gramps

Check and repair database will fix broken links, restoring data
integrity, but that does not mean that it can correct the data to be
what you expect.

Since the Check and Repair found errors after you imported a GEDCOM
file, that means that the GEDCOM file is broken. Unfortunately, the old
adage of "Garbage in, garbage out" still holds.

Your best bet is to try to see if the source program can repair the data
before it exports a gedcom file, or manually fix the gedcom file.

Don

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 19:34 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote:
> I was contacted directly, and was told that 'Check and Repair Database'=20
> should fix the broken links. Granted, it found 12 broken child/family=20
> links. But, that person still has no parents listed in Pedigree.
>=20
> I checked more of the database - those parents, and a few others, have=20
> no children in the Family list.
>=20
> Looks like I have a lot of work to do.
>=20
> Is there anything I can do to fix this? Meaning, re-read the gedcom, but=20
> with some changes.
>=20
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The file is probably encoded using the ANSEL character set. This is a
horrible character set that almost nothing but GEDCOM understands.

I've been able to edit GEDCOM files with emacs and with vi.

GRAMPS runs under Linux and FreeBSD. It has been ported to Windows, but
is not supported under Windows.

Don

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 20:48 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote:
> Nick:
> > You can edit a GEDCOM file - it is plain text - but you just need to be=
=20
> > careful...
>=20
> Well, I tried to load it into a text editor - but the character coding
> could not be detected.
>=20
> Btw - does GRAMPS run on linux only, or other platforms?
>=20
> I use Fedora 7; I tried to load the .ged into gedit, and it complained=20
> about not being able to detect the character coding. It tried UTF-8; I=20
> told it to try ISO-8859-1. What others could I try?
>=20
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Quoting Michael Klinosky <mpk2@...>:

> I was contacted directly, and was told that 'Check and Repair Database'
> should fix the broken links. Granted, it found 12 broken child/family
> links. But, that person still has no parents listed in Pedigree.
>
> I checked more of the database - those parents, and a few others, have
> no children in the Family list.
>
> Looks like I have a lot of work to do.

I don't completely follow. Is GRAMPS now consistent, that is, do all 
views show
the same family?
You said first relationship view showed it, but pedigree not.

If part of GRAMPS would know they are family, you might be able to do 
something.
Otherwise, GEDCOM it is. However, on a small database, it might be easier to
correct things in GRAMPS.

You find some GEDCOM references on our wiki:
http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEDCOM
Even link to how to convert ANSEL to Unicode

Benny

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