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WikiTree Sourcer is a Browser Extension developed by Rob Pavey and other contributors that helps the user to search for sources and cite them, thus saving a lot of time and manual typing.
It focuses on three goals:
- From a WikiTree profile page it provides the ability to search other genealogy websites for relevant records.
- From one of these genealogy websites' records page it can extract data and build a citation.
- Also from one of these genealogy websites records page it can search other genealogy websites for similar records. For example on an Ancestry page it can help find free versions of the same original source.
The extension is still in active development as features and supported sites are added. The project is open source and programmers are invited to help add support for new sites.
The extension is free to download for Chrome and Firefox (donations can be made if desired via the popup menu). For Safari there is a small charge to install the app because Apple charges a yearly subscription fee to publish on the App Store and does not allow donation links in the extension.
How to install
The extension works in many different browsers.
- For Chrome, Opera, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi and other Chromium based browsers , install it from the Chrome Web Store.
- For Firefox install it from the Firefox Add-ons page.
- For Safari search for WikiTree Sourcer in the App Store on Mac, iPad or iPhone. An app is installed, when you run the app it installs the extension in Safari.
For efficient use of the extension (in Chrome at least) you will want to "pin" the extension (under the jigsaw-piece icon in Chrome) so that the "[1]" always shows up in the toolbar.
Before using it too much check out the options page ("Options..." on the menu). There are different options for formatting and you can select which countries your subscriptions for Ancestry and FMP are in.
Technical Support
To report a bug please add a comment on this Free Space Page with a link to the page you were on when you saw the bug.
We have a community of members discussing the extension, reporting issues and making suggestions on a "Rob Pavey Apps" Discord Server. If you would like to join please send a PM to me (Rob Pavey).
More information
- Advice on implementing WikiTree Sourcer support for Victoria BDM Apr 24, 2024.
- WikiTree Sourcer update (version 2.2.4) Mar 15, 2024.
- WikiTree Sourcer update (version 1.12.1) Nov 10, 2023.
- WikiTree Sourcer: Upcoming changes on Firefox and Safari Nov 7, 2023.
- Suggestions for Sourcer extension Oct 20, 2023.
- Can Sourcer be used in Windows with Microsoft Edge browser? Oct 11, 2023.
- Login to request to the join the Trusted List so that you can edit and add images.
- Private Messages: Send a private message to the Profile Manager. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
- Public Q&A: These will appear above and in the Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum. (Best for anything directed to the wider genealogy community.)
"It looks like a MyHeritage page but not a record page or peson page." Note the unconventional spelling of "person". But is there any page on MyHeritage where I can get data for a person? For example https://www.myheritage.com/FP/edit-profile.php?s=49684311&indID=2000203&origin=family-tree gives me this message.
I tried that link but it is to a person in a private tree so I cannot access it. However, I did try someone from my public tree (https://www.myheritage.com/profile-858706251-2000009/arthur-eli-pavey) and it looks like MyHeritage have changed the format of person pages and Sourcer no longer understands them. I will put a task on my list to revisit this. Thanks for letting me know.
edited by Rob Pavey
Firefox on Windows 10.
This can happen if the profile does not have a UK country shown in the Birth, Death of Marriage locations or if the profile dates are out of range for those sites. It could also happen if there are more possible search sites that fit on the menu (this limit is set by on option). Either way, you can work around it...
Try clicking on "Show All Search Sites...". This brings up a submenu. At the top it will show which dates and countries its filtering by on a yellow line. You can click on that yellow line and turn the filtering off to show all possible sites to search.
the extension version is 2.2.4
User Agent Info Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.4 Safari/605.1.15
Error while Building Citation
addTerm@safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/site/hathi/core/hathi_build_citation.mjs:66:14 buildSourceReference@safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/site/hathi/core/hathi_build_citation.mjs:72:10 buildCoreCitation@safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/site/hathi/core/hathi_build_citation.mjs:85:23 simpleBuildCitationWrapper@safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/core/citation_builder.mjs:570:20 @safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_simple_base.mjs:96:70 @safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_simple_base.mjs:86:71 @safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_menu_building.mjs:629:21 doAsyncActionWithCatch@safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_menu_building.mjs:624:39 @safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_simple_base.mjs:86:25 simplePopupBuildCitation@safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_simple_base.mjs:63:41 @safari-web-extension://A7360DB5-F814-4026-BCBC-7CA7FF1FDC4E/base/browser/popup/popup_menu_building.mjs:1286:20
TYVM
I just to verify that there was supposed to be a $4.99 cost for the application.
