diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 082cea1c6..4a425db03 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2006-10-29  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py: handle broken events
 	* help/C/gramps.xml: fix <warning>
 
 2006-10-29  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
index 94f466ba4..95c8d06f4 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadXML.py
@@ -769,9 +769,13 @@ class GrampsParser(UpdateCallback):
         self.eventref.private = bool(attrs.get('priv'))
         if attrs.has_key('role'):
             self.eventref.role.set_from_xml_str(attrs['role'])
+
         # We count here on events being already parsed prior to parsing
         # people or families. This code will fail if this is not true.
         event = self.db.get_event_from_handle(self.eventref.ref)
+        if not event:
+            return
+        
         if self.family:
             event.personal = False
             self.family.add_event_ref(self.eventref)