Example.gramps

Your installation of Gramps should include an example family tree database. This is used to provide a known stable environment for testing.

If you think you have an issue/bug in your Family Tree/database, try the same operation with the example family tree. If the problem happens there as well, then it is probably not due to a corruption in your data.

Load example.gramps

Follow these steps to load the example family tree:

1. Find example.gramps.gz or example.gramps on your system. For example:
   1. on Linux /usr/share/doc/gramps/example/gramps/, open example.gramps.gz, and extract example.gramps to a temporary location.
   2. on MS-Windows AIO C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-X.X.X\share\doc\gramps\example\gramps (On MS-Windows ensure you can see hidden files; see User Directory:MS Windows)
   3. The example database is not included in the MacOS AIO.

1. Start Gramps
2. To create a new family tree Family Trees > Manage Family Trees... select the New button. Give it some name, such as example
3. Open this new family tree. It will be empty.
4. In Edit > Preferences, change the Base path for relative media paths: in the General tab. This could be in a new directory, to keep it separate to your own family tree media. (eg On Linux ~/gramps/example/)
5. Copy the media files from the example directory (that you found in step 1, above) to this media path directory.
6. In Gramps, use Family Trees > Import... to import example.gramps.

See also

• How to make a backup
• Recover corrupted family tree