Thank you.
Using Sourcer 2.2.0 and building a citation on Colorado Divorce Index on familysearch.org. There are 2 "nearly" identical records. 1 of these builds a citation as "Marriage", and the other builds a citation as "Divorce".
The one that builds as "marriage" might have something that confuses the code to think the divorce is a marriage.
This one builds as "Divorce" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTL-28YR
This one builds as "Marriage": https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTF-216V
Thanks - and what a great tool, I really appreciate the work put into it.
This is minor but annoying when it comes up... When building the household table from a FamilySearch record, if the household crosses pages in the image, an entry on the second page appeared before those on the first page.
You can see this effect using https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XPH-GLS7 and generating the household table. The first entry, for John P Chambers, ought to be last.
I'm originally thought this could be due to the fact that the family is split across two pages in the image. But I notice that John (who is actually a child) is listed in the FamilySearch record under "Other people on this record." This could be a bug in the FamilySearch software, in fact, but you probably have to deal with it anyway. :-)
Are you looking for PRs on stuff like this? It might be a good first issue for me to try.
edited by Charlie Poole
Yes I did see your github issue and I have fixed that issue (which seems to primarily affect the 1950 census) for the next release.
I'm not using GitHub issues for error reports currently. They are usually reported via G2G, Comments on this FSP, PM or Discord and I keep track of them locally.
Cheers, Rob
edited by Anonymous Bremford
There is an easy workaround - go to the FreeCen site (https://www.freecen.org.uk) and click on the Sourcer [1] icon. When Safari asks you to grant permissions, do so. Now search FreeCen from other sites should work.
Is there a way we can add an option when using the "Set fields from Person Data" option to not fill the current surname with a husbands surname for cultures and countries where the wife does not officially take on her husband's name. My main use for this is with Dutch profiles, but I know there are others this would apply to.
That is a good idea. I will put it on my list to look at. It would probably affect search too - no point using the husband's last name in search of the person would not have used it. I will have to find a good list of countries in the world where women take their husband's name when married. Cheers, Rob
It is pulling the "event date" instead of "marriage date" (and event date has multiple "bad" entries). Thus, I don't know if this is due to a problem with familysearch marking the "event date" incorrectly, but it would be nice to get the correct date in the citation. Thanks.
Pages I've come across:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVQK-T88
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV1R-BFY
edited by Kevin Vap
A small problem occurs with this type of citation: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BL%2FBIND%2FFIBIS%2FREGOFFMAR%2F8128%2F2
The citation includes "Margaret Shepherd married Arthur William P Jones in 1901-1905 in Great Britain.<ref> [etc]
But the marriage was in India (Record set is British India Office Marriages, and Collections from Great Britain, UK None)
Hope this can be fixed, and thanks for all you do!
Sourcer needs to request the list of sources from FamilySearch.
I can no longer get all citations when on family search. I get the message below… and get no permission. It used to be so handy to get all citations then verify…..it says… “Press the button below to request the permission. This may close the popup so you may have to click on the Sourcer [1] icon again.
Request the permissions”
What am I doing wrong? Kindly, Dee
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GNB3-YW1
edited by Dee (Spencer) Spencer-Carr
Kindly….
One other person is having a similar problem and I wonder if you are on the same versions. Thanks, Rob
edited by Rob Pavey
Sourcer is *assuming* that all locations it sees on FS are of the format "City, State, Country". This is incorrect. The format on FamilySearch is either "County, State, Country", or "City, County, State, Country", but only if the format is in its standard form and not some free-form user entry.
