WikiTree Sourcer by Rob Pavey

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WikiTree Sourcer version history - 25 versions

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Latest version
Version 3.3.2
Released Jun 30, 2026 - 2.22 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- WikiTree icons on FamilySearch and Find A Grave
  ** Add a little more help in the message about being blocked from WT+
- Ancestry
  ** Fix generation of sharing links in Build All Citations and Save Person Data with latest Ancestry page design. This also fixes the case when building a citation from a record preview on a person page.
Source code released under MIT License
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Older versions
Version 3.3.1
Released Jun 29, 2026 - 2.22 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Genealogy SA
  ** Fix for format change
- Queensland BDM
  ** Context menu: fix for opening 3 tabs instead of 1
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix an obscure exception when removing processing icons
- Ancestry
  ** Fix debug feature for saving unit test data
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.3.0
Released Jun 28, 2026 - 2.22 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- New sites
  ** Queensland BDM (Australia)
- WikiTree Icons on FamilySearch and Find A Grave
  ** Fix issue with blocked icon not showing up on FamilySearch pages
  ** Prevent empty requests being sent to the WT+ API
  ** FamilySearch: improve some edge cases where there were multiple different types of connection
  ** Add a referrer URL to WT+ API calls for logging
- Find-A-Grave
  ** Fix the context menu to be able to open a template in edit mode
- Archives Départementales du Finistère (France)
  ** Minor fix to citation labels
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.2.1
Released Jun 18, 2026 - 2.19 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Household tables
  ** Fix exception for certain households for example:
  *** https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01038235009669
- Ancestry
  ** Fix bug where household members were not getting all the details
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix exception "response.fetchFailedSources is not iterable" during "Save Person Data"
  ** Add option to disable user prompts to add Sourcer info
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.2.0
Released Jun 17, 2026 - 2.19 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- General
  ** Change page mods to be enabled by default and force existing setting to true
  ** Move the option for the Edit Citation button on Ancestry image pages to be under UI & Page Mods and change it to obey the master control
  ** Improve Build All Citations and Save Person Data to do more error reporting and to try to avoid Error 429 (Too Many Requests)
- Ancestry
  ** Improve classification of Korean War Draft Cards
  ** Add alternate database IDs for US Federal censuses
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix "undefined undefined" in tooltip on a source row for an external source
  ** Improve the extract of the filmTitle from some images
- National Archives of Ireland
  ** Add support for 1926 census
  ** Fix some issues with identifying the wife of the head of household
- OpenArchives
  ** Handle divorce records
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.1.5
Released May 17, 2026 - 2.09 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Ancestry
  ** Fix for extract of image link on new format record page
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix an exception when a person has a Find A Grave source with no URL.
- Open Archives
  ** Handle record page URLs with extra query part on the end
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.1.4
Released May 11, 2026 - 2.09 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Ancestry
  ** Update for a change to the Ancestry person facts page that prevented Sourcer getting the birth and death details
- FamilySearch
  ** Improvement to WikiTree Icons: if a FamilySearch source references a Find A Grave memorial and that memorial is used on a WikiTree profile there will be an Icon indication.
  ** Add some error reporting if a fetch fails during Build All Citations
  ** Improve handling of some records where the person is not the primary person for the event
- National Archives of Ireland
  ** On new site fix the selected member in the household not being highlighted
- NZBDM
  ** Improve parsing age strings
  ** Improve checks on search dates
- FreeBMD
  ** Handle source name in later marriage records on freebmd2
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.1.3
Released May 6, 2026 - 2.09 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix Sourcer menu not working on a person page due to a FamilySearch change
- Ancestry
  ** Add some error checking when building sharing links in Build All Citations
- FindAGrave
  ** Another small improvement in WikiID extraction from flower text
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.1.2
Released May 4, 2026 - 2.09 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- FindAGrave
  ** Add options for icons on cemeteries in lists of cemeteries
  ** Improve matching of flower text referencing a WikiTree profile
- FamilySearch
  ** Improve matches for register content scripts and permissions
- National Archives of Ireland
  ** Encode the PDF URL to avoid spaces in it
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.1.1
Released Apr 28, 2026 - 2.09 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix the Sourcer menu not working on person pages (due to a FamilySearch change)
- Find A Grave
  ** Make the test for flower backlinks more flexible
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.1.0
Released Apr 27, 2026 - 2.09 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- New feature
