diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index ecb335e99..252543698 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-22  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ViewManager.py: import of gramps package
+	* src/ArgHandler.py: import of gramps package
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py: catch bad LDS ords
+
 2007-01-22  Martin Hawlisch  <Martin.Hawlisch@gmx.de>
 	* src/ArgHandler.py,
 	* src/DbLoader.py: Print out more precise error messages when trying
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ArgHandler.py b/gramps2/src/ArgHandler.py
index b2eb9429a..377fadf12 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ArgHandler.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ArgHandler.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class ArgHandler:
                     os._exit(1)
                 elif filetype == const.app_gramps_package:
                     print "Type: GRAMPS package"
-                    self.read_pkg(filename)
+                    self.vm.import_pkg(filename)
                 success = True
             else:
                 print "Unknown file type: %s" % filetype
@@ -754,9 +754,9 @@ class NewNativeDbPrompter:
                 print Config.TRANSACTIONS
                 self.state.db = GrampsDb.gramps_db_factory(const.app_gramps)(
                     Config.TRANSACTIONS)
-                self.vm.read_file(filename)
+                self.vm.db_loader.read_file(filename, const.app_gramps)
                 self.state.signal_change()
-                self.change_page(None, None)
+                #self.change_page(None, None)
                 # Add the file to the recent items
                 RecentFiles.recent_files(filename,const.app_gramps)
                 return True
diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
index 73fb51408..2c29cf430 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGedcom.py
@@ -1328,8 +1328,9 @@ class GedcomParser(UpdateCallback):
                 a.set_value(matches[2])
                 self.family.add_attribute(a)
             else:
-                func = self.family_func.get(matches[1], self.func_family_event)
-                func(self.family, matches, 2)
+		if matches[1] not in (TOKEN_ENDL, TOKEN_BAPL, TOKEN_CONL):
+		    func = self.family_func.get(matches[1], self.func_family_event)
+		    func(self.family, matches, 2)
 
         # handle addresses attached to families
         if self.addr != None:
diff --git a/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py b/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py
index 13562bbc5..23017657b 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/ViewManager.py
@@ -859,6 +859,11 @@ class ViewManager:
 
         self.page_is_changing = False
 
+    def import_pkg(self, filename):
+	import ReadPkg
+	ReadPkg.impData(self.state.db, filename, self.uistate.pulse_progressbar)
+	self.post_load()
+
     def import_data(self, obj):
         if self.state.db.db_is_open:
             self.db_loader.import_file()