Sourcer needs to enter *exactly* what is shown on FamilySearch and not make assumptions and do an automatic lookup of the location, otherwise Sourcer will be creating wrong data without the user being notified. FamilySearch does not use the word "County" to disambiguate locations. A City could have the same name as a County, but be in a completely different location.
Thanks, Eric
"During initializing menu some linked records could not be retreived. This could be due to internet connectivity issues or server issues. Press continue to use what could be retreived." Continue does not work.
Why do I get this message, and what can I do about it? I am using the latest version of Firefox.
If you can share an example record URL where you get this that would be useful to see how many linked records there are.
The continue button is a new feature from version 1.12.1. Prior to the continue button it would just bring up an error message if any of the linked records could not be fetched. Now it allows to continue and create a citation without those linked records. When you say it doesn't work, what do mean exactly? What happens after you press it and what ends up in the clipboard?
While it is trying to fetch the records does it take some time? Do you see text saying "error 429" is saying "retry"?
Since this is Firefox it could also be related to the switch to Manifest Version 3 in Sourcer version 2.0.0. Do you see a message saying:
Additional permissions are needed to complete this operation. The extension needs to request the data from linked records. Press the button below to request the permission. This may close the popup so you may have to click on the Sourcer [1] icon again.
Cheers, Rob
The Continue button did nothing when I pressed it, and there was nothing in the clipboard. I was asking for a narrative with citation.
There was an orange popup which lasted for only a couple of seconds. No "error 429".
There was no Firefox message.
Hopefully it won't happen again, but I'm curious why it did.
For example https://www.wikitree.com./wiki/Dabney-581
If you remove that it works.
Do you know how you got to that URL?
The gating item(s) here appear to be the Birth Location keyword(s) and Death Location keyword(s). Because the standardized locations of FamilySearch, FindAGrave and WikiTree are all slightly different, the Search WikiTree function will very rarely work without manually modifying the search terms. Using birth location as an example:
WikiTree's builtin search seems to require an exact match on *all* terms that are provided in the location search boxes.
So with that lengthy preamble, my ask is: can you add an option to exclude (or reduce) the birth/death location keywords that the Sourcer supplies to the WikiTree search function? (if such an option already exists, I didn't see it). As things stand today, I will never get a match on 99% of FS and FindAGrave profiles that I search for in WikiTree without hand-editing.
Thanks again Rob!
edited by Larry McQueary
Would if be useful to have an option to include just the country (as well as an option to omit the place completely)?
Cheers, Rob
Today I was prompted by Firefox to approve updated permissions for WikiTree Sourcer that would allow it to read all data related to my interactions with the wikipedia.org and google.com domains, among others. That's a ... golly, I feel bad saying this, but there's *no way* I would share all of that information with a browser extension unless (a) its source code had been reliably audited by a trustworthy security firm, and (b) I had a *really* compelling reason to enable that. Are there any plans to make it possible to continue using WikiTree Sourcer without granting these permissions?
Many thanks again for all of the work that you've put into this tool.
Many users of Sourcer have requested support for citing Google Books so the extension manifest now requests permission for "*://*.google.com/books/*", "*://*.google.co.uk/books/*", etc. Firefox may interpret that as granting permissions to "*://*.google.com/*" although the extension only loads a content script for the books subdirectory. The old Google Books used the books.google.com subdomain but the new Google Books uses "www.google.com/books/" so I can't restrict the permissions to a subdomain.
Both Safari and Chrome have mechanisms that allow the user to selectively approve the permissions. So you could grant the extension permission to familysearch but not google. However, Firefox does not seem to support that at this time. Reading up on this here: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/option-to-allow-extensions-to-run-only-on-specific-websites/idi-p/146 it sounds like this was requested for Firefox but they only implemented it in their MV3 support. Sourcer currently uses MV2 on Firefox and Safari and MV3 on Chrome. So I can do some work on moving the Firefox version to MV3 - not sure if that will make it stop working with older versions of Firefox though.
