breaks the people list into sublists
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based on the first letter of their name. The alphabetical tabs are displayed in the bottom part of
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the GRAMPS window. The last tab, "Other," stands for unidentified characters -- all the entries
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not assigned to any other tab end up in "Others."
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< < <Family View
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Family View displays the Family information of a currently selected (or Active) person.
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Specifically, this view shows the relationships (e.g marriages, partnerships, etc.) of the active person,
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his/her parents (or step parents, or guardians, etc), and his/her children (could be step children,
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adopted children, etc.).
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The Active person's data is in the list-box in the upper left corner of the window. Directly below it,
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another box lists the Spouse's data, for each relationship of Active person (can be more than one).
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The double-arrow button to the right of the Active person list-box allows to exchange the currently selected
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spouse (Current spouse) with the Active person. Double-clicking on the Active person allows to edit
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Active person's data. Double-clicking on the Current spouse allows to edit their relationship information.
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To add a spouse, press "+" button to the right of the spouse box. To remove Current spouse,
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press "-" button to the right of the spouse box.
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The parents of both the Active person and the Current spouse are listed in the corresponding list-boxes
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in the right-hand part of the window (Active person's parents on top, Current spouse parents on the
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bottom). Both list-boxes have a set of three buttons on their right side. The "+" and "-" buttons allow
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to add and remove parents of the Active person and the Current spouse, respectively. Pressing
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the right arrow "->" button makes the family in the corresponding list-box and active family. That is,
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it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the selected Mother the Current spouse.
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The bottom list-box displays children of the Active person and the Current Spouse. Children's list
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can be order by the Birth date, by usual way of clicking on the Birth date column header. In addition
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to the Name, ID, Gender, and Birth date columns, the list includes Status column. The pair of status
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words reflect the relationship between the child and his Father/Mother (such as Birth, Adoption, etc.)
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The three buttons are available on the right side of the children list-box. The "+" and "-" buttons allow
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to add and remove children, respectively. Pressing the left arrow button "<-" makes the selected child
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the Active person.
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< < <Pedigree View
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Pedigree View helps to visualize the place of the Active person in the tree of its ancestors.
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Pedigree View shows four generations, going back in time from the Active person (1) to his/her
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parents (2), to grandparents (3), to great-grandparents (4). Each person is denoted by a white box
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bearing the person's name. The two lines that converge on the box represent ties with the person's
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Father (top line) and mother (bottom line). When the mouse moves over the white box, it expands
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to display the corresponding person's dates of birth and death. When the mouse is placed over
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the family line, the line changes color to indicate an active link: double-clicking on the line makes
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the corresponding ancestor the Active person. The display in that case is re-adjusted to show
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four generations, starting from a newly selected Active person.
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The left-hand side of the window shows the left arrow button. Upon clicking, the button expands
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to the menu listing the children of the Active person. Selecting the menu item makes
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the corresponding child the Active person.
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The right-hand side of the window shows two right arrow buttons. When the top button is clicked,
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the Father of the Active person becomes Active person. Clicking the bottom button makes
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the Mother of the Active person the Active person. Again, the display is re-adjusted to show
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four generations, starting from a newly selected Active person.
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[ WHAT'S UP WITH THE DASHED LINES IN PEDIGREE VIEW ? - I FORGOT :-) ]
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< < <Sources View
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Sources View lists the sources of information stored in the database. This can include various
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documents (birth, death, and marriage certificates, etc.), books, films, journals, private diaries,
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i.e. virtually anything that can be classified as a source of information. The sources can be used as the reference for any event stored in the database.
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The Source View lists the title, ID, and the author of the source. All the columns can be used for
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sorting the list. The usual rules apply: one click for ascending order, another click for descending order.
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< < <Places View
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Places View lists the geographical places in which the events of the database took place. These could
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be places of birth, death, marriages of people, as well as their home, employment, education addresses,
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or any other conceivable reference to the geographical location.
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The Places View lists places' Name, ID, Church Parish, City, County, State, and Country. All of these
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can be used for sorting by the usual sorting rules.
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< < <Media View
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Media View is a list of Media Objects used in the database. These could be images, audio files,
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animation files, etc. The list-box on the bottom lists the Name, ID, Type, and Path to the Media Object.
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The top part of the GRAMPS window shows the preview (if available) and the information about the
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Media Object.
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< <Menubar
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< <Toolbar
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< <Progress Bar
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< <Status Line
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<Usage
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< <Opening database
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< <Starting new database
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< <Saving database
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< <Importing data
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< <Exporting data
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< <Editing
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< < Edit personal data
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< < Edit relationship data
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< < Edit children data
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< < Edit Sources
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< < Edit Places
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< < Edit Media
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< <Navigation
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< < Setting Default Person
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< < Bookmarking People
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< < Using Family View
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< < Using Pedigree View
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< <Generating Reports
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< < Graphical Reports
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< < ...
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< < Text Reports
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< < ...
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< < Window-View Reports
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< < ...
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< < Web Site
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< <Running Tools
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< < Analysis and Exploration Tools
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< < ...
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< < Database Processing Tools
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< < ...
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< < Utilities
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< < ...
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<Preferences
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< Usage
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< Find
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< Report Preferences
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< Researcher Information
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< Data Guessing
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< Display
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< General
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< Dates and Calendars
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< Tools and Status Bars
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< Database
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< General
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< Media Objects
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< GRAMPS Internal IDs
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< Revision Control
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<Authors
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<License
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