WikiTree Sourcer a browser extension (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) that helps genealogists search for sources on other genealogy websites and cite them properly (and automatically) has been updated to WikiTree Sourcer Extension 2.60 as of last week (and received a minor update, 2.52, a few days before that).
This is a major update, with the Libraries Tasmania Names Index added, along with a few menu fixes and updates, as well as new features (for Scotlands People users) and various fixes and improvements (full list below).
WikiTree Sourcer replaced WikiTree X in 2023 and these are the supported sites:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer_supported_sites
It is a free extension for Chrome and Firefox users (there is a donation pop-up if you desire to donate), but does cost a small fee ($4.99 USD) for Apple (macOS, iOS, iPadOS) users as Apple charges a yearly fee to publish through the App Store and does not allow donation links in extensions. As a Mac user (and a Windows, and Linux user), I think it’s worth it, given the time it can save you with generating other searches and helping with citations, and it’s frequently updated with new additional source websites.
More information (official site): https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer
Downloads:
- macOS (Safari) (Apple App Store)
- iPhone (Safari) (Apple App Store)
- iPad (Safari) (Apple App Store)
- Firefox (Mozilla.org)
- Google Chrome (Chrome Web Store)
| Changes in WikiTree Sourcer 2.5.2 (September 16, 2024) |
| Ancestry: Update the code to handle new Ancestry URLs that have “%3A” in place of “:” |
| Changes in WikiTree Sourcer 2.6.0 (September 18, 2024) |
| New sites supported: Libraries Tasmania Names Index |
| Context Menu: Fix bug opening a template link in edit mode |
| Menus: Add option to use keyboard shortcuts to build citations |
| Scotlands People — New feature: Context menu can now search for a selected citation on Scotlands People site — fix legacy search url support — change default search option to fuzzy since sounded is broken |
| NZBDM — Fix last name used in deaths search to be last name at death — When searching NDBDM for a marriage and no gender is known, try to predict gender from forenames |
| FamilySearch: Improve citations for Social Security Correspondence |
| Ancestry: If name and gender are hidden on a person page, try extracting gender from script |
| NSW BDM: Change data string in citation to make it clear that the year is the registration year |
| FreeBMD: Change names that are in upper case to mixed case for narrative |
| National Archives of Ireland censuses: Automatically expand “Co Kerry” to “County Kerry” etc. in birthplace |