However, the Firefox implementation of MV3 is ... not friendly to Sourcer. The way that they have implemented the permissions breaks things like fetching additional Ancestry records unless the user specifically goes to manage the extension and turn on the required permissions. So, I'm not sure whether to go ahead with the MV3 change. I don't want to maintain two different Sourcer extensions in the Firefox addon store.
MV3 on Safari works smoothly.
It is also accessible via the extension under the "Support/Donate..." menu item - I should probably make it a bit more obvious.
See: World War I (The Great War) on Wikipedia
See: [ [Wikipedia:World_War_I |World War I (The Great War)] ] on Wikipedia
or in another language (Afrikaans)
Eerste Wêreldoorlog
[ [Wikipedia:af:Eerste_W%C3%AAreldoorlog|Eerste Wêreldoorlog] ]
NB: Notice the language is in between with extra colons
Thanks.
edited by Shaun Wallace
edited by Rob Pavey
>> see: World War I (current version) / World War I (permalink) on Wikipedia for more info.
>> see: [ [Wikipedia:World War I|World War I] ] (curent version) / [ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_War_I&oldid=1180666851 World War I ] (permalink) on Wikipedia for more info.
edited by Shaun Wallace
Ou possibly you are talking about AutoBio which is part of the WBE and not Sourcer?
I recapitulated some of the setting options in Sourcer, but other than that, I don't mess with settings, it's just point, click, go to another page, point, click. I'm just barely getting Sourcer down & won't be putting anymore aches in my head trying to learn something else.
I have had VERY slow load times even with WT to the point that the process just stops, stops loading, everything. I have had the usual problems dealing with ancestry & their current idiosyncrasies which makes Sourcer lag & not load, because there isn't anything there for it to grab onto. I have also had odd data sets being output at times, data that was from a few profiles before, & other different odd output quirks.
This time, I went all the way through making the profile, had it sourced, profile clean & ready to go but when I hit enter, it took me back to the first of the data entry process with the statement " Can't read date" which was in mm-dd-yyy format when it was input as dd mmm yyyy. It took me through that entire process twice & I said I'm done.
I have no idea what the problem is & the only reason I even thought about Sourcer being the source was because I was manipulating data with Sourcer at the time.
I understand your question regarding the Add Person page, yes, I was on the Add Person page, have no CLUE as to what "Set Fields from..." mean as because as I said, I don't mess with settings, I just point & click; On WT Profile page, go to [1] & click, select the Search Ancestry link & click. Once that page loads, I click on the name & it takes me to the tree on ancestry. At their profile page, I then go back up to [1] & select "Save Person Data" & go back to the WT profile, get on the add person page, click [1] again to select the information I want to populate the data fields with.
I like the colors Sourcer is sporting now.
I'm having problem getting Sourcer to build a citation from a clipping on Newspapers.com. It comes back w/ the message about not knowing how to extract data because it doesn't look like a clipping.
Here's the Newspapers.com page I'm looking at (it's definitely a clipping :-D ): https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-obituary-for-whittemore-leib/133180369/
Thanks!
Julie
p.s. I did just update the extension to 1.10.2, and I'm on a MacBook Pro using Chrome (double-checking to make sure I don't need to update Chrome right now)
edited by Julie (Fiscus) Ricketts
I will fix it in the next release.
Having excluded genuine duplication of individuals, I realise that the duplicated lines result from the separation of the source references into separate lines using line breaks, and that the duplication arises because the family members appear on the same digital film number.
This reference to Anna's birth taken in edit mode from her record has been altered by copying-and-pasting into this comment, but contains the necessary information:
Anna, daughter of William Vass, was born on 6 June and baptised on 26 June 1763 in Edinkillie, Morayshire, Scotland.<ref> Baptism: "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007907517; FHL microfilm: 990797
FamilySearch Record: VQ7C-Y59 (accessed 31 August 2023)
Anna Vass baptism on 26 Jun 1763 (born 6), daughter of William Vass, in Edinkillie, Morayshire, Scotland. </ref>
I think I can resolve this by removing the after "990797" on each of the source references generated by Sourcer, but this is tedious, and potentially error-prone.
Suggestions?
