diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 126cbba9c..5cf1e066f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 2007-01-19  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py: add append_list task
+	* src/GrampsDb/_ReadGrdb.py: copy bookmarks properly on import
 	* src/DataViews/_FamilyList.py: remove loop
 	* src/PageView.py: check for null model
 
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py b/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
index f1f82ef26..bf6e5c81f 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_GrampsDbBase.py
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ class GrampsDbBookmarks:
     def append(self, item):
         self.bookmarks.append(item)
 
+    def append_list(self, blist):
+        self.bookmarks += blist
+
     def remove(self, item):
         self.bookmarks.remove(item)
 
diff --git a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGrdb.py b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGrdb.py
index 7eec6640e..aa8f582c7 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGrdb.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDb/_ReadGrdb.py
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ def importData(database, filename, callback=None,cl=0,use_trans=True):
 
     # Copy bookmarks over:
     # we already know that there's no overlap in handles anywhere
-    database.bookmarks        += other_database.bookmarks
-    database.family_bookmarks += other_database.family_bookmarks
-    database.event_bookmarks  += other_database.event_bookmarks
-    database.source_bookmarks += other_database.source_bookmarks
-    database.place_bookmarks  += other_database.place_bookmarks
-    database.media_bookmarks  += other_database.media_bookmarks
-    database.repo_bookmarks   += other_database.repo_bookmarks   
+    database.bookmarks.append_list(other_database.bookmarks.get())
+    database.family_bookmarks.append_list(other_database.family_bookmarks.get())
+    database.event_bookmarks.append_list(other_database.event_bookmarks.get())
+    database.source_bookmarks.append_list(other_database.source_bookmarks.get())
+    database.place_bookmarks.append_list(other_database.place_bookmarks.get())
+    database.media_bookmarks.append_list(other_database.media_bookmarks.get())
+    database.repo_bookmarks.append_list(other_database.repo_bookmarks.get())
 
     # close the other database and clean things up
     other_database.close()