diff --git a/gramps/gen/lib/note.py b/gramps/gen/lib/note.py
index 1d25dc19a..4f58acfef 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/lib/note.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/lib/note.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from .primaryobj import BasicPrimaryObject
 from .tagbase import TagBase
 from .notetype import NoteType
 from .styledtext import StyledText
+from .styledtexttagtype import StyledTextTagType
 from ..constfunc import cuni
 from .handle import Handle
 
@@ -257,3 +258,25 @@ class Note(BasicPrimaryObject):
 
         """
         return self.type
+
+    def get_links(self):
+        """
+        Get the jump links from this note. Links can be external, to
+        urls, or can be internal to gramps objects.
+
+        Return examples: 
+        [("gramps", "Person", "handle", "7657626365362536"),
+         ("external", "www", "url", "http://example.com")]
+
+        :returns: list of [(domain, type, propery, value), ...]
+        :rtype: list
+        """
+        retval = []
+        for styledtext_tag in self.text.get_tags():
+            if int(styledtext_tag.name) == StyledTextTagType.LINK:
+                if styledtext_tag.value.startswith("gramps://"):
+                    object_class, prop, value = styledtext_tag.value[9:].split("/", 2)
+                    retval.append(("gramps", object_class, prop, value))
+                else:
+                    retval.append(("external", "www", "url", styledtext_tag.value))
+        return retval
diff --git a/gramps/plugins/quickview/linkreferences.py b/gramps/plugins/quickview/linkreferences.py
index 3c27e4bdb..9fe2dcafa 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/quickview/linkreferences.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/quickview/linkreferences.py
@@ -46,14 +46,10 @@ def run(database, document, obj):
     sdoc.paragraph("\n")
     stab.columns(_("Type"), _("Reference"), _("Link check"))
 
-    tags = obj.text.get_tags()
-
-    for styledtext_tag in tags:
-        if int(styledtext_tag.name) == StyledTextTagType.LINK:
-            if styledtext_tag.value.startswith("gramps://"):
-                object_class, prop, value = styledtext_tag.value[9:].split("/", 2)
-                tagtype = _(object_class)
-                ref_obj = sdb.get_link(object_class, prop, value)
+    for (ldomain, ltype, lprop, lvalue) in obj.get_links():
+            if ldomain == "gramps":
+                tagtype = _(ltype)
+                ref_obj = sdb.get_link(ltype, lprop, lvalue)
                 if ref_obj:
                     tagvalue = ref_obj
                     tagcheck = _("Ok")
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ def run(database, document, obj):
                     tagcheck = _("Failed: missing object")
             else:
                 tagtype = _("Internet")
-                tagvalue = styledtext_tag.value
+                tagvalue = lvalue
                 tagcheck = ""
             stab.row(tagtype, tagvalue, tagcheck)