Sources in GEDCOM imports.

Question

Importing GEDCOM files that contain sources will automatically include the source information with footnotes. This is a very nice feature of the Wikitree GEDCOM import. However, it creates S-numbers for each source. I just discoverd that you can easily rename these S-numbers without breaking the links.

 

The automatically generated code looks like this:

<ref>[[#S245]]</ref>

<span id='S245'>S245</span>

 

Simply change the name using this syntax:

<ref>[[#S245|Find A Grave]]</ref>

<span id='S245'>Find A Grave</span>

 

This hides the S-number, shows a more meaningful name, and maintains the link. Here is a very simple profile that demonstrates this syntax: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Campbell-7931

 

Comments

VERY nice, Rick.  Thanks for posting.

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That will make those source mark-ups a lot easier to fix -up ! Brilliant. Thanks.

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Fantastic tip! Thank you for sharing it.

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now if only the gedcom upload process could do that automatically. ;-b

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In the example given above, both the <ref> and <span> use the same name, "Find A Grave". Using the same name is not required. As an example, when the source is a book, you can use the author's last name in the <ref> statement and leave the <span> empty.

 

The syntax is now:

<ref>[[#S245|Author]]</ref>

<span id='S245'></span>

 

This gives a cleaner look to the Source and Footnote sections of the profile, IMHO. 

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Rick, can you point to an example of this last? Thanks.

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See the profile http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierpont-122 The source in this profile is called "Marks" (the author's last name).

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Thank you, Rick!

(A pleasant surprise for me. I opened up the message "Sources in GEDCOM imports" expecting to find a complaint.)

Answer 1

I added the arborists tag since they do a lot of profile cleanup!