WikiTree Sourcer

WikiTree Sourcer assists in finding and citing genealogy sources for use on wikitree.com.

What is WikiTree Sourcer?

WikiTree Sourcer is a functional Chrome extension designed to streamline genealogical research on WikiTree. It serves multiple roles, providing the ability to search other genealogy websites for pertinent records from a WikiTree profile page, extracting data and creating citations from these records, and enabling the search for similar records on other genealogy platforms. Effectively, it's a tool that aims to reduce the time investment and the tediousness associated with this research.

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By: Rob Pavey Software

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.76 (21)

Version: 2.2.5 (Last updated: 2024-04-23)

Creation date: 2021-08-05

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
scripting
management

Host permissions:

*://*.wikitree.com/*
*://*.ancestry.com/*
*://*.ancestry.co.uk/*
*://*.ancestry.ca/*
*://*.ancestry.com.au/*
*://*.ancestry.de/*
*://*.ancestry.it/*
*://*.ancestry.fr/*
*://*.ancestry.se/*
*://*.ancestry.mx/*

Size: 1.25M

Email: wi*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 17090 ▼ 38

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#1125 in Tools ▼ 2

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Summary

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The WikiTree Sourcer extension saves time and typing by assisting WikiTree users with three main tasks:

From a WikiTree profile page it provides the ability to search other genealogy websites for relevant records.
From one of these genealogy websites' records page it can extract data and build a citation.
Also from one of these genealogy websites records page it can search other genealogy websites for similar records. For example on an Ancestry page it can help find free versions of the same original source.

The extension is free but donations are welcome at: https://buymeacoffee.com/RobPavey

The extension has very little performance impact unless you are actively using it. It does not modify any web pages and does nothing (other than registering a listener) until it's popup menu is used.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Saves time
Easy to use
Helps with consistent and proper source citations
Formats citations in line with WikiTree guidelines

Cons

Inferior visual layout for citations
Issues with translating domain names internationally
Duplicates and includes useless information
Incorrectly labels sources

Most mentioned

Saves time
Search for sources on multiple sites
Creates correctly formatted citations
Household (census) table feature
Easy to use

Recent reviews

I constantly use the inline citations, narrative with citation, and household (census) table features. Search FamilySearch is also a favorite. I am probably at least three times as productive with this tool, with the only possible downside that I may be including sources which aren't strictly needed, just because it's so easy. The ability to handle the data formats from a range of web sites and document types is quite impressive. We can always wish for support on even more sites, but I would not want to see that done at the expense of quality, which is currently very good.

Steve Ryan, 2024-04-16

This has been working really well, but it doesn't seem to be working for IrishGenealogy.ie anymore. It would be nice if that could be made functional again.

Amy M, 2024-02-16

Initial impression is I love it. I'm a person who has been hesitant to use Wikitree as I'm not very good at creating consistent, and proper source citations. This tool is excellent at helping me to overcome this issue and I will now start building out my family tree. An excellent extension!

Ron Field, 2024-02-11

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Safety

Risk impact

WikiTree Sourcer is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.