WikiTree Sourcer version history - 25 versions
WikiTree Sourcer by Rob Pavey
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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
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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
Version 2.4.2
Released Aug 7, 2024 - 1.39 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* General
** Fix a crash in household tables
* Norway DigitalArkivet
** Improve handling of images, get permanent ID correctly
** Fix crash when municipal census birth date not in expected format
** Stop removing extended ASCII characters in names in the search
** Handle some dates that are dd.mm.yyyy instead of yyyy-mm-dd
** Improve place prepositions (“at” vs. “in” etc)
** Remove things like Gårdens nr. And floor from source reference
** Remove apartment number from place name
** Improve search
*** Add options to control search
*** Add Search for same record in same collection
*** Add Search for same event
*** Add Search in collection
*** Add Search with parameters
* Find-a-Grave
** When checking for an image check that it is a grave photo and not some other typeSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.4.1
Released Jul 30, 2024 - 1.36 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* General
** Add some more alternate country names
* FindAGrave
** Update extract for new sponsored memorial format
* Norway DigitalArkivet
** Add support for Deaths 1951-2014
** Add support for non-principal roles in Baptism etc
** Improve handling of census households with multiple families
** Fix a case issue with 1875 census
** Improve handling of municipal censuses
** Changed to work with table view of page (“Show as table”) as well as list view.
** Improve extraction of the date and place for unclassified record typesSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.4.0
Released Jul 23, 2024 - 1.35 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* General
** Add more prefixes that are removed from name if no specific prefix field
* Add/Merge
** If a woman has one marriage with no date then assume her husband was her last husband
* Library and Archives Canada
** Fix extract on record pages after following a link.
* FamilySearch
** Include Enumeration District in citation fir US 1950 census
* Norway DigitalArkiven
** Add support for new siteSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.3.8
Released Jul 10, 2024 - 1.33 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* General
** Add valid date ranges to some county names
** Add country data for South Africa colonies (with valid date ranges)
* Popup menus
** Add options to alphabetically sort search menu items
** Add options to change the order of search menu items vs other actions
** Add options to change the way the Build Citation menu items are presented (using a submenu optionally)
* WikiTree
** Add options and parameters to give more control to the search of WikiTree
* Ancestry
** Improve handling of prefixes and suffixes. For example do not interpret “Jr” as the last name of the father.
** Add “Parish number” to source reference (for Scotland 1851 census)
** Fix bug in code to remove duplicate name/value pairs in Source reference.
** Classify some more record types
* GRO
** add code to disambiguate district based on volume - used to create correct ukbmd link
* Newspapers.com
** Add option to use clipping title in citationSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.3.7
Released Jun 26, 2024 - 1.32 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Ancestry
** Update for changes to the Ancestry person facts page layoutSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.3.6
Released Jun 13, 2024 - 1.32 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* FamilySearch
** Fix issue where a lot of record pages and person pages stopped working with Sourcer due to error 401.Source code released under MIT License
Version 2.3.5
Released Jun 10, 2024 - 1.32 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* FindMyPast
** Fix crash in extract when no place in record header or if it is in a narrow windowSource code released under MIT License
Version 2.3.4
Released Jun 7, 2024 - 1.32 MBWorks with firefox 115.0 and later* Search
** Add new options to controls when search menu items appear in main popup menu
*** On the main popup, filter the search menu items by date (defaults to true which is current behavior)
*** On the main popup, filter the search menu items by countries (defaults to true which is current behavior)
*** On the main popup, when filtering the search menu items by countries and no country known, show all countries (defaults to true which is current behavior for last couple of versions)
* Narrative
** Fix bug in marriage registration narrative when using non-default options
* Add Person
** Add option to control whether to always use Advanced Sourcing mode even if no narrative or notes.
** Change defaults of some options to be checked - so it generates a narrative by default
* Ancestry
** Improve classification of AZ marriage license records
** Improve classification for U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules
** Improve classification of French records with the record type in two languages
* FamilySearch
** Add search submenu item to do a full text search
** Use the event place from the page, if available, rather than picking one from the JSON person data
* OpenArch
** Fix the order of the patronym and the last name prefix
* MyHeritage
** Fix a crash where an MH profile had a marriage event with no place.
** Fix a crash on a marriage record when the birth date was in a certain format
* FreeBMD
** Properly case the surname for the narrative
* Scotlands People
** Fix case of RD Name in rare cases where it comes from SP in all upper case
* Victoria BDM
** Make Victoria BDM search show up for profiles with place names ending in Colony of Victoria
** Add some more cases of old citations to match in the Context Menu.
* Wikipedia
** Fix extract for pages it was failing on. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(1884)Source code released under MIT License