Users should be aware that exporting to a GEDCOM is NOT equivalent to backing up the data contained in GRAMPS, because the program stores more information than is compassed by a GEDCOM. Exporting and production of web pages can be as selective as you like with the use of those filters. It also has the most thorough implementation of privacy features I’ve seen, allowing just about anything to be marked Private. But in my six year experience with it, it is very stable and very powerful, primarily because of its use of user-defined tags and filters. People who want eye-candy should look elsewhere. GRAMPS is not the most attractive program. But if you are looking for an application that does the job, Gramps works.īiggest Pro: Powerful, flexibility, filters and privacyīiggest Con: Learning curve for newbies to genealogy research If you are expecting software that has undergone millions of dollars in research developing the user-interface, this is not it. Reading up on genealogy research will help. Using Gramps source, repository, citations, and media library, will help you resolve those conflicts. You will be amazed at how quickly you lose track of ‘how you know what you know”, and that becomes extremely important as you encounter conflicting data (and you will). The reports are great, and there is functionality to create your own web site (read-only) when you want to share.įor beginners, I highly recommend you understand both the importance of, and how to use citations before getting to far into it. The feature I like the most is that not only is it free, but it runs locally, meaning privacy is not an issue and there is no online subscription fee. I’m quite certain there are many features I have yet to discover. Being fair, some is learning genealogy practices, and some is the power of the Gramps Program. I would rate it 5, except that there is a learning curve.
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