getmyancestors.py is a python3 script that downloads family trees in GEDCOM format from FamilySearch.
It is meant to be a replacement for the GetMyAncestors program from Ohana Software (previously available at http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=downloads&page=GetMyAncestors).
This program is now in production phase, but bugs might still be present. Features will be added on request. It is provided as is.
This script requires python3 and the requests module to work. To install this module on Linux, run in your terminal: "python3 -m pip install requests" (or "python3 -m pip install --user requests" if you don't have admin rights on your machine). Alternatively, on Windows and Mac, you can install the Anaconda package (download the python 3.5 installer from https://www.continuum.io/downloads) which will provide both python3 and the requests module.
This script requires python 3.4 (or higher) to run due to some novel features in the argparse module (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.4.html#argparse)
To download the script, click on the green button "Clone or download" on the top of this page and then click on "Download ZIP".
Current version was updated on July 4th 2016.
Download four generations of ancestors for the main individual in your tree and output gedcom on stdout (will prompt for username and password):
python3 getmyancestors.py
Download four generations of ancestors and output gedcom to a file while generating a verbode stderr (will prompt for username and password):
python3 getmyancestors.py -o out.ged -v
Download four generations of ancestors for individual LF7T-Y4C and generate a verbose log file:
python3 getmyancestors.py -u username -p password -i LF7T-Y4C -o out.ged -l out.log -v
Download six generations of ancestors for individual LF7T-Y4C and generate a verbose log file:
python3 getmyancestors.py -a 6 -u username -p password -i LF7T-Y4C -o out.ged -l out.log -v
Download four generations of ancestors for individual LF7T-Y4C including all their children and their children spouses:
python3 getmyancestors.py -d 1 -m -u username -p password -i LF7T-Y4C -o out.ged
Download six generations of ancestors for individuals L4S5-9X4 and LHWG-18F including all their children, grandchildren and their spouses:
python3 getmyancestors.py -a 6 -d 2 -m -u username -p password -i L4S5-9X4 LHWG-18F -o out.ged
Send questions, suggestions, or feature requests to giulio.genovese@gmail.com