Regards,
Michael
edited by Michael Hendry MBE
For a change I'm not reporting an error report! LOL! But I am asking about the setup for the browser. Specifically, I am following along with your WikiTree Extension Intro & Overview video on You Tube you did a year ago. I have gotten to the Search Results on Family Search. I don't have the pane on the right showing what the search parameters are. How do I bring that up so I can continue following your video & be able to do something next weekend besides using the Research option from the WT dropdown & doing everything else by hand? I FINALLY have something besides the toy to work with; refurbished HP DeskPro w/2T storage running Windows 10. I'm running with the BIG dogs now; if I can get off the poarch.
Thanks for your help, Pat
Thank you so much for WT Sourcer, etc. I regularly use it now for FS, Ancestry, and FG citations. It is a huge time-saver.
(1) Would it be possible to add MyHeritage to the serviced genealogy websites used to develop citations? I notice that it's already on your wish list.
(2) If possible, adding citations for newspapers.com (US paid site) and Trove (National Library of Australia free site) would also come in handy.
By the bye, the Swedish Archives (riksarkivet.se) are currently very easy to generate citations from with a ready-made URL and a ready-made citation on each record page that can be plugged into a little boilerplate to generate a compliant bibliography citation.
(3) I don't know if this is in your bailiwick, but an ability to batch-update existing citations could be very useful in broken <ref>s where a former authoritative source is revised or cancelled (I have hundreds of references to a 25-year-old website of my Mom's lineage that has dropped offline).
Just my thoughts. Thanks again for the tools that you have provided and all the work that you do for us.
edited by Ray Sarlin
Yes, MyHeritage is on my list. I am not sure what priority to give it as not many people seem to use it for citations. Are there some example records that you would use it for?
Newspapers.com and Trove are actually already supported as is PapersPast.
Batch updating links sounds like something that EditBot would be best for. I don't know much about it - Ales is the expert on that.
As of yesterday, 1 September 2023, OpenArchieven has started redirecting all incoming traffic to openarch.nl to openarchieven.nl This breaks the OpenArch feature in your extension, as their (new?) domain openarchieven.nl is not whitelisted by the extension to gather data from.
Edit: Looks like I've an old version still installed, I spotted the changelog for version 1.10.0
edited by Lena Derksen
I released a new version (1.10.0) yesterday that has a fix but that is not yet available for Chrome (still being reviewed). It should be available some time today.
The list of places where he lived all have broken refs.
Oddly (to me), the citation did not use the FS template:
Perhaps this is as intended, but I couldn't find anything about it in the release notes.
edited by Kerry Larson
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L989-MWPB?i=50&cc=2060668. with "ark:/61903/3:1:" Your example has: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77T2-KFDJ?i=23 with "ark:/61903/3:2:"
I don't know if this is a rare case.
edited by Rob Pavey
I can post a question in G2G requesting an update to the template unless you have a direct line to Jamie.
For instance, I locate the FreeBMD page I want to Cite, so I then have to go back to the top right of the browser window (using Edge on a nice big 4K screen, sometimes split to have 2 browser windows side by side, but not always), Click the [1] for the Extension and then Build Inline Citations
Wondering if that group might be better placed above the Search list, or if some keyboard accessability would be possible
Half the time I click the [1] and then bring my mouse back to select the appropriate tab to paste the info, then realise I've forgotten to build the citation :( Or even better, if a second extension was possible that simply does citation options - even perfect would be to click [1bc] to run the (option selected) Build Citation you optionally select, somehow
I am a coder so would it be worth having a look at the original code and seeing about cloning it and putting the build above the search when it's appropriate to be shown - could even be an option in the appropriate place - no computing language scares me, so I might give this a try
dateObjA.getDateString is not a function
I cannot seem to find a pattern, but the last one that it happened on was when I tried to save the data for person K2B7-NSV. If I see anyone else that it chokes on, I will be sure to let you know!
