Betsy Ko Useful Tips for Wikicode and Citing Sources

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This is a collection of coding tips and models for source citation that I find useful to refer to when I'm creating and polishing my WikiTree profiles.

WIKICODE

To hyperlink any WikiTree profile, follow this model:

[[WikiTree ID|Name of person]]

For example,

[[Ko-31|Betsy Ko]]

will produce

Betsy Ko

To create a hyperlink, use square brackets [ ]. Inside these, put the URL followed by a space and then the text that you want to serve as the hyperlink. For example,

[https://www.google.com Google]

will produce

Google

For bullet points, start the line with an asterisk (*). To indent, add additional asterisks.

For numbering, start the line with a number sign (#). To indent, add additional number signs.

To indent text without a bullet point or number, start the line with a colon (:). To indent further, add additional colons.

Enclosing text with 2 single apostrophe marks will italicize it. For example,

''Let's italicize this text.''

will produce

Let's italicize this text.

Enclosing text with 3 single apostrophe marks will bold it. For example,

'''Let's bold this text.'''

will produce

Let's bold this text.

CITE YOUR SOURCES

WikiTree follows the Chicago Manual of Style for citations. If you use FamilySearch, this site usually has a button by the details of a record entry that you can click to generate a citation. This is automatically copied to your clipboard and you can then paste it over to WikiTree. I also use Rob Pavey's Sourcer browser extension. This will generate WikiTree-friendly source citations for you from a number of popular sites. Helpfully, it's also easy to find websites that will generate a properly formatted citation for you in Chicago Style once you feed it the pertinent bits of information.

Here's an example of a source that's cited one time. Using <ref> at the start and </ref> at the end will create an inline citation.

<ref>Library and Archives Canada, “1861 Census of Canada"; citing: Helen McKay in Canada West (Ontario) [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4391566_00569 Census Image]</ref>

When you click on the "C" in the tool bar at the top of your profile bio box, this will automatically generate your ref tags and then you simply have to paste your citation in between these.

When you are citing the same source repeatedly, you'll want to come up with a nickname for it. In the following example, the nickname is "1901 census".

The first time you cite the source, you would enter:

<ref name="1901 census">Library and Archives Canada, ''1901 Census of Canada"; citing: Margaret Stitt in Manitoba [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=&img&id=z000023203 Census Image]</ref>

Subsequent times, you would only have to enter:

<ref name="1901 census"/>

How to cite a vital record in your personal possession:

Death Certificate for James Hsien-Hsiung Ko, 3 December 2007, Register No. 359, New York State Department of Health. Copy in possession of [[Ko-31|Betsy Ko]]

Example of how to cite a photograph of a headstone that you have taken personally:

North Platte Cemetery (North Platte, Nebraska, USA). Angie Belton's headstone. Personally photographed by [[Ko-31|Betsy Ko]], August 2017.

SOURCING EXAMPLES FROM SCOTLAND PROJECT'S TARTAN TRAIL

Example: John Dove married Isobel Simson on 28 October 1732 in Leuchars.

"Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 27 May 2020), John Dove and Isobel Simson, 28 October 1732, Leuchars; citing Parish Number 445, Reference Number: 10 358

Scotland's People is the best place to find CENSUSES. You can get sufficient information for citation purposes just by looking at the successful search result. However, if you choose to purchase a digital copy of the record, then you can add that detail in your citation.

''Scotland Census, 1871'' database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 31 March 2022): County: Sutherland, District: Dornoch, George L Mckay, Reference: 047/ 6/ 1; National Records of Scotland, 3 West Register Street, New Register House, Edinburgh, EH1 3YT. Personal copy in the files of [[Ko-31|Betsy Ko]].

Citing information from online books (Internet Archives, Google Books, etc.):

Thomson, John Maitland. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1306-1668. (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1888), vol. 5, p. 143, entry 460. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi05scot/page/143/mode/1up (accessed March 18, 2022).

Mackay, George Leslie. From Far Fomosa: The Island, Its People and Missions. (Edinburgh and London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1896), p. 14. Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=IAUPAAAAQAAJ (accessed March 27, 2022).

SOURCING EXAMPLES FROM CANADA PROJECT'S TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIL

Citing Newspapers

General Model:

"[Name of collection in newspaper]," online database with images. Entry for [Name]; [Newspaper Name], [Date of Publication]. [url for Newspapers.com] : accessed [Date You Accessed]); citing: [Information from newspaper entry]

Actual Examples:

"Newspapers.com Obituary," online database with images. Entry for Blanche Dansereau; The Gazette of Montreal, October 12, 1978. (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72850023/obituary-for-blanche-dansereau/?xid=637 : accessed March 7, 2021); citing: DANSEREAU, Blanche; Montreal, Quebec; October 10, 1978, age eighty; wife of Charles Emile Dansereau (deceased); buried Eastend Cemetery.

The Gazette (Montreal, Canada), 23 Jun 1915, Wed, Page 3, column 2, "Two Sudden Deaths," Charles St. Louis (https ://www.newspapers.com/clip/25053740/the_gazette : accessed 2 October 2018); Newspapers.com, database with images.

Manitoba Free Press (Winnipeg, Canada), 2 Apr 1915, Fri, Page 4, columns 1 through 3, "Sudden Death of William Stitt," (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84631237/: accessed 1 Se[ 2021); Newspapers.com, database with images.

Source citation for records found in online government collections:

General Model:

Government of Manitoba; 'Vital Statistics' [online database link]; citing Groom's Name, Bride's name, date of marriage; reference/file #; accessed: date

Actual Example:

Government of Manitoba; 'Vital Statistics' [https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/] citing William Stitt, Margaret Sarah MacFarlane, 30 Nov 1893; registration #1893-002242; accessed: 18 Aug 2021

SOURCING EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND PROJECT'S ORPHAN TRAIL

How to complete a citation from the Online Parish Clerks Database:

Model:

Baptism Dorset Online Parish Clerks Database [URL space OPC] Fred Smith at location on date (OPC transcriber name) (accessed date)

Examples:

Baptism Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database [https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=baptisms&id=5692848 OPC] Emma Mary Pellew at Truro on 29 Apr 1785 (OPC transcriber Julia Mitchell) (accessed 15 Dec 2022)

Marriage Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database [https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=984318 OPC] Emma Mary Pellew and Laurence William Halstead at Mylor on 7 Sep 1803 (OPC transcriber Phil Rodda) (accessed 16 Dec 2022)

MODEL PROFILES

Here are profiles that I worked on under the guidance of mentors in the Scotland, Canada and England Projects. These have good examples of source citations. Feel free to go into edit mode and copy the citations. Then you can adapt them to your own needs.

CANADA

• Maunder-14
• Lajambe-74
• Buckle-133
• Percival-476 & Stitt-789

SCOTLAND

• Sherret-24–a salmon fisher’s wife in Angus (east coast)
• Wyness-59–a farmer’s wife in Aberdeenshire
• McDouall-18—6th Earl of Dumfries, Ayrshire; This profile provides a good example of how to insert photos into the bio.
• Steuart-199–wife of a Baronet in Renfrewshire
• Scott-16108–physician in Roxburghshire
• Nairn-149 (Perthshire)--Perthshire

ENGLAND

• George Welch Hirons (Hirons-817)
• Louisa Stockley Fry (Stockley-561)
• Richard Trevarthen (Trevarthen-25)
• Julia Pellew Harward (Pellew-10)