Locating citations from FamilySearch

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Have others noticed that citations on FamilySearch are no longer right there on the search page, but have been hidden away?

I recall going through RootsSearch to FamilySearch to locate sources, and clicking on a source header would expand it to a short summary that would have the citation I needed for WikiTree at the bottom. Just a copy-and-paste and I'd have my citation for WikiTree.

No more, it seems. Now, clicking on the source line brings up a sub-window where the details are nicely formatted but no obvious citation.

I found where it now resides, though. The right hand side has a pull down titled "Document Information". Clicking the arrow beside it exposes a text area with the old citation, ready to be copied. This seems to be sticky; once expanded, it will also appear on other sources I view until it's collapsed again.

I thought I would post this in case others were having trouble locating these citations. More broadly, it might be useful to have site-specific instructions for locating and constructing these citations. Ancestry, I know, is more of a problem as it provides a source for a record but not the details to locate a specific record.
in WikiTree Help by Jim Patterson G2G6 Mach 1 (14.1k points)
Jim,

I noticed this change a few years ago-- i.e., it's been this way for awhile.
I've never noticed anything as you have described it and have had no difficulty in grabbing a copy&paste for a profile ... but now that it has been mentioned ...

2 Answers

+3 votes
Thanks so much for posting this!  I wasn't able to figure out a solution, extremely helpful.
by Living Smith G2G Crew (740 points)
+1 vote
If sources are attached to a person's profile. Source information for that individual is easier to follow on their Sources page which is sorted by date.
by Pat Credit G2G6 Pilot (187k points)

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