Used WT Sourcer app for Ancestry, report that links are not sharing [closed]

Question

I was sourcing the unsourced and a member notified me that the Ancestry links I created using the Wikitree Sourcer app did not share. I cannot figure out how to check this because I automatically log into Ancestry. Then this morning, I noticed on another profile ( https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-573019 ) that the California death index doesn't appear to be sharable.

Would someone 1) tell me how to not auto log into Ancestry so I can check this? 2) without Ancestry try the Ancestry links on the profiles.

And I apologize  for not being able to explain this better. - Nancy

Answer 1

Sourcer can create several different types of link templates to Ancestry. When citing a record with an image of the document it will create both an "Ancestry Record" template and an "Ancestry Sharing" template. The latter can be viewed by anyone. If there is no image for a record then it just creates the "Ancestry Record" template which requires a subscription to view.

In the case of Unknown-573019 the first source (marriage) has both links. The third source (death) has only the Ancestry Record template because that record has no image.

Comments

You can sign out of Ancestry by clicking on your username at the top right of the page and clicking "Sign out"

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Hi Nancy. For 1), you can also use a different browser, or private/incognito mode in the same browser.

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Well I learned something this morning. Thank you!

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Citations to Ancestry are considered acceptable on WikiTree but it is best practice to always include enough information in the citation to be able to find the source elsewhere. Sourcer citations try to do this.

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Sourcer tries to help you find free sources. For example, for the death source, go to the Ancestry record:

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2039496:5180

Then click on the [1] icon to bring up the Sourcer menu. Click on "Search FamilySearch". The first search result is the same record on FamilySearch:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC3-B1M

You can click on that and create a citation with Sourcer that has links that anyone can view.

It doesn't always work out that easily since FamilySearch doesn't have all the same records as Ancestry, there can be differences in transcriptions, and the search functionality on FamilySearch is not great.

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If you have a subscription to Newspapers.com you can create a clipping of the marriage article and cite that so that anyone can read it. I have added a citation for this to the profile.