title: Is there a GEDCOM parser written in Python?
body: <p>GEDCOM is a standard for exchanging genealogical data. </p>
  
  <p>I've found parsers written in </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://gedcom-parse.sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer">C</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/~pjcj/Gedcom-1.16/lib/Gedcom.pm" rel="noreferrer">perl</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://rubyquiz.com/quiz6.html" rel="noreferrer">Ruby</a></li>
  <li>and even <a href="http://paste.factorcode.org/paste?id=975" rel="noreferrer">Factor</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>but none so far written in Python. The closest I've come is the file <a href="https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/blob/21869e4939bbc347f3be2949c3a8fbc069361df9/gramps/plugins/lib/libgedcom.py" rel="noreferrer">libgedcom.py</a> from the GRAMPS project, but that is so full of references to GRAMPS modules as to not be usable for me.</p>
  
  <p>I just want a simple standalone GEDCOM parser library written in Python. Does this exist?</p>