v2.0.0-alpha

New Features

parser.py

Updates to existing methods:

• Added optional parent_type to find_path_to_ancestor

  • The find_path_to_ancestor assumed the parent type is "Natural".

  • This is not part of the 5.5 GEDCOM standard and as a result, may not work for some GEDCOMs

• Added optional callback method to parse_file method.

  • Larger files take a long time to parse. The callback allows the calling program to monitor progress.

New methods:

• find_all_path_to_ancestor

  • The find_path_to_ancestor only finds one path. Sometimes there is more than one.

• get_children

• get_family

• get_spouses

• get_marriage_data

element.py

New methods:

• equals
• get_child_value_by_tag
• remove_child_element

individual.py

Updates to existing methods:

• Updated criteria_match to support given_name in criteria

New methods:

• get_birth_date
• get_birth_place
• get_death_date
• get_death_place
• get_first_name
• get_name_data
• get_sources_by_value
• get_sources_by_tag_and_date
• get_sources_by_tag_and_place
• get_vital_data_by_tag
• get_vital_year_by_tag

Utilities

The python-gedcom includes modules that will complete the following:

• Create a new GEDCOM file based on a person and their descendants.

  • While this is common function of most genealogy programs, the programs do not include the parents of spouses automatically. The python-gedcom module can include them automatically. In fact this problem was the initial driver for the expansion of the python-gedcom.

Future modules in development:

• Create a genealogy book
• Calculated statistics
• Clean GEDCOMs or merge records