WikiTree Sourcer version history - 25 versions
WikiTree Sourcer by Rob Pavey
WikiTree Sourcer version history - 25 versions
Be careful with old versions! These versions are displayed for testing and reference purposes.You should always use the latest version of an add-on.
Latest version
Version 2.8.8
Released Apr 11, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- WikiTree
** Fix a bug introduced in 2.8.7. On the Add Person page when adding a Spouse/Mother or Unrelated Person the Sourcer menu would hang.
*** There is a workaround - put some text in the Last Name at Birth field. - Ancestry
** Correctly classify a Petition for Naturalization
** Classify fix for Washington marriage record
** Change Police Gazette type from Criminal Register to Newspaper
** Fix issue with nicknames and save person data
** Fix an issue caused by a double single quote in a height field in WWII Draft Registration
Source code released under MIT License
Download Firefox and get the extensionYou'll need Firefox to use this extension- WikiTree
Older versions
Version 2.8.7
Released Apr 9, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- WikiTree
** Add support for private profiles after redesign - FindAGrave
** Fix exception when URL has no hyphens in the name part. e.g.: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111269301/blackwell - IrishGenealogy
** Fix record URL in citation - Scotlands People
** Fix failure to recognize search results page due to a ScotP maintenance fix that had a bug
Source code released under MIT License
- WikiTree
Version 2.8.6
Released Mar 22, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- Narrative
** Improve handling of census records where some family are listed after non-family - WikiTree
** Fix error when adding a person from FS with a prefix - the prefix was duplicated in the menu and bio intro
** Add backup method for getting profile gender since pageData may not include it for private profiles
** Make extracting the spouses work when WBE Change Family Lists is on - Victoria BDM
** Fix exception that occasionally happen when searching - FamilySearch
** Fix occasional exception on timeout
** Improve handling of Tasmania Birth Reg when event date is a subset of birth date and birth date is bad format and original birth date is not - National Archives of Ireland
** Fix exception on a will page. But wills are not supported - only census records at the moment.
Source code released under MIT License
- Narrative
Version 2.8.5
Released Mar 16, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- WikiTree
** Fix error when adding a new person with no first name
** Fix error where middle name was lost when adding a person from FindAGrave
** Fix adding extra fields to Add Person when needed for Set Fields (e.g. Prefix)
** Improve method for getting gender from profile to avoid conflicts with WBE - IrishGenealogy
** Update for the major redesign of the IrishGenealogy site
Source code released under MIT License
- WikiTree
Version 2.8.4
Released Mar 11, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- WikiTree
** Redesign: Fix extract in edit mode when a parent is missing
** Redesign: Fix “Set fields” when adding an unrelated person
** Redesign: Fix adding both parents to the narrative intro line when adding a child
Source code released under MIT License
- WikiTree
Version 2.8.3
Released Mar 2, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- WikiTree
** Update Sourcer so that it works with both the existing design plus the upcoming Redesign - National Archive of Ireland, Census
** Correct the naming of the option for the age exactness in search
Source code released under MIT License
- WikiTree
Version 2.8.2
Released Feb 8, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later- National Archive of Ireland, Census
** Updated to handle the site redesign of February 2025 - Ancestry
** Add the 1921 England Census to known collections - FindAGrave
** Fix an exception: “TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace’)” - UK GRO
** Fix an exception: “Uncaught (in promise) ReferenceError: response is not defined” - FamilySearch
** If age on a census is “0 days” then change to “infant” since they use that for anything under 1 year
Source code released under MIT License
- National Archive of Ireland, Census
Version 2.8.1
Released Feb 3, 2025 - 1.67 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* FamilySearch
** Update to handle new URL format for person pages
** Improve URL detection of an image with a record in a side bar. It was not working for: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRVJ-ZJ?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AVFR1-FH4&action=view&cc=1478678
* FreeBMD
** Search: Fix bug in date calculation for when to use mother’s maiden name
* Ancestry
** Recognize a record type of “Marriage Licence”
** Pickup up “Decree Date” and “Decree Place” in a divorce record
** Recognize “Voter Registration“ record as an Electoral Register.
** Add some beta features to build tables for pages of the 1881 England Census
* WieWasWie
** Remove “jaar” from spouse ageSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.8.0
Released Dec 5, 2024 - 1.66 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Firefox
** Fix keyboard shortcut that brings up Sourcer menu
* FamilySearch
** Improve the extraction of the place name for a record when doing Build All Citations
* Ancestry
** Add support for ancestryinstitution and ancestryclassroom domains
** Improve classification of Canadian immigrant records
* FreeBMD
** Add similar feature to the GRO smart search. Can search for births of children of the current person.
* American Ancestors
** Improve search by adding extra parameters so that sort and refine work
* Library and Archives Canada
** Improve parsing of some Metis scrip records
* Archion
** Fix for crash when URL was not in the form expected
* National Archives of Ireland.
