Release notes from python-gedcom

v1.1.0

2026-02-13T10:15:22Z

What's Changed

Fix for to_gedcom_string() by @KeithPetro in #29
Parse stream issue#32 by @mameen in #37
Get all names Issue#34 by @mameen in #38
Dropped support of Python 2.7 / 3.4, added support for 3.5 to 3.8 and moved from requirements.txt to using Pipenv by @nickreynke in #40
feature/docs by @nickreynke in #41
2.0.0.dev1 by @nickreynke in #42
fix(parser.py): remove call to deleted method is_family() by @joephayes in #58
refactor: remove legacy dependencies and migrate to uv by @nickreynke in #66

New Contributors

@KeithPetro made their first contribution in #29
@mameen made their first contribution in #37

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.1.0

v2.0.0-dev3

2020-08-07T07:16:20Z

No content.

v2.0.0-dev2

2020-08-07T07:07:47Z

No content.

v2.0.0-dev1

2020-08-07T07:05:00Z

No content.

v2.0.0-dev0

2020-08-07T06:50:52Z

Bump version: 1.0.0 → 2.0.0-dev0

v2.0.0-01

2020-08-07T06:25:08Z

Bump version: 2.0.0 → 2.0.0-01

v1.0.0

2019-04-02T14:43:17Z

Changes:

Added CHANGELOG.md
Set source code encoding to UTF-8 explicitly, since for Python 2 ASCII would be the default. For Python 3 the default is UTF-8.
Separated code of __init__.py into individual files, updating the package structure (#15)
- Resulted in a new parser.py file containing the actual parser, a element.py containing the elements the parser can parse and a tags.py containing the used GEDCOM tags
Separated code of new element.py into individual modules extending the Element class within new submodule element to better
differentiate between the type of Elements the parser parses (e.g. FamilyElement, IndividualElement, ...)
Added helpers.py containing helper functions like a @deprecated annotation to annotate methods or classes as
deprecated. (The helpers may be removed when its contents are no longer used within the project.)

GEDCOM file is no longer parsed within constructor of Parser class (the actual parser; it was named Gedcom before).
The new way to parse is as follows:

# from gedcom import Gedcom   <- Old way of importing the parser
from gedcom.parser import Parser

file_path = '' # Path to your `.ged` file

# The old way would be to supply the `Parser` (or `Gedcom`) class the `file_path` as its first parameter on initialization
gedcom_parser = Parser()

# The new way to parse a GEDCOM file
gedcom_parser.parse_file(file_path)

# ...

Deprecations:

get_individual() method within Element class. Use to_gedcom_string() instead.
given_match() method within IndividualElement class. Use given_name_match() instead.
get_burial() method within IndividualElement class. Use get_burial_data() instead.
get_burial() method within IndividualElement class. Use get_burial_data() instead.
get_census() method within IndividualElement class. Use get_census_data() instead.

Migrating from v0.2.x to v1.0.0:

The old way of importing the gedcom package was like this: from gedcom import Gedcom.

The new package code is separated into individual modules within the package. So Parser (the actual parser which was named Gedcom) would be imported like this:
from gedcom.parser import Parser, since the Parser class lies within the module parser within the package gedcom.

Same procedure for the Element class: from gedcom.element.element import Element, since the Element class lies
within the package gedcom, the subpackage element and the module element.

This allows for better maintainability and scalability.

If there are any questions or you encounter a bug please open an issue here.

v0.2.5dev

2018-12-15T10:45:09Z

Changes:

Updated project structure (#18)
Fixed setup.py outputting correct markdown when reading the README.md (#16)
Applied Flake8 code style and added explicit error handling
Set up test suite

v0.2.4dev

2018-12-11T20:36:57Z

Changes:

Made surname_match and given_match case insensitive (#10)
Added new is_child method (#10)

v0.2.3dev

2018-11-28T06:16:47Z

Changes:

Assemble Marriages properly (#9)
Return the top NAME record instead of the last one (#9)