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Changelog

All notable changes to PastPaths are documented here.

The format follows Keep a Changelog and the project uses Semantic Versioning.

[1.2.0] - 2026-07-24

Added

GEDCOM import

  • REPO records now resolve to the archive's real name in sources, instead of the raw pointer string
  • The standard WWW tag now sets the source's URL
  • EVEN, MARB, and FAM-level NOTE are now imported as events
  • TNG's ADDR move records are now imported as residence events
  • FACT, _MDCL (medical), and _MILT (military) are now imported
  • SPFX (surname prefix) is now combined with the surname
  • Structured address linked to a specific event is now added to that event's notes
  • Standalone NOTE records (common in Gramps exports) are now resolved correctly instead of showing a raw pointer string
  • Coordinates on an event's place are now saved on the place
  • Citation retrieval dates are now saved
  • TNG's _LIVING now mirrors TNG's own rule for living/deceased
  • DEAT Y (known deceased, no date) now marks the person as deceased
  • GPS coordinates are now read automatically — both the standard format's MAP/LATI/LONG tags and TNG's central place register (_PLAC)
  • TNG's entire place register is now imported as real, searchable places, regardless of whether any person or event in the file actually references the place
  • TNG import: persons marked as Living (_LIVING Y) but who, based on birth date, would be older than 110 years are now automatically tagged -Utred hög ålder for manual review. The source's living/deceased value is not changed automatically.

Sources and relationships

  • Sources: new fields for repository contact details and call number
  • Relationships: new "Other relationship" type (associated) with subtypes Godparent, Witness, and Other — for baptism witnesses, godparents, and other important relationships that aren't family ties. Can be added and edited manually via the relationship dialog.

Person and person detail

  • Person: new fields for nickname and alternate names
  • The Sources tab now shows a combined list of all sources linked to the person (direct, via events, and via relationships)
  • The Places tab now shows places from the person's events, not just manual place links
  • New "Biography" tab shows biography and notes in the wide column with rich text formatting (bold, italic, lists), same editor component used in the blog
  • Name and tabs stay fixed at the top while scrolling (sticky header)

Merging and maintenance

  • Duplicate merging for categories, tags, and sources
  • Maintenance: find persons with no family connections, with options to review, flag for follow-up, or delete
  • Maintenance: find and clean up orphaned media files left on disk after merges or interrupted imports

Blog and events

  • Blog: new list view (table) with title, type, status, date, and categories, alongside the existing card view
  • Events: searchable person filter in the events list — finds events linked to a specific person across the whole database, not just the current page

Other

  • Welcome page with summary of content

Improved

Merging

  • Tagging persons for further investigation when merging
  • Commenting the merge
  • Compare parents, siblings, partners, and children (grouped by partner) before merging persons
  • Save diverging information as category Merged and deleted information as tags
  • The person duplicates list (automatic search) can now be sorted alphabetically, in addition to by score
  • The manual search tab for person merging now shows results in alphabetical order

Media

  • Uploaded media files now keep their original name in the on-disk filename, instead of just a random hash
  • Orphaned media files now show an image preview in the list, not just the filename

Lists and filters

  • List view is now the default on Places, Media, and Events (previously card/grid view); Persons already had this
  • The events list now shows the names of linked persons directly (up to 5, then "+X more") instead of just a count — easier to tell apart, e.g., multiple deaths in the list
  • The events filter row has been regrouped: general filters (search, type, person, sort, view) separated from the date range, which now has a clear, always-visible format hint (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • The Maintenance page now links directly to Sources and Taxonomy, with a short description of how merging works there

Look and navigation

  • Consistent avatar size (40/20 px) in the left edge of list rows, started on Events
  • Person detail: clearer tab overflow arrows when tabs don't fit, with color and text for better accessibility
  • Sticky header (title/name + any tabs) is now used on all list and detail pages, not just Persons

Fixed

GEDCOM import

  • REPO and SUBM records leaked into the previous record in the file
  • Several notes-related bugs shared the same root cause: CHAN (last changed) could pollute generic notes/date/place fields, a citation's own notes could leak into the event's notes, and an event's NOTE text was dropped if the event also had its own value. All of these are now fixed.
  • The note text on a RESI (residence) entry was never imported. Now added as the event's description.
  • A citation's own retrieval date (DATA/DATE within a source citation) could previously overwrite the event's own date by mistake. These are now kept separate.
  • Marriage and divorce (MARR/DIV on the family record) were never imported as events, and the dates were never set on the partner relationship. Now imported correctly and shown for both spouses.
  • Adoption and foster pedigree (the PEDI tag) was never read — all parent–child relationships were set to "Biological" regardless of what the file specified. The correct subtype (adoptive/foster/step) is now applied.
  • Media could previously be linked to the wrong event if a person had several events of the same type (e.g. two census records). Now linked to the exact correct event.
  • Places with the same name but different parish or county (e.g. after a historical parish reorganization) could previously be linked to the wrong place during import. Matching is now based only on the exact place text, never on the name alone.
  • Places with no specified country (e.g. "North America") previously defaulted to "Sweden". Now saved without a country if the file doesn't specify one.
  • Repeated events of the same type (e.g. multiple residences, census records, or occupations for the same person) previously overwrote each other — only the last entry was kept. Every occurrence is now imported separately.
  • Media files referenced via standard OBJE/FILE entries (e.g. TNG exports without _PHOTO tags) weren't found if organized into a subfolder the user created — the search only looked directly in the folder containing the .ged file. The search is now recursive across all subfolders.
  • NOTE text (including multi-line NOTE/CONT/CONC) on media objects (OBJE) is now copied into the media's description field. Previously only the title (TITL) was imported.

