Has anyone had the chance to try the GetMyAncestors Python tool? It downloads as a GEDCOM but supposedly fully sourced.

You put the entire folder with all the GetMyAncestors files in the Python39\Scripts folder. Then you open the Windows PowerShell window and run pip install getmyancestors. This will create the application files in the Scripts folder. The ReadMe file has all the command lines that you will actuall…

The other day I mentioned the following [image] Non-GEDCOM import from Ancestry Help You could always try modifing the unreleased Addon:GeneanetForGramps to also support ancestry.com as it already web-scraps? It would be great if GetMyAncestors could be made part of …

Did a test. You can take the fstogedcom file and make a shortcut file on your desktop (or anywhere). Running this file runs using a GUI window. It will ask you to log into FamilySearch. The program adds you to the download list which you will want to delete. Then you add the Center Person by their…

[image] Wildkat: I installed python but cannot figure out where the darn folder is! I wish this type of thing wasn’t such a struggle for me! never mind, I found it You shouldn’t need to know where the folder is, running Python on Windows… You don’t need to download any folders, just run pi…

Cross-posting from the XML thread: [image] How to generate a Gramps xml file outside of Gramps? In the specific case of GetMyAncestors, a plumber’s nightmare Gramplet could create a wrapper for an un-forked GetMyAncestors. The Gramplet installer could include the entire External tool & dependenc…

I tried with 40 generations ancestors, no descendants, added family information. The gedcom file was 27MB large… [image] The gedcom imported to Gramps with minor warnings, e.g. deleting empty notes etc. But just be aware that you will get a lot of fictions if you download this amount of generat…

I gave this tool a try. Nothing but an error … This is on Fedora 35. It does the same thing for both root and regular user. It never asks for username and password. [bgee@main2 Downloads]$ getmyancestors Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/bin/getmyancestors”, line 5, in from ge…

Have you checked your version of babelfish? This is a getmyancestors problem or a babelfish problem… I had to reinstall multiple times to get it to work on Windows, never tried on Linux…

I have used GetMyAncestors to get ged. For the tree itself it seems to work as expected. It did not have the source/citation hierarchy that I think in and I think gedcom 5.5 and gramps use. In my mind there was a source for each citation. For my musings when I first installed it see Tran…

GetMyAncestors : a standalone tool to export FamilySearch ancestors

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GetMyAncestors : a standalone tool to export FamilySearch ancestors

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