Temporarily change "Group Sourcer inline citations by fact and merge narratives" to unchecked.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer%2C_FamilySearch_Build_All_Citations
First of all, thanks for the APP, I appreciate the time you have taken with this. I just want to let you know that the Sourcerer APP keeps giving me an "Error Report" upon log-in as well as when my tabs/windows keep crashing. Here is the report:
WikiTree Sourcer Error report.
Error when attempting a dynamic import of the extract data module in a content script. This may occur in versions of Firefox prior to Firefox 89 and possibly in versions of Safari prior to version 15. If you get this message it may indicate that the WikiTree Sourcer extension does not work in your browser.
No exception error object.
Input data: "site/wikitree/core/wikitree_extract_data.mjs"
Browser Info { "name": "Firefox", "vendor": "Mozilla", "version": "115.0.2", "buildID": "20230710165010" }
The extension version is 1.8.2
User Agent Info Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0
Firefox Browser tells me: Firefox up to date 115.0.2 (64-bit)
And my webpages keep crashing. Of course, it all MIGHT be because I am working on a 2011 HP Stream using Windows 10.
Windows edition Windows 10 Home
System Processor: Intel(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz Installed memory (RAM): 4.00 GB System Type: 64-bit Operating System, x64 based processor Pen and Touch: No Pen or Touch Input is available for this display
Does all this help? I think I'm probably going to have to remove the APP as I have never used it because learning curve & the way things stand right now, I'm faster than the output from the APP.
I hope this gives you more data to work with to get the APP up to speed. Thanks again.
Pat
edited by [Living Brunson]
Thanks for the info. I am not able to reproduce the problem myself. 1.8.2 is working OK on Firefox for me. Could you give a bit more detail on when this is happening? 1. When you say "upon log-in" do you mean when you log into the WikiTree site? There is no login for the Sourcer extension. 2. "as well as when my tabs/windows keep crashing". Do you mean that the web pages are crashing first and then Sourcer gives you an error report. Why are the webpages crashing and what exactly do yo mean by that?
I got the "WikiTree Sourcer Error report." again when I signed into the "RootsSearch WikiTree Integration". I was signed in, but as the page loaded, the error report loaded a tab too.
The other problem of tabs crashing, again, only happens when this APP is installed. Whenever I use an APP, because I can't remember the name of it as I don't use it at all to retrieve records, I switch from 1 tab to another to get or enter the data. When I get back to a tab that I need, to retrieve or enter, by the time I return, there's a blank page & a message that says "Grr, your tab just crashed", or something like that. If I open more than 2 tabs, the entire browser crashes & I have to get back into everything. I don't get an error report when my tabs/browser crashes, just when logging into anything WikiTree.
I really think the problem, especially with the crashing, is the equipment that I am working with. I am LUCKY to be able to even get on the internet, let alone be able to manipulate all this data with the piddly little HP Stream that I am working with. So I have to baby this thing along because the ONLY thing I have for back-up is my Android phone. I do NOT want to be trying to be involved with a Connect_A_Thon or a SSS on the phone!
Like I said, I'm just basically reporting this as no matter how good you make this APP, there's still a learning curve & I'm comfortable enough with my "by hand output" that I will just continue working the connections/sources via the lists themselves & not use a go-between APP to retrieve them, yours or whatever APP that is since the only 2 APPs I have are WikiTree Browser Extension & [1] WikiTree Sourcer. I'll keep the WikiTree Browser Extension as I like what it does to my watch-list. Plus I have experimented & sorry, the problems only come up when your APP is involved, so that 1 stays & the Sourcer APP goes. If you can't reproduce the problem & no-one else has reported it, I'm sure the problem is on my end. Like I said, just wanted you to be aware of it, but unless someone else is working on a dinosaur, you might not ever see this particular problem again.
In the meantime, I am participating in the Connect_A_Thon & I have to go make connections. Have a good day & thanks for your help!
I'm having a bit of a glitch with the "Merge/Edit from external data..." option.
I can get as far as the pop-up where I should be able to click the citation data to open the merge/edit screen, but when I click the citation entry, nothing happens.
I checked to see if the extension needed to be updated, and I have the current version (1.8.0) for Chrome on a Mac.
Suggestions??
Thanks!
