WikiTree X - Family Search have switched to their new page format

Question

The old one can still be switched to, and does still work with WikiTree X 

There's a notice "This previous version will no longer be available in early 2023"

Answer 1

WikiTree X is  longer being maintained so it may never be updated for the new format FS person pages.

I have implemented some similar features to WikiTree X in the WikiTree Sourcer extension. Some of that is described here. I plan to continue to add features to cover other functionality from WikiTree X.

Comments

Thanks for that Rob. On a quick read it does look like WikiTree Sourcer covers my main use of WikiTree X, ie to quickly populate a profile of new family members (and I presume, adding the link to FamilySearch where it came from)
Will investigate further.

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Rob,  I use Wikitree X for starting new profiles either from familysearch or findagrave.  Findagrave only works sometimes.  

I have Sourcer installed but haven't discovered how to achieve this functionality with Sourcer.  Should I keep looking? Does it exist?

thanks

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Hi Stu, yes Sourcer will help you with starting new profiles from FamilySearch or Find A Grave.

The process is described in the Sourcer User Guide (see this link). For a FamilySearch profile you would use the "From a profile" case, for Find A Grave you would use the "From a record" case.

You can also see an example of using this process in my intro video at time 10:43.

For Find A Grave, the current version of Sourcer doesn't fill in the death place. This will be fixed in the next version.

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Thanks Rob.

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One other question, Rob.  In your video, I noticed you used a census site to create a citation.  The site I use the most is Library and Archives Canada.  An example of a record is as follows: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=45882

WikiTree Sourcer doesn't know how to extract data from this site.

Is there any plan to support this site?  Thanks

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The Canada sites are on the list to add, Sourcer is now an open-source project and several programmers are helping to add new sites: https://github.com/RobPavey/wikitree-sourcer

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Thanks. Good to know.

Answer 2

This is also an issue for Wikitree Sourcer.

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As far as I know WikiTree Sourcer has been working on the new style FamilySearch person pages for a while.

If there is one that it doesn't work on please let me know.

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It didn't work on this first profile I tried but seems okay now.