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Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

gedcomS7 0.4.0 (28 Feb 2026)

  • Bespoke events (FamilyEvent("EVEN") and IndividualEvent("EVEN")) no longer require a fact_val argument
  • add_children() and add_siblings() gain a pedigrees argument allowing Child to Family links to be defined more specifically
  • Address() objects no longer treat semi-colons as new lines
  • Self-referencing loops in records now raise an error
  • Minor updates and improvements to function documentation

gedcomS7 0.3.0 (24 Oct 2025)

  • Added support for dates in the Julian calendar - DateGregorian() renamed DateCalendar()
  • Names and values of @ext_ids are now concatenated directly when constructing URIs - trailing slashes must be explicit
  • Record and Fact objects no longer have @GEDCOM_IDENTIFIERS and @RESTRICTIONS properties
  • Argument names in push_record() made consistent with pull_record()
  • Additional validation of arguments in user-facing functions

gedcomS7 0.2.0 (6 Sep 2025)

  • DateGregorian() now handles BCE dates with a negative @year
  • GEDCOM files within zip archives can be imported (GEDzip)
  • Minor changes to some internal class names and their inheritance
  • Other minor internal improvements

gedcomS7 0.1.1 (27 Aug 2025)

  • No user facing changes
  • Major refactoring to introduce set of property creation functions

gedcomS7 0.1.0 (25 May 2025)

  • Initial release