Person detail and relationships

  • Clicking a source in the Sources tab navigated away to the admin page with no way back — now opens in a dialog instead
  • Relationship subtype (Biological/Adoptive/Foster/Guardian) was shown for partners and siblings but missing for parents and children
  • Edit relationship showed no existing values when editing — type, person, dates, and notes were always blank

Merging

  • Merging persons in automatic search re-scanned the entire list after every merge — unnecessarily slow on large GEDCOM imports. The list now updates locally instead.
  • Notes and biography were shown truncated to 50 characters with no way to see the rest. Now shown in full in a scrollable box.

Events and navigation

  • Filters, page, search, and sorting were reset when opening an event and navigating back to the list — now preserved via the URL, so navigating back returns to the same filtered view
  • Navigating back from the error state and after deleting an event always went to the unfiltered list instead of respecting browser history — now consistent

Other

  • The "Go to tab" links for Sources and Taxonomy on the Maintenance page led nowhere
  • Logging in the packaged .exe didn't correctly emit INFO-level logs, making log-file-based troubleshooting unreliable
  • overflow-x: hidden on several global elements (body, .q-page-container, .q-page, .q-layout) changed to overflow-x: clip — was blocking position: sticky app-wide
  • The tab-badge count was clipped at the top edge on the Place, Event, and Media detail pages (Quasar's internal overflow handling in q-tabs)
  • The Tag media dialog showed raw i18n key paths (e.g. "PERSONS.DETAILPAGE.TABPERSONS") instead of tab labels
  • The category selector (tags and categories) showed hardcoded English text ("Categories", "Select one or more categories") instead of the existing sv/en translations

[1.1.0] – 2026-07-11

Added

  • English as an interface language (full i18n of the UI)
  • Central administration page that gathers maintenance functions
  • Duplicate merging for media, places, and events
  • Parish as a field in the place description
  • Default profile pictures for persons without their own
  • Features in the admin section that were missing per the documentation

Improved

Family tree

  • Rebuilt from the ground up; the tree now displays more logically
  • Arrow-based partner switching
  • Smarter choices when merging persons

Other

  • Better column pinning in the persons list
  • Better handling of deceased persons without a date of death
  • Better map handling; coordinates are used more actively in display
  • Years down to 0 can now be entered for birth and death

Fixed

  • Date handling UTC → local time
  • Image metadata on import from WordPress
  • Various bug fixes in media
  • Bug fixes in GEDCOM import
  • Bug fixes in merging persons
  • Bug fixes in the timeline

[1.0.1] – 2026-05-12

Fixed

  • Tags and categories are now clickable to the overview page
  • Import history for WordPress implemented; images in the blog editor restored; automatic tagging of imports works again

Improved

  • Reverted to Alembic for handling database updates and migrations
  • Tabs are now used instead of popups on the media, event, and place pages

[1.0.0] – 2026-04-25

Fixed

  • Errors in the family-based tree layout
  • Profile picture now displays correctly in the family tree
  • Editing a person directly from the family tree works again

Improved

  • Overall improved layout in the family tree
  • Installation format changed from zip to .exe for easier download

Added (0.9.0 → 1.0.0, full feature list)

Core features

  • Persons – add, edit, and remove persons with name, gender, birth data, death data, biography, and notes
  • Events – register life events (birth, baptism, marriage, death, etc.) with date, place, participants, media, and sources
  • Places – manage places with coordinates, type, address, and description; link to events and persons
  • Media – upload images and documents; link a file to multiple persons, events, and places
  • Sources – document where information comes from
  • Relationships – parenthood, marriage, and siblings; indirect relationships (cousin, grandmother's sister, etc.) are calculated automatically

Views and visualizations

  • Family tree – interactive view with descendant and ancestor views, generation filter, and partner switching
  • Map – Leaflet/OpenStreetMap with all places; click for details
  • Timeline – events visualized chronologically
  • Blog – write longer stories with a rich text editor and image insertion
  • Reports – ancestor chart, descendant chart, family group sheet, source list, and person profile with PDF export

Import and export

  • GEDCOM import (generic, Ancestry, MyHeritage, TNG)
  • WordPress import (blog posts and media)
  • GEDCOM export
  • Undo import – removes all entities from a specific import
  • Automatic tagging on import: {prefix}-import-YYYY-MM-DD

Other

  • Duplicate handling with automatic identification
  • Global tag and category system linked to all entity types
  • Local SQLite database in %LOCALAPPDATA%\PastPaths\
  • Automatic DB migration on startup via Alembic
  • Rotating log file (pastpaths.log, 5 MB, 3 backup copies)
  • Automated build script (build.ps1): Quasar → PyInstaller → Inno Setup
  • EULA and privacy policy in the installer
  • Complete Swedish user manual on pastpaths.se

[0.9.0] – 2026-04-22

First beta version for external testing.

Added

  • Complete person registry with relationships and events
  • Place management with coordinates and map display
  • Media library for images and documents
  • GEDCOM import and export
  • Duplicate handling with automatic identification
  • Source management and citations
  • Family tree view
  • Timeline for events
  • 10 different color themes

[0.8.5] – 2026-04-15 (internal testing)

Improved

  • Optimized database queries for better performance
  • Improved date handling with precision (year/month/day)

Fixed

  • GEDCOM import now handles media tags correctly
  • Fixed an issue with the place picker in forms

[0.8.0] – 2026-04-08 (internal testing)

Added

  • Desktop packaging with PyInstaller
  • Autostart on system startup (optional)

Improved

  • Redesigned login and registration pages

Fixed

  • Resolved an issue with SQLAlchemy cascade during import undo