Julie
It looks like I broke something in the latest release. Merge/Edit from saved person data is working but not from a citation. I am planning to do another release soon (before Connect-a-thon) and will include a fix for this. Rob
And I can certainly wait until the CaT. Thanks!!
Julie
If you purchased it that suggests you are using the Safari version. Using browser extensions in Safari is slightly more complicated than in Chrome and Firefox. Have you used a browser extension before?
Here is some info from Apple on how to use extensions : https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203051
edited by Rob Pavey
I tried a couple of other profiles with a father but no mother and it's not doing the same: Margaret (Cox) Grimmett (1784-1872), Susan Mabelle (Ammerman) Williams (abt.1877-1911)
1.7.0
edited by Kerry Larson
Sourcer doesn't recognize this as a Social Security page, you need to select Social Security from the drop down box when citing it. Here is a record from it: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K9T-SVLD
A programmer's work is never done...... wink, wink
When I try that record on Sourcer it automatically classifies it as a death record.
George died (age 73) on 11 November 1995.<ref> Death: "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
FamilySearch Record: 6K9T-SVLD (accessed 3 June 2023)
George Ewalt Watters, Jr death 11 Nov 1995 (born 11 Aug 1922). </ref>
I wrote some notes a while ago about auto-updates in the FAQ: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer_Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_enable.2Fdisable_auto_updates.3F_2 I don't know if that will help at all.
Having trouble with Sourcer stuck in initialization on a couple of 1950 census records on Familysearch. Both errors on same record, One for husband and other for wife.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBJ-J76V Husband William D White
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBJ-J76K Wife Maude White
Thanks in advance, LJ
They are working for me now and I suspect they will work for you too. I have had a couple of reports like this. I don't know if it is a FamilySearch glitch or what but they always work when I try them.
Rob
LJ
I'm having some trouble since yesterday whenever I try to use the "Search a Specific Collection" for FamilySearch. I've only had this happen on census records. It launches the page, but then it just won't load the search results.
Any thoughts??
Thanks!
Julie
edited by Deb (Langsdorf) Gunther
I have a fix ready for the next release of Sourcer (which might not be for a week or two). As a workaround you can turn off the minimal tabing in BEE. Would that explain what you are seeing?
My problem is that when merging info from an external source, the citation is placed in the Biography section, not in the Sources section. This means I have to select, cut and paste the source into the correct section. It really interrupts my workflow. Can this be fixed soon? The Connectathon is coming up on the 21st.
Thanks.
I will investigate if there is any way to put that data after the = Sources = heading. So far I don't see any easy way. I'm using the "MergeBio" option described here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:MergeEdit
There may be a way to do it using the Sources part of the structure.
edited by Rob Pavey
See also:
In the bio after the: Sources <references />
lines using the MergeEdit feature.
It will put a task on my list to research if there is a way I could implement an option to control this.
I use the extension on Edge and have noticed just recently that the parent and spouse names are not populating in the FamilySearch criteria. I know they used to, and am not sure exactly when the issue began. Thanks again. Sally
I just tried it from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tafoya-344 with just the default search and it did fill in the spouse names but not the parent names, this is by design. To include the parent names use "Search FamilySearch >" -> "Search with specified parameters" This is how it has always worked. I found that always including the parent names excluded matches.
I can't seem to get Sourcer to work with the new way to add profiles (beta). I can save the data but can not get to the second part of Sourcer (the Set Fields part). The Merge/Edit works perfectly. Any advice? (Chrome. Uninstalled Sourcer and Reinstalled, Updated, Version 1.6.4, Rebooted Computer)
Edit: I turned off Beta (for the new add system) and works perfectly - on the old system.
Thanks! Sandy
edited by Sandy (Craig) Patak
WikiTree Sourcer doesn't know how to extract data from this page. It looks like a WikiTree page but not a person profile.
But, if I turn Beta off... it works perfectly. There are a few of us that "set fields" is not appearing for.
Edit: Turned off Firewall and Antivirus Software. Still a no go.
edited by Sandy (Craig) Patak
Please could you provide a link to a page that is not working for you.