** Change manifest to work with URLs starting with https://census.nationalarchives.ie/ rather than https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
* WikiTree
** Alert the user of not logged in or if no permissions to use the APISource code released under MIT License
Version 2.7.2
Released Nov 24, 2024 - 1.66 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Search
** Change the options for the order of search items on the menu to use a draggable list
* Ancestry
** Add classification for a few more record collections
** change default for search option “Restrict the search to record results (not trees, stories or photos)” to false to match previous behavior
* FindMyPast
** Improve handling of birth place (in 1871 census for example)
* FamilySearch
** Fix bug in build all citations when a source has no last name
** Handle parsing of date ranges in the form: "from 1934 to 1946"
** Improve extract for new image viewer to handle non-English languages
* GRO
** Allow export of table of search results from the smart search page
* Open Archives (NL)
** Update to handle a different data format returned from the Open Archives APISource code released under MIT License
Version 2.7.1
Released Nov 8, 2024 - 1.65 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Add Person
** Died Young sticker, add second option to specify parameter using a keyword drop down.
* BillionGraves
** Update search to use new search params
* FamilySearch
** Improve image citations for the new FamilySearch Image Viewer
* The Genealogist
** Add option to search either thegenealogist.com or thegenealogist.co.uk
** Allow selection of person to cite for 1939 register and for marriages
** Allow selection of spouse for marriage registration
** Improve parsing of dates
* Ancestry
** Improve classification of obituary records
** Improve extract of recordId and dbId for new URLs
** Improve extract of parents from some records
* Scotlands People
** Improve valuation roll citations by including status
* NZBDM
** Allow user to choose bride or groom to create citation for
* WieWasWie and OpenArch
** Expand BS to “Burgerlijke Stand” in citationsSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.7.0
Released Oct 31, 2024 - 1.65 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* New sites supported
** Archion
** American Ancestors
** The Genealogist
* Ancestry
** Improve extract of DB and Record ID from URL. Fixes a recent issue since Ancestry changed URLs
** Improve extraction of last name from profile
** Add option to restrict search to Historical Records only (defaults to true)
* GRO
** Improve GRO Smart SearchSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.7
Released Oct 21, 2024 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Ancestry and other sites
** Fix some issues related to relative IDs
*** Fix Ancestry not being able to fetch linked records
*** Fix Ancestry not being able to user Sourcer menu when viewing a source on profile page
*** Fix caching issue with Ancestry Find A Grave index
*** Fix relative URL issue on WikipediaSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.6
Released Oct 14, 2024 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Ancestry and other sites
** There have been issues with relative links on web pages, change to handle relative links in a better way
* GRO
** Smart search improvements
*** Break down to individual years or quarters if hit 250 limit
*** Prune by MMN during search to avoid hitting 1000 limit unnecessarily
*** Support search by MMN of “-“
*** Change district links to open in new tabSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.5
Released Oct 11, 2024 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Ancestry
** Additional fix for issue with linked records after Ancestry changed the HREFsSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.4
Released Oct 11, 2024 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Ancestry
** Fix issue with linked records after Ancestry changed the HREFsSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.3
Released Oct 9, 2024 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* FindMyPast
** Fix crash error introduced in last version that prevented Source working on this record for example: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1921%2FRG15%2F05188%2F0475%2F01&tab=thisSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.2
Released Oct 8, 2024 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* UK GRO
** Smart search beta
* ScotlandsPeople
** Some improvements to the context menu search to support more formats
* FindMyPast
** Improve extraction of birth place on some records (like census)
** Fix bug where the country name was sometimes repeated when searching FMP
* FamilySearch
** Improve classification of military records
** Fix issue where event date was not being extracted for a California County Marriage record
* Ancestry
** Improve record type recognition for a couple of record collections
* Archive.org
** Include volume number in citationSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.1
Released Sep 24, 2024 - 1.55 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Narrative
** Improve narratives for military records on Ancestry and FamilySearch
* ScotlandsPeople
** Improve the context menu search
* Ancestry
** Fix missing gender and missing source titles on person facts page
* National Archives of Ireland censuses
** Automatically expand “Co Kerry” to “County Kerry” etc. in birthplace (did table in last release - this fixes citation).
* NZ Ancestor Search Helper (https://ash.howison.co.nz/)
** Added search only support
* Tasmania Names Index
** Change Tasmania to Van Dieman’s Land in earlier records
* DigitalArkivet
** Fixed a crashSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.6.0
Released Sep 17, 2024 - 1.54 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* 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.Source code released under MIT License
Version 2.5.2
Released Sep 14, 2024 - 1.5 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Ancestry
** Update the code to handle new Ancestry URLs that have “%3A” in place of “:”Source code released under MIT License
Version 2.5.1
Released Sep 4, 2024 - 1.5 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Scotlands People
** Fix issue parsing spouse name in Church of Scotland marriage
* Matricula
** Fix issue that could crash search menu creation
* FamilySearch
** Fix issue where no event place was found for a US PA marriage
* NZBDM
** Fix issue in search where the to date could be today instead of yesterday
* New South Wales BDM
** Fix case in search where the from and to dates could be the sameSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.5.0.1
Released Sep 3, 2024 - 1.5 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and laterFix filename error in manifest for matriculaSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.5.0
Released Sep 3, 2024 - 1.5 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* New Zealand BDM
** Add support for this site
* New South Wales BDM
** Add support for this site
* Matricula
** Add support for this site
* NewspaperArchive
** Add support for this site
* Ancestry
** Ability to add a source to Ancestry: Add support for filling the fields when adding a source that references another site.
** Add support for HeritageQuest
** Minor fix for an unwanted <br/> after “free access”
* FindMyPast
** Add support for building citation on a newspaper clipping
* GRO
** Update end year for search to 2022
* FamilySearch
** Change to use the event place from the page rather then picking one from the JSON data
* ScotlandsPeople
** Update the search URL after web site updateSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.4.3
Released Aug 10, 2024 - 1.39 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Add Person and Merge/Edit
** Fix a crash introduced in version 2.4.2
* Norway DigitalArkivet
** Fix gender in search. If no gender known it was using female.Source code released under MIT License