WikiTree Sourcer, FamilySearch Build All Citations

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

Warning: Many FamilySearch 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.

Examples of citations generated by Build All Citations are available on this page.

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

When you are on a FamilySearch profile page on either the "Details" or "Sources" page (e.g. here or here) there will be an item on the WikiTree Sourcer popup menu called "Build All Citations" (only if there are any sources on the FS profile).

What this will do is find all the sources on this FamilySearch 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 options for this feature are on the "Build All Citations" tab on the options page under the "FamilySearch" subsection.

Sourcer options for FamilySearch Build all citations

Here is some more explanation of the options:

• Type of citations to generate: choose from one of these options:
  • Narrative plus Sourcer style 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
  • Sourcer style inline citation: A citation will be generated as if you went to the record page and did "Build Citation" on the Sourcer menu
  • Sourcer style source citation: A citation will be generated as if you went to the record page and did "Build Source" on the Sourcer menu
  • Inline citation using text on FS Sources page: A citation will be generated using the title, citation, link and notes (optional) on the FamilySearch source. It will be surrounded by ref tags.
  • Source citation using text on FS Sources page: A citation will be generated using the title, citation, link and notes (optional) on the FamilySearch source. It will be formatted as a bulleted source.
• Group Sourcer 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 FamilySearch 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.
• Include FS Source Notes when not using a full Sourcer citation: If the citation is being created from the FS source rather than fetching the complete record this option controls whether the notes on the source are included in the citation.
• Exclude sources that do not have a valid link to a FamilySearch record: If the FS source does not have a link to an FS record page then the source is excluded.
• For Sourcer style citations, exclude sources where the source person is not a primary person for the event: Sometimes FS profiles have a lot of sources for the baptism and marriage of children. Setting this option excludes those sources. It only works when the source is a valid FS record page that can be fetched and only when the "Type of citations to generate" option is set to generate Sourcer style citations.

Note: even when the "Type of citations to generate" option is set to generate Sourcer style citations it will only do this for sources that have a link to a valid FamilySearch record page (not an image). For other sources it creates a citation from the FS source in the same way as if one of the non-Sourcer style options was selected.

Automatic use as part of "Save Person Data"/"Fill Fields..."

You can set things up so that it will automatically build all citations when you do "Save Person Data" for a FamilySearch profile and then "Set Fields from Person Data" while adding a new WIkiTree profile.

This option setting is on the "Add/Merge" tab under the "Add Person" subsection.

Automatic use as part of "Save Person Data"/"Merge/Edit from External Data..."

You can set things up so that it will automatically build all citations when you do "Save Person Data" for a FamilySearch profile and then "Merge/Edit from External Data..." while on a WikiTree profile.

This option setting is on the "Add/Merge" tab under the "Merge/Edit" subsection.