  ** Icons on FamilySearch and FindAGrave
- iOS
  ** Add more error checking to debug the issue that some iPad users are having
  ** Improve the popup width on iPad
- Search
  ** Allow search for WikiTree profiles using an image (did not used to show search menu items on images)
  ** Always show the "Show All Search Sites..." menu item
- Narrative
  ** Recognize dates in the form 11 1793 and standardize them
  ** For a name like "Mrs Jacob Smith" do not shorten the name to "Jacob" in the narrative.
- Google books
  ** Fix an issue with the permissions changes and the iframe script
- Newspapers.com
  ** Attempt to improve citations for clippings/articles when the user is not logged into Newspapers.com
- BillionGraves
  ** Update for site changes
- Ancestry
  ** Handle records that use "Date of Birth" instead of "Birth Date"
- FamilySearch
  ** Changed manifest match string so that https://familysearch.org and https://beta.familysearch.org work.
- National Archive of Ireland
  ** Handle the image link on new 1926 census
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 3.0.0
Released Mar 30, 2026 - 2.05 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- General
  ** The way the extension permissions work has been updated to use optional_host_permissions
- FamilySearch
  ** When searching for WikiTree profiles that use a record it now uses the FamilySearch IDs feature in WikiTree Plus searches
  ** Fixed an issue with missing names in household table for 1950 census
- Newspapers.com
  ** Fixed an extract issue for the page number
- Ancestry
  ** Add support for accessing Ancestry and FindMyPast via Wikipedia Library
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.15.1
Released Mar 24, 2026 - 2.04 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Newspapers.com
  ** Fix extract for latest update of the article page layout
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.15.0
Released Mar 16, 2026 - 2.04 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- New sites
  ** Added Szukaj w Archiwach (thanks to Lukas)
- Ancestry
  ** Update for changes to the Ancestry Add Source dialog
  ** Minor improvements to Build Image Index Table for 1841 census
- FamilySearch
  ** Add new separate option for Build All Citations to exclude sources that link to FS images
  *** Previously these were excluded by the option that excluded non-FS records
  ** If an image URL contains searchParameters like "groupId" or "fullText" then keep the URL in the citation and do not use a template
- FreeBMD
  ** On the new freebmd2 search page it was putting the MMN in the surname at birth field
- Archion
  ** Fix exception, also fixes a permissions error
- Open Archives
  ** Fix cases where "Jaar" was included in age (case sensitivity issue)
- OPC Cornwall
  ** Add ability to select bride or groom to build citation for
- Internal
  ** Switch the saved options to use a compressed format to avoid exceeding quota
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.14.1
Released Feb 24, 2026 - 2.02 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- FamilySearch
  ** In Build All Citations the citations could be out of order if the event date in the record could not be parsed (for example because month names were in Italian)
- Nova Scotia Vital Records
  ** Add checks so it doesn't crash on a page like: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/ItemView/?ImageFile=88-431&Event=death&ID=168930
- Ancestry
  ** Fix extract of escape codes in name data (fixed O'Brien profile)
  ** Give the user a selector to select user corrections to fields
  ** Small improvements to Build Image Index Table
- WikiTree
  ** Give the user a selector to select biological parents
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.14.0
Released Jan 29, 2026 - 2.02 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- New sites
  ** Auschwitz Memorial
  ** Morbihan (France) Archives
  ** PANB Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Canada
- General
  ** Fix date formatting in data string for birth registrations
- FreeBMD
  ** More improvements/fixes for the new freebmd2 site
- DFG Viewer
  ** Remove the search menu item
- Ancestry
  ** Improve classification of Ireland Civil Marriage Registrations
- WikiTree
  ** Expose the "Save Person Data" and "Build Lists" menu items when in edit mode on a profile
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.13.2
Released Jan 13, 2026 - 1.96 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Build Lists
  ** Add some options for how to format the list
- Ancestry
  ** Update for a new record page format that is being rolled out
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.13.1
Released Jan 9, 2026 - 1.96 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- WikiTree
  ** Add code to get the spouse marriage date and place using the API if possible rather than relying on the page HTML (which can be modified by other extensions)
- Google Books
  ** Add extra check to avoid an exception
- GRO
  ** Tweaks to Smart Search
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.13.0
Released Jan 6, 2026 - 1.96 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- New sites
  ** Add support for the "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" website
  ** Add support for the Yad Vashem website
  ** Add support for the "Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes"
  ** Add support for Early California Population Project
- Citations
  ** For sites that generate a sentence form data string do not use it if it has no useful info (e.g. "Unknown baptism")
- FamilySearch
  ** Improve links in citations of books
  ** Update tests to use runDate so test cases do not have to be updated every year
- New Zealand BDM
  ** Update search to base latest search date on current date (50 or 75 years before)
- Ancestry
  ** Fix an issue where changing birth/death details did not affect Sourcer Save Person without a page reload.
- Norway Digitalarkivet
  ** Fix duplication of fileTitle when the browser window is narrow
  ** Fix classification of some death records
- OpenArch
  ** Fix classification for records with sourceType of "other:"
- BillionGraves
  ** Fix rare error "dataTable is not defined"
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.12.2
Released Dec 12, 2025 - 1.9 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Newspapers.com
  ** Update for change to the layout of the clipped article page
- WikiTree
  ** When setting fields in Add Person, handle the case where there is no last name
- Firefox
  ** Add new required field to manifest: data_collection_permissions: none
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.12.1
Released Dec 2, 2025 - 1.89 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix a typo that prevents the Sourcer menu working
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.12.0
Released Dec 1, 2025 - 1.89 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- New sites
  ** Add support for Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1974
- General
  ** Add options to use gender prediction if the gender is not know. This is optionally used for narrative, some searches, and adding WikiTree profiles.
- Citations
  ** Add options for the date format used in accessed date and the standard data string
  ** Add date format option of UNIX format. E.g. 2024-07-21.
  ** Change to always add a period at the end of a citation - even it it ends in (accessed …)
- WikiTree
  ** Fix the extraction of the status of the dates on the profile (about/before etc)
- FindAGrave
  ** Add code to fill flower for Link Builders
- Ancestry
  ** Add code to add a comment to a record for link builders
  ** Add code to fill fields when adding a web link to a profile
  ** Fix issue where creating a sharing template or URL from an image page could end up pointing to wrong page because of the pid in the URL
  ** Add some more classification tests
  ** Improve handling of Swedish Household Clerical Survey - now includes ages
  ** Add feature to create a table from the index on an image page
- FamilySearch
  ** Improve citations for images found through free text search and for book citations
  ** Add feature to fill the Create Source dialog fro saved person data of saved citation
  ** Add book number to citations when available (e.g. 1841 census)
  ** Add record type for Land Assessment
- eGGSA Graves
  ** Handle some more variations
- Arolsen Archives
  ** Fix permissions on Firefox
  ** Change record selection, was not reliable inserting highlighting coding, changed to list of persons to select from
  ** Add code to build a comment to add to page for link builders
- Archives d'Alsace
  ** Updated basrhin site code due to the Bas-Rhin web site redesign
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.11.0
Released Oct 29, 2025 - 1.86 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- General
  ** Set the appId correctly for WikiTree API calls
  ** Fix bug where the “Priority order for sites in menus” list could have the same sites multiple times
- Citations
  ** Add option to put source title in italics
- Ancestry
  ** Improve the extract of suffix from profiles
- New South Wales BDM
  ** Add district code 217 (Bulli) to lookup table
- UK GRO
  ** Remove the option that hides smart search by default
- New Zealand Ancestor Search Helper
  ** Add citation support for the Intentions to Marry project
- NSW BDM
  ** Fix exception in search when gender prediction fails
- Matricula
  ** improve page number extraction for a few german archives
  ** improve page number extraction for most austrian archives
- New sites added
  ** Bas-rhin
  ** Eggsa graves
  ** Eggsa BDM
  ** Arolsen archives
  ** Dfg-viewer (archive.nrw plus arcinsys niedersachsen and hessen)
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.10.8
Released Sep 22, 2025 - 1.72 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- General
  ** Fix issue where keyboard shortcuts were still active when menu changed
- FamilySearch
  ** Fix issue where a slash on the end of the URL caused the menu to hang for 10 seconds and get an error message
  ** Fix URI for a user submitted image in a user created source on a profile
- Ancestry
  ** Improve classification of Ohio Divorce Abstracts
- FindMyPast
  ** Add additional source reference field names “Book number” and “Folio Number” for 1841 census
- MyHeritage
  ** Fix handling of the 1939 register
- National Archive of Ireland Census records
  ** Update for change in page format
- WikiTree
  ** Improve extract/generalize of marriage date and place
Source code released under MIT License
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Version 2.10.7
Released Sep 5, 2025 - 1.72 MB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later, android 128.0 and later
- Narrative
  ** Change how marital status is handled in census narrative, by default “was the single son” will change to “was the unmarried son”. There is a new option.
  ** Better handling of an age like “20 years and 6 months” (from 1921 UK census).
- Build All Citations
  ** Add more info to the results popup to say why sources were excluded.
- FamilySearch
  ** Change extract to recognize marriage banns from the source record type
  ** Include TreeRef when searching FamilySearch from a FamilySearch profile (implemented by Gary Bartlett)
  ** Fix a case of a Canada 1926 census record being treated as a death record
- Ancestry
  ** Add extra retries and warning messages if some sources cannot be fetched
- IrishGenealogy
  ** Fix spaces in image URL
- Libraries Tasmania
  ** Fix extra dash in image permalink
- GRO
  ** Improve smart search table export to make it easier to understand and easy to select all
Source code released under MIT License
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Latest version

Version 3.3.2

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