WikiTree Sourcer, Ancestry Build All Citations

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This page describes how to use the Build All Citations feature on Ancestry person profiles using the WikiTree Sourcer browser extension.

Warning: Many Ancestry profiles have incorrect sources attached to them. It is recommended that you always check carefully over the generated citations once you have pasted them into a profile for accuracy.

For the basics of how to use Build All Citations see the main Build All Citations page. Read on for details specific to Ancestry.

When you are on an Ancestry profile page on the "Facts" page (e.g. here there will be an item on the WikiTree Sourcer popup menu called "Build All Citations" (only if there are any sources on the Ancestry profile - "Ancestry Family Tree" sources do not count).

What this will do is find all the sources on this Ancestry profile and generate citations for either all of them or the subset specified in the Sourcer options. How they are formatted is controlled by Sourcer options.

Once "Build All Citations" has been successfully done the citations will be in the clipboard so that you can paste them into a WikiTree profile in the appropriate place.

The Ancestry specific options for this feature are on the "Build All Citations" tab on the options page under the "Ancestry" subsection.

Sourcer options for Ancestry Build All citations

Here is some more explanation of the options:

• Type of citations to generate: choose from one of these options:
  • Narrative plus inline citation: A citation will be generated as if you went to the record page and did "Build Narrative with Citation" on the Sourcer menu
  • Inline citation: A citation will be generated as if you went to the record page and did "Build Citation" on the Sourcer menu
  • Source citation: A citation will be generated as if you went to the record page and did "Build Source" on the Sourcer menu
• Group inline citations by fact and merge narratives: Only has any effect if the type of citations being generated is one of the first two options. If several Ancestry sources are for the same event and have the same date, names, locations etc then they will be grouped together. For the narrative case a merged narrative will be created with the most complete information from all the sources.
• Exclude sources where the source person is not a primary person for the event: Sometimes Ancestry profiles have a lot of sources for the baptism and marriage of children. Setting this option excludes those sources.