WikiTree Sourcer Update

Question

It is almost a year since I released the first beta version of the WikiTree Sourcer browser extension. I first announced the extension here on G2G on October last year. Since then it has had hundreds of improvements. Here are a list of some of the newer or more interesting improvements that you may not be aware of:

• You can now search WikiTree (using people search or WikiTree+) from any supported site.
• You can now perform searches from family tree people pages (not just record pages) on FamilySearch, Ancestry and FindMyPast. You can also search for these people pages from other records/sites.
• There are new options for formatting citations that make them more like Evidence Explained guidelines.
• For census records you can generate a household “table” that can now be either a table, a list, or a sentence.
• The extension now works in nearly all browsers and on nearly all platforms (for example it works in Safari on iPad and in the Kiwi browser on Android tablets).
• New sites are supported. The full list of sites supported is now:
  •   FamilySearch
  •   Ancestry
  •   FindMyPast
  •   Find-A-Grave
  •   GRO (UK)
  •   FreeBMD (UK)
  •   FreeReg (UK)
  •   FreeCen (UK)
  •   Scotlands People
  •   WikiTree

Comments

I have a free space page with requested enhancements to the extension here. If you have requests please feel free to add comments to that page.

Answer 1

I have been working on adding profiles for my new One Place Study. Today I  have at least one profile for each household in the 1911 census except the widowed women living alone.

I would have not been able to do this as quickly if it was not for Rob's app. I am now using it to build the families and help to connect households. I have so far connected at least 2 possibly more. The real test will be with the Hughes, Jones, Roberts and Williams households.

Answer 2

Thank you Rob. I use this app everyday and I can't live without it.

Answer 3

Thanks, Rob! Fantastic improvements.

Answer 4

Thanks again Rob for such a valuable aid, can’t tell you how much time it’s saved me and I definitely use it everyday

P.S. Don’t forget OPC Dorset

Malc

Answer 5

Thank you again for this Rob! I use it every day and couldn't imagine not having it now. 

Answer 6

Hello Rob, this app is just magnificent. May I suggest (to draw more international / German researchers into the mix), that you consider adding catholic Matricula church books from https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/bestande/ and the Lutheran churchbooks from Archion.de?

Thanks for your consideration!

Sven

Answer 7

This is a great app that keeps getting better! Thanks for all your work Rob.

Answer 8

Thank you so much, Rob! As others have said, I use WikiTree Sourcer every day! I see on the free space page that Newspapers.com is on the wishlist. I would use the heck out of that! Thanks again for all the time and hard work you've put into this app. It makes sourcing profiles a joy.

Answer 9

An absolutely invaluable app, as others have said. I would be so much slower without it (and the citations wouldn't look as nice!